Teaching It Where NOT to Go? Discipline? Sleeping Spots

nycflip22

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There are two spots I don't want my kitten to go to. Under two couches and under the tv stand. It usually gets pretty dusty under the couches no matter how much i vacuum and i'm allergic to dust so I want my kitten to stay out of there. Also under the tv stand, there are too many wires.

Those are the two spots my kitten goes to to sleep. I usually move the couch, pick her up and say "NO!" every time..but at night, when i go to bed, she goes under one of those things.

Is there anything else I could do? Blow in its face?

And How do I make it sleep at other places? She won't sleep in the 2-story condo thing I bought her. She likes it under those couches..
 

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Trying putting orange peel under the couches or strips of double sided tape.

Dont blow in the kittens face - she wont understand what she did wrong and will just think you are being mean
 

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Your kitten will go to places where she feels secure. She is in a new place, alone and still adjusting. Please have more patience.
 

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My kitten used to go under the TV stand and come out sneezing, but still she went under there, and under the couch as well. She grew out of this when she got too big to fit under there!

I'd say give your furbaby some time, is all.
 

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Give her a box or other type of covered, cave-like bed that she can use.
If she has a hiding spot of her own, where she feels secure, she will more than likely choose that instead.
 
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