Ever lock up your cats?

Do you ever lock up your cats? My brother is coming over in a little while and he has really bad allergies to cats. So I have to get them all in one room and use frebreez allergy reducer, and vacuum.(which he says works really well)
It's really funny when I let them out, It is like a stampeed. (sp)

I can't, they will dig at the carpet around the door. Already ruined a small area of it, don't want to make it worse. People with allergies just can't come over here. 3 dogs and 2 cats is just a bit much for them!

Amber

Well, no, not with these two, or not really anyway. They're not really allowed in the back in the den and the media room (which is also the guest room) since both my Brothers-I-L (Sunny's brother and my sister's hubby) are allergic, but we do lock them up with us at night so we don't have to worry about strange noises at 2:00 in the morning.

Yep. They don't mind as long as they are together! But then I do get a mini stampeed when they get out too. Especially when I get home from work!

I still do with the 3 little ones when I have to go away and at night at least untill they settle down a bit more, I can't imagne 5 big cats and 3 wild Indians rip tearing all night But then they know they have there own room, and they don't seem to mind, they have a room full of things But they are free to go at it when I'm home or my hubby

I actually had to lock all the cats im my room the other day...so we could remove the airconditioners from the windows.....

the reason why we locked them up....because when we put the ac's in doofus all but jumped out the window...I swear to you I caught him mid jump right out the window....OMG...believe me when it happened my heart stopped....and it didnt start pounding for an hour afterwards......

I dont see any probelm with it..I mean what can ya do...your brother is allergic....plus they will be together, and as long as you supply adequet water, and food and a box...it should be fine.....

good luck

I had to put yasmine in the bathroom all day...i just put everything she needed in there. Of course she wasnt happy about it and i paid for it later with her attitude-- i didnt like it but i did what i had to do!

I have to sometimes when Ruby comes in at night - they don't care as long as they're together they just sleep on the bed. I don't like it but Ruby is still too much of a puppy for them and she needs to have inside time with us, too! There's no stampede when I open the door - they're usually still asleep!!

I put my babies in their own room at night as they cause to much trouble around my house at night. They also get put in their room when I have dinner as it's very hard to eat with furry babies trying to share.
My cats dont mind though as it is just routine and they are indoor cats only.

Occasionally, they don't care, I lock them in the bedroom, and the dog goes into his crate in the office.
The dog whines a bit because he hates missing anything, but the cats all pile on the bed and sleep, or sit in the window watching birds.

I have only ever locked my cats in a room to "protect" them from certain company. My boyfriend's nephew bugs them and they don't like him so I protect them!!

My cats Max and Speedboat were banished to another room to sleep when they were indoor cats. The reason was Max was the number one cat. When we added Speedboat, Max would give in to Speedboat on a lot of things. But Speedboat wanted Max's spot on the bed between us at night. Max would not give. They would wait until after we went to sleep then they would start this war of jump on, jump off, each cat trying to run the other one off the bed. The only way we could solve it was to quit sleeping with the cats. They learned to sleep in the utility room My husband put a sheet of plexi glass on the door from the handle to the floor so they couldn't scratch and ruin the door. It took a while for them to get used to it, but soon they started sleeping on the dryer with their arms around each other.

Sometimes the boys have to go in the other room long enough for us to eat, because they always try to share. ^^;;

Sometimes when Scooter gets out of control tormenting Pearl, will give him a "time out" in the bathroom for a few minutes. He gets mad and pouts in the corner, but poor Pearl gets a little peace and quiet. I would never actually do it, but sometimes I would love to spank his little behind!

My breeding cats have their own room. Holly, Sophie, Bridget and Muffin all share a room and they are locked up for the most part of the day. When I am cleaning their house out, they have free range of the house. Benja(Our stud cat) also lives in the room but he is penned. The only time I ever lock Elmo up (in the house) is when I'm going to be out for a long time and I don't want him outside by himself for a long time.

Never, my cats are experts at hiding if someone is here they don't like or don't want to see

Originally Posted by hissy

Never, my cats are experts at hiding if someone is here they don't like or don't want to see

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Isn't it funny? We have eight in the house right now, and they are always underfoot, but if the house suddenly has kids in it—like magic, there are no cats to be seen.

If something potentially dangerous, like ironing, needs to be done or when mommy's little helpers decide to contribute in baking etc. Usually not for other reasons.

I shut them out of the bedroom last week so a man could fix my boiler as I'm sure he wouldn't have been happy if they'd tried to 'help' him but other than that, no. If strangers come in then kitties hide under the bed, and I don't know anyone who has allergies anyway.

my daughters boyfriend has cat allergys so ive said when the they visit ill shut the cats away,as long as they have foo/water/tray they are happy