A lovely thing to come home to

Posted By: Adam 5 Comments
Methinks the cat has been getting onto the kitchen counter. A lovely thing to come home to Photo credit: Megan I've been racking my brain trying to come up with a way to teach the cat not to get up on the counters. He surely knows he's not supposed to — he never does while we're home. I'm thinking spike strips or those sticky roach-trap pads. The last one has the added hilarious benefit of coming home to find the cat lying on the floor with his feet stuck to the trap, crying because he can't move. Too cruel?

5 responses to “A lovely thing to come home to”

  1. The problem I can see us having with the scat mat's is that he's too smart for them. In order to effectively keep him off of the counter we would have to buy enough to line the entire perimeter of the counter. At $50 for a 3.8 foot strip, I figure we'd need about 12 of them -- $600.

    Adam

    Adam ~ Aug 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM

  2. I was just thinking a 2x4 with some rusty nails sticking through.

    Adam

    Adam ~ Aug 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM

  3. p.s. Nice Shot, Megan!!

    MomT

    MomT ~ Aug 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM

  4. I've heard these "scat mats" work really good, tho I haven't tried them myself. Available at petsmart and other fine pet stores :) (and not very expensive, I guess, considering)

    http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2752972&cp=2767032.2767085&pg=4&fbn=Taxonomy%7CTraining+%26+Behavior&fbc=1&clickid=topnav_dropdown0_link19&parentPage=family&keepsr=1

    MomT

    MomT ~ Aug 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM

  5. how about a few well placed mouse traps to snap at his nose?

    MomT

    MomT ~ Aug 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM