Originally Posted By cstephens There's a reason we haven't put up a tree since we've had our cat Orkid. Other people were much braver than us: <a href="http://www.fluffytails.ca/christmas.asp" target="_blank">http://www.fluffytails.ca/chri stmas.asp</a> . /cs
Originally Posted By lasvegasgirl I knew there was a reason why I chose to have a dog instead............ LOL
Originally Posted By hammertime that is hysterical. Our cats have never climbed the tree but we do have certain ornaments that go on the bottom. They love to play with a couple of cheap ornaments we have. The usually end up on the floor under a chair.
Originally Posted By goodgirl I have some little metal ornaments that my one cat just loves so I've learned to always hang them on the lower branches. Late at night I can here her batting at them. I have a little fake birds nest with two fake little eggs in it and a fake little red bird that perches on the nest. It has a little clothespin on the bottom so you can clip it to a tree branch. I always hang it at about the four foot level. One morning I found it on the floor in my bedroom. I went out to inspect the damage to the Christmas tree that would have been caused by getting at this ornamment and pulling it off. I was surprised to find the tree in perfect order! Thanks for sharing that link cstephens. It was very cute.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LMAO* Great site! Gotta love that cat angel topper! Vicky never climbs the tree, but she loves to nestle down under it, hiding amongst the packages on the tree skirt. She also likes to add her own decorative "touches" (i.e., bites) to the bows. She doesn't eat them, but prefers they have a chew-crimped appearance. That's why the gifts we give to others are never placed under the tree. If she wants to "decorate" our presents, that's fine... we see the humor in it.
Originally Posted By goodgirl My cat Yvonne loves to eat paper, especially tissue paper. I can't keep any gifts under the tree that are bags with tissue paper because she will chew on the paper or pull it out. Then she'll throw up the paper. I have lovely pink and green stains on my carpet from colored paper. So now, gift bags go on the highest bookshelf.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^Ditto the tissue paper (and toilet paper, too. Very appealing - especially when it's the guest bathroom roll she's chewed the edges off of and spittle-glued layer-upon-layer together. *LOL*) Vicky eats it too, but what's really scary is that I never see it come out - of either end. Ewwwwwwwwwww! One day, I'll probably find a big, gooey ball of somethin' unidentifiable to most... I'll know what it is.
Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM DD has 2 cats that love to hide in the tree, too. Every light and every ornament has to be wired on the tree separately. Hannah ate a ribbon off a package sometime last night...sometime this morning, she urped it up onto the floor. Very gross. I have a really cute article about how to wrap christmas packages with a cat...I'll see if I can find it for you guys.
Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM Found it... 1. Clear large space on table for wrapping present. 2. Go to wardrobe and collect bag in which present is contained, and close door. 3. Open door and remove cat from wardrobe. 4. Go to cupboard and retrieve rolls of wrapping paper. 5. Go back and remove cat from cupboard. 6. Go to drawer and collect transparent sticky tape, ribbons, scissors, labels, etc. 7. Lay out present and wrapping materials on table, to enable wrapping strategy to be formed. 8. Go back to drawer to get string, remove cat that has been in the drawer since last visit, and collect string. 9. Remove present from bag. 10. Remove cat from bag. 11. Open box to check present, remove cat from box, replace present. 12. Lay out paper to enable cutting to size. 13. Cut the paper to size, trying to keep the cutting line straight. 14. Throw away the first sheet because cat tried to chase the scissors and tore the paper. 15. Cut the second sheet of paper to size by putting cat in the bag the present came out of. 16. Place present on cut-to-size paper. 17. Lift up edges of paper to seal in present, wonder why edges now don't reach, and find cat between present and paper. Remove cat and retry. 18. Place object on paper to hold in place while cutting transparent sticky tape. 19. Spend next 20 minutes carefully trying to remove transparent sticky tape from cat with a pair of nail scissors. 20. Seal paper down with transparent sticky tape, making corners as neat as possible. 21. Look for roll of ribbon; chase cat down hall and retrieve ribbon. 22. Try to wrap present with ribbon in two-directional turn. 23. Re-roll up ribbon and remove paper that is now torn, due to cat's enthusiasm in chasing ribbon end. 24. Repeat steps 12-22 until down to last sheet of paper. 25. Decise to skip steps 12-16 in order to save time and reduce risk of losing last sheet of paper. Retrieve old cardboard box that you know is right for sheet of paper. 26. Put present in box and tie down with string. 27. Remove string, open box and remove cat. 28. Put all packing materials in a bag with present and head for lockable room. 29. Once inside room. lock door and start to re-lay out packing materials. 30. Remove cat from box, unlock door, put cat outside door, close door and re-lock. 31. Lay out last sheet of paper. Admittedly, this is difficult in the small area of the toilet, but try your best. 32. Seal box, wrap with paper and start repairs by very carefully sealing down tears with transparent sticky tape. Now tie up with ribbon and decorate with bows to hide worst affected areas. 33. Label, then sit back and admire your handiwork, congratulating yourself on making good of a bad job. 34. Unlock door, and go to kitchen to make drink and feed cat. 35. Spend next 15 minutes looking for cat before making obvious conclusion. 36. Unwrap present, untie box and remove cat. 37. Retrieve all discarded sheets of wrapping paper, feed cat and retire to lockable room for last attempt, making certain you are alone and the door is locked. 38. At time of handing over present, smile sweetly at receiver's face as they try and hide their contempt at being handed such a badly wrapped present. 39. Swear to yourself that next year, you will get the store to wrap the darn thing for you.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter LOL! Both the tree story and wrapping tips are hilarious! I've only ever had one cat climb the Christmas tree. Fortunately it was before we decorated it. Arnie, our young tabby (I think he was around 6 months at the time) climbed about two-thirds of the way up, scrambled out to the outer surface of the tree, and popped his little face out to peer triumphantly at us. All you could really see was his face. . . he looked like an ornament. He looked adorable and so pleased with himself--Mr. Glitter and I were doing the whole try to look and sound stern to scold the cat while stifling fits of laughter at the same time.
Originally Posted By hammertime That is so funny. My cats aren't that bad. I can wrap packages pretty well but if I stop mid wrap they end up laying on the paper. They also eat the bows. So I either spend Christmas even putting bows(hand made) on all the packages and sticking them in the car or they just don't get bows on them.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling LOL! The link and the wrapping instructions are a HOOT! I loved the "before and after" photo. Thanks for posting this.
Originally Posted By cstephens More kitty talk! How to give a cat a pill: <a href="http://www.colddeadfish.net/internet/catpill.html" target="_blank">http://www.colddeadfish.net/in ternet/catpill.html</a> kitty takes over dog's bed: <a href="http://www.colddeadfish.net/videos/GetOutOfMyBedCat.wmv" target="_blank">http://www.colddeadfish.net/vi deos/GetOutOfMyBedCat.wmv</a> (the cat's coloring is very close to the coloring of our cat Orkid) having printer problems?: <a href="http://www.colddeadfish.net/videos/Printerproblem.wmv" target="_blank">http://www.colddeadfish.net/vi deos/Printerproblem.wmv</a> /cs
Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM LOVE the pill thing. When you think about it, cats are just as goofy as dogs...they just do it all with attitude.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Many years ago we got a kitten right around the holidays. His name was Wooleywugger. Couldn't keep him off the tree. Just a tiny bit of a thing he was. One morning we found that he had decided to hang himself like an ornament from the tree. Quite literally. His little head had gotten in between the wires of the lights and somehow tightened up to the point where you couldn't even feel the wire and he was just hanging there dangling. I kept hearing this odd noise and went to investigate and saw him and ran to support his little body. And he promptly clamped his little sharp milk teeth into my hand while DH went on a frantic search for something to cut the wire. By the time the wire was cut poor little Wooleywugger was no longer breathing. DH laid him down and vigorously rubbed his chest and belly and voila! He upchucked and started breathing again. Very nearly was a tragedy, but my honey was a hero and saved the day. And Wooleywugger! And fortunately the holes in my hand healed quite nicely as well. The End
