Gas Stove

OK cats aren't afraid of fire or heat ? Never had a cat before...64 wanted or tried to jump on stove while I was cooking, had to spray her, so how do you ever leave anything on stove simmering without having to worrying about her jumping on and burning herself ?

Is it possible to shut her out of the kitchen ??? Only when you are cooking

Oh, they are usually afraid once they realize it is really hot and can burn them! But no, they aren't born knowing that, the same way that small children aren't.

Honestly, eventually, they will either learn you REALLY don't want them up there and so won't go, or else will realize by getting close enough that it is REALLY HOT and something they do NOT want to be near.

This site is anti spray bottle just so you know.  It is usually very scary for cats to be sprayed and they almost never understand what they were doing wrong to get sprayed.  Lifting them down off the counter or making the counter unpleasant in some way to the cat (i.e. double sided tape, citrus scents, etc) are much better long term strategies.

Before I added John Jacob to the crew I was able to leave the stove on and leave the kitchen door open but now I have to close it because he will get right up close to it.

I did not know you were anti spray..I don't get her, I just spray over her head that does trick..

If she is bugging you while you are in there cooking, put a chair or stool next to you, one that isn't usually there and she might just sit there and watch. My cat did, and he is super nosey and annoying when I'm cooking. I think it has to do with him having a spot to claim as his.

But if you are leaving things on the stove and can't watch her, better safe than sorry, you she keep her in another room til you are done. I've heard stories of nosey cats catching themselves on fire.

my Charlie got too close to the stove while it was in use, he got close enough to the flames that his 30% of his front whiskers got burned off. he learned his lesson from then on. He's a curious kitty, and there was no other way he was going to get it! 

I hope his whiskers grow back soon tho....has anyone had issues with this before? burned whiskers?? he's other wise fine

Yes my John Jacob singed the very end,it was curly and the vet checked him out and said he was ok. They took awhile to grow back but they look normal now. He is not to be trusted so we always close the door now if the stove is is use

Cats do not feel temperature like people, and can not feel when temperature suddenly changes.  They only feel hot on their lips and in their mouth so do not know when something is hot or when it is burning them.  That is why it is important to protect them from things that get hot and burn in our homes.  Best safe than sorry.

MServant said:

 
Cats do not feel temperature like people, and can not feel when temperature suddenly changes.  They only feel hot on their lips and in their mouth so do not know when something is hot or when it is burning them.  That is why it is important to protect them from things that get hot and burn in our homes.  Best safe than sorry.

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I did not know that!  Our cats stay away from the fireplace but one of the newbies--the old guy Travis--looked like he was starting to walk right in there to check out the fire!  We freaked out and thought he must be senile or something to not know what 'fire' was all about!  Then we realized that for the first 17 years of his life, he'd probably never been around one before.  Now we make sure we're sitting right there if we have a fire going or put the fireplace screen back on if we're leaving the room.

Information is from a book called 'A Cat Is Watching' by Roger A Caras.  My brother gave it to me years ago and it was full of interesting and potentially useful stuff that wasn't much known about 20 + years ago like the way cats were understood to see colour, sense temperature, social behaviours, and other little nuggets.

One of my SIL's cats jumped right up on a smooth-top electric stove right after SIL had finished making dinner and the burner was still hot. The cat burned the skin right off of her two front paws and she was hospitalized for quite a while. The kitty went through a horrible time until her paws healed. She didn't know the burner was hot; she just jumped. They are like children; they don't understand.

Banshee loved being in the kitchen with me and when I was baking or cooking, I would put a chair in the kitchen that was for Banshee alone, back away from the stove over by our pantry closet and that was close enough for her. She would sit there or lay there and watch every move I made. And I'd talk to her about what I was doing, even though she had no idea what I was talking about. She'd meow back at me from time to time. I think I have pictures somewhere of her su-purr-vising me in the kitchen. 

I don't let anything cook on the stove unattended. If I'm working on soup or a stew or something and need to go into the basement, I turn the burner off. Nor do I ever burn candles and leave the room, not even for a moment. I don't trust the cats not to check the flame out. And I know it could get ugly quickly.

This morning, my little Brady (8 months old) jumped up on our gas stove right after I took my oatmeal off the burner. The fire was OFF but the metal was still hot.  (The oatmeal was on a very low setting - like between 1 & 2 for about 15 min. before I turned off the stove.) I touched it myself to see how bad it was, and it was pretty hot but not SUPER hot. He only touched the stove for a split second. He must have immediately felt the heat and jumped down. Then he started licking the paw that touched the hot metal. 

I checked his paws with my magnifying glasses. No blisters or singed fur. He has stopped licking his paw. I feel really bad, but he just jumped right up there so fast and I couldn't stop him in time.

Any suggestions? (Other than lock him out of the kitchen from now on...)

AllyKat08 said:

 
This morning, my little Brady (8 months old) jumped up on our gas stove right after I took my oatmeal off the burner. The fire was OFF but the metal was still hot.  (The oatmeal was on a very low setting - like between 1 & 2 for about 15 min. before I turned off the stove.) I touched it myself to see how bad it was, and it was pretty hot but not SUPER hot. He only touched the stove for a split second. He must have immediately felt the heat and jumped down. Then he started licking the paw that touched the hot metal. 

I checked his paws with my magnifying glasses. No blisters or singed fur. He has stopped licking his paw. I feel really bad, but he just jumped right up there so fast and I couldn't stop him in time.

Any suggestions? (Other than lock him out of the kitchen from now on...)

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aww poor baby

I would monitor his paw and see how it's doing, and look out for the way he's walking to see if he's walking differently to compensate for pain in that paw...

If it worsens or does not improve, definitely take your kitty to the vet

Maybe rub a tiny amount of coconut oil on the paw pad to keep it moisturized. it's okay if kitty licks it off (very small amounts is okay to ingest)

Betsygee, what a gorgeous shot of Ozzy!

Mani said:

 
Betsygee, what a gorgeous shot of Ozzy!

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Thank you!  

AllyKat08 said:

 
This morning, my little Brady (8 months old) jumped up on our gas stove right after I took my oatmeal off the burner. The fire was OFF but the metal was still hot.  (The oatmeal was on a very low setting - like between 1 & 2 for about 15 min. before I turned off the stove.) I touched it myself to see how bad it was, and it was pretty hot but not SUPER hot. He only touched the stove for a split second. He must have immediately felt the heat and jumped down. Then he started licking the paw that touched the hot metal. 

I checked his paws with my magnifying glasses. No blisters or singed fur. He has stopped licking his paw. I feel really bad, but he just jumped right up there so fast and I couldn't stop him in time.

Any suggestions? (Other than lock him out of the kitchen from now on...)

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How's Brady's paw today?

He seems okay. No blistering, not limping. I guess we got lucky this time!

Thanks everyone

That's good. I'm glad he's okay.  

I really don't have any suggestions on keeping him from jumping up on the counters--we've been lucky and don't have a problem with that with our cats.  Here's an article that might give you some ideas:  http://www.thecatsite.com/a/get-off-how-to-discourage-your-cat-from-jumping-on-counters