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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 04:31 PM
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How can I get the kitties to stop jumping up on the screen door?
And clawing it? They shredded the last one and now we have a replacment and they have already strated destroying this one.
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 04:35 PM
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1. squirt gun?
begging? bribery? I have no idea how to get my kitties to stop doing anything naughty
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 04:42 PM
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2. squirt gun would be good.
Edited on Tue Apr-13-10 04:43 PM by arcadian
For when the glass isn't down. Actually, I don't want to infuriate them. I don't even like playing the laser toy game because I think it's cruel.
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kimmerspixelated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 04:52 PM
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3. FEED THEM???
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 09:52 PM
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18. That's why the jump the screen.
They want to come in to be fed.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 04:57 PM
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4. I will tell you my secret for dealing with kitties:
I pretty much let 'em do what they want. I surrender to my overlords. I actually like that they aren't easily cowed, unlike those animals that bark. :)
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Walk away Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 05:16 PM
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5. I only know how to get them to do that....but not stop. nt
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 05:17 PM
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6. Pet proof screen fabric
http://www.all-about-screen-doors.com/pet-proof-screen.html
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 05:18 PM
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7. Replace with glass or just close the door.
Sorry, but if there is a screen, it will be a kitty magnet.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 05:21 PM
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8. You can't without replacing it with glass. nt
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 05:25 PM
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9. Electrify it.
:hide:

j/k of course.
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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 09:54 PM
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19. about 600 volts ought to do it.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 05:37 PM
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10. Two words: Super Soaker
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kimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 06:38 PM
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11. I never thought of a Super Soaker!
And I had this problem with my late Magic Cat.

Perhaps the Super Soaker aimed from the *outside* of the door.

I might have saved 2 screens that way.
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 12:34 AM
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29. We used to train our kitties with a super soaker
We got to the point where we didn't even need the gun...we would just make noise like we had a super soaker and they would stop.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 09:05 AM
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30. LOL! Same here! I stopped putting water in it because all I had to do was pump it.
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Touchdown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 07:46 PM
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12. The one answer to all Kitty questions.
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Elmo39 Donating Member (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 07:57 PM
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13. my black cat
actually enjoyed the spray bottle...he is a cat that beats to a different drum.
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kimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 09:47 PM
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17. Yeah, my mom's Norwegian Forest Cat Loki
who came to live with us, used to love the spray bottle when he jumped on the counter. He reveled in the water, gulped it down and waited for more. It got to the point where he'd jump on the counter simply to get the water in his face. But at his size, if he'd jump on a screen, he'd collapse the door.

Welsome to DU, BTW! :hi:
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 08:33 PM
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14. Get a water pistol and shoot them any time they go near the screen. Pretty soon
all you will have to do is point the gun, say freeze and the cats will run and hide.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 08:38 PM
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15. Put a big dog on the other side of it.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 08:44 PM
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16. Definitely start with the water pistol.
Also clap your hands loudly whenever they're getting ready to jump on the screen.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 09:56 PM
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20. Oh no...The worst (but really most fun) thing I've done is bring 2
sisters into my home. They double team me with things like the screen and the counter...to where I just gave up.
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 10:01 PM
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21. Cut off their paws
hard to do it with just nubs. :P Although you're probably looking for something, I dunno, a little less graphically violent and disgusting. It would work though.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 10:56 PM
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22. Replace the fiberglass screen with an aluminum one
When I was still in the building products industry, anyone who came in for window screen fabric got asked one question: "How many cats do you have?" Anyone who had any at all got aluminum screen. Unless you've got something like a Maine Coon, a cat can hang on an aluminum screen all day long and not fuck it up; a cat will destroy a fiberglass screen in short order.
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 11:01 PM
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25. Didn't know that. Thanks. nt
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 10:57 PM
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23. cat door?
then they can come and go.
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 11:00 PM
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24. velcro their paws to the floor
:P
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 11:08 PM
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26. I'm surprised no one...
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...has suggested that you just mark it as YOUR territory.
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I think you know what I'm talkin' about.
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No, not while they're ON the screen.
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(just pre-empting LeftyFingerPop's oh-so-predictable response.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 11:29 PM
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27. Actually, if you want the cats to not jump up, there is a solution
Remove the screen and put the glass down. You have tempered glass in that door so unless you're firing cats out of a circus cannon at it, they won't go through...but even the dumbest cat will quit trying to jump up on the door if he falls off it seven or eight times.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-10 12:15 AM
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28. you can get cat-proof screens
can't remember what they are called but they're just heavy duty screens
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