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TL;DR: My parents have a real christmas tree, how do I keep my cat baby from being poisoned or having to be rehomed??
Hello everyone!
I've joined thecatsite today in hopes that I might find a solution to my problems happening with my cat. I truly hate to call them problems at all since its more a predicament than anything else.
Here goes:
I have a 1 year old, male orange tabby who is fixed and always has his nails trimmed (He loves to play so its a must!). He is not aggressive in any way shape or form. From time to time he'll fluff up in "defense" mode but really he's a big baby and always runs for cover if anything seems too suspicious. He's extremely affectionate and will be entirely unhappy unless he is sleeping directly in between my boyfriend and I at night.
My issue begins here I suppose. Due to some circumstances I wont get too detailed with, my bf and I are currently being housed by my father and step mother. They are extremely helpful and we are beyond grateful that they are helping us. However, they have never had a cat in their household ever. Only dogs. They don't currently have any dogs and their last, callie, passed away earlier this year. That being said they keep seeing andy's behavior as extremely problematic. Here's what I mean by behavior: Climbing, knocking stuff over, trying to get on the counters, and the most recent one, destroying the Christmas tree.
It's honestly just all typical cat stuff. Nut I can understadn from their point of view that this is all bad behavior. They keep trying to "correct" him as though he was a dog and its starting to frustrate him since he won't listen. I have talked to them about that and they now know about spraying him with the bottle.
My main concern right now is that the christmas tree they bought is real and obviously very toxic to cats. How do I keep him away? I've thought about shock pad or shock collar treatment but is that even humane? He's my boy and I can tell that my parents are on their lasts straws with him, even though behavior wise he could literally be much worse than what he is. How do I save my baby from potentially having to be rehomed for something so normal to cat behavior?
Hello everyone!
I've joined thecatsite today in hopes that I might find a solution to my problems happening with my cat. I truly hate to call them problems at all since its more a predicament than anything else.
Here goes:
I have a 1 year old, male orange tabby who is fixed and always has his nails trimmed (He loves to play so its a must!). He is not aggressive in any way shape or form. From time to time he'll fluff up in "defense" mode but really he's a big baby and always runs for cover if anything seems too suspicious. He's extremely affectionate and will be entirely unhappy unless he is sleeping directly in between my boyfriend and I at night.
My issue begins here I suppose. Due to some circumstances I wont get too detailed with, my bf and I are currently being housed by my father and step mother. They are extremely helpful and we are beyond grateful that they are helping us. However, they have never had a cat in their household ever. Only dogs. They don't currently have any dogs and their last, callie, passed away earlier this year. That being said they keep seeing andy's behavior as extremely problematic. Here's what I mean by behavior: Climbing, knocking stuff over, trying to get on the counters, and the most recent one, destroying the Christmas tree.
It's honestly just all typical cat stuff. Nut I can understadn from their point of view that this is all bad behavior. They keep trying to "correct" him as though he was a dog and its starting to frustrate him since he won't listen. I have talked to them about that and they now know about spraying him with the bottle.
My main concern right now is that the christmas tree they bought is real and obviously very toxic to cats. How do I keep him away? I've thought about shock pad or shock collar treatment but is that even humane? He's my boy and I can tell that my parents are on their lasts straws with him, even though behavior wise he could literally be much worse than what he is. How do I save my baby from potentially having to be rehomed for something so normal to cat behavior?