Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 My friend is married to someone with children from another marriage. This is her first and she is going through the 'everything has to stay sterile' phase. She has a cat and she is adamant that the cat stay off the kitchen counters or he's GONE. Well, I happen to like my cat in spite of the fact that I have to pay an extra $500 a month just to live in an apartment that will allow me to keep her - nothing could make me send her off. So needless to say I've bitten my tongue on responses to that situation...LOL. But I do want to save the cat from being given away. He is very loved by the older kids in the family. They've had him for five years. Are there any oils out there that perhaps they could spray or drop on cotton balls on the counters or around areas they want him to stay away from? Any help would be appreciated. All I can find is pet odor neutralizers and bug/deer/varmint repellent information. None of which seem to be appropriate for spraying around food/food prep areas. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 I refuse to let my cats on the counters too--and I am a cat lover--so what I do is just fill a spray bottle with plain old water and every time they would jump up, I'd spray at them (not towards the ears, but at the back). The cat never jumped up to the same spot twice at first because he thought he would just get sprayed at if he jumped up " there " again, but soon learned that any jumping on counters/tables was a no-no. After a while we'd just have to reach for a spray bottle if he looked like he was even going to jump and he'd walk away. I've had many cats over the years and have trained all of them with this and it works every time. Only takes a few weeks at the most to get them trained on where they can and cannot be. I read once that you can spray hot pepper water on a counter and when the cat jumps up, he'll get it on his paws and then lick them and not want to go back to that place because he'll associate the taste with the place. I just decided that sounded like it would take longer than my method so I've never used it. Dale Bernucca wrote: > My friend is married to someone with children from another marriage. > This is her first and she is going through the 'everything has to stay > sterile' phase. She has a cat and she is adamant that the cat stay > off the kitchen counters or he's GONE. Well, I happen to like my cat > in spite of the fact that I have to pay an extra $500 a month just to > live in an apartment that will allow me to keep her - nothing could > make me send her off. So needless to say I've bitten my tongue on > responses to that situation...LOL. -- <>< Erin very full time Mama to The Trio & Sprout! Countdown to Sprout's due date: 12 weeks We now have an instock store! http://www.edenessentials.com/store Earn a paycheck while YOU set your hours! Become a Pampered Chef Independent Consultant. Email me for more info, with an order, or to have your own party!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 A squirt bottle full of water and a firm " NO! " at the same time should do it pretty quickish. Cats HATE that! Lynda Dale Bernucca wrote: >My friend is married to someone with children from another marriage. This is her first and she is going through the 'everything has to stay sterile' phase. She has a cat and she is adamant that the cat stay off the kitchen counters or he's GONE. Well, I happen to like my cat in spite of the fact that I have to pay an extra $500 a month just to live in an apartment that will allow me to keep her - nothing could make me send her off. So needless to say I've bitten my tongue on responses to that situation...LOL. > >But I do want to save the cat from being given away. He is very loved by the older kids in the family. They've had him for five years. > >Are there any oils out there that perhaps they could spray or drop on cotton balls on the counters or around areas they want him to stay away from? > >Any help would be appreciated. All I can find is pet odor neutralizers and bug/deer/varmint repellent information. None of which seem to be appropriate for spraying around food/food prep areas. > >TIA > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 And one thing that hasn't been mentioned yet, so the school marm will say it >putting on my school marm glasses< Ahem! Essential Oils should never be used around or on cats! Even if its to discourage them from jumping up on a counter. Just think of cats as furry little aliens from outer space and remember that their livers canNOT metabolize E.O.s and they can build up in a cats system and poison them to death. Now, here is a WONDERFUL site to read all about cats and E.O's http://www.thelavendercat.com >taking of my school marm glasses (didn't they make me look sexy? ROFLMAO!!!)< Class dismissed! Cheers! Kathleen Petrides The Woobey Queen 'Aaaahhhh' http://www.woobeyworld.com - " Lynda Sorenson " <lynda Monday, January 20, 2003 7:11 PM Re: Cat Help > A squirt bottle full of water and a firm " NO! " at the same time should > do it pretty quickish. Cats HATE that! > > Lynda > > Dale Bernucca wrote: > > >My friend is married to someone with children from another marriage. This is her first and she is going through the 'everything has to stay sterile' phase. She has a cat and she is adamant that the cat stay off the kitchen counters or he's GONE. Well, I happen to like my cat in spite of the fact that I have to pay an extra $500 a month just to live in an apartment that will allow me to keep her - nothing could make me send her off. So needless to say I've bitten my tongue on responses to that situation...LOL. > > > >But I do want to save the cat from being given away. He is very loved by the older kids in the family. They've had him for five years. > > > >Are there any oils out there that perhaps they could spray or drop on cotton balls on the counters or around areas they want him to stay away from? > > > >Any help would be appreciated. All I can find is pet odor neutralizers and bug/deer/varmint repellent information. None of which seem to be appropriate for spraying around food/food prep areas. > > > >TIA > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 Hi Erin!! The water bottle has been tried....he is one cat who just turns his back towards them at most of these actions as if to say 'yeah, right' and sometimes I think he gives them the finger with his tail. LOL. Cattitude!!! But the hot pepper water sprayed on the counter association is an idea.....thanks..... - Eden Essentials Monday, January 20, 2003 9:52 PM Re: Cat Help I refuse to let my cats on the counters too--and I am a cat lover--so what I do is just fill a spray bottle with plain old water and every time they would jump up, I'd spray at them (not towards the ears, but at the back). The cat never jumped up to the same spot twice at first because he thought he would just get sprayed at if he jumped up " there " again, but soon learned that any jumping on counters/tables was a no-no. After a while we'd just have to reach for a spray bottle if he looked like he was even going to jump and he'd walk away. I've had many cats over the years and have trained all of them with this and it works every time. Only takes a few weeks at the most to get them trained on where they can and cannot be. I read once that you can spray hot pepper water on a counter and when the cat jumps up, he'll get it on his paws and then lick them and not want to go back to that place because he'll associate the taste with the place. I just decided that sounded like it would take longer than my method so I've never used it. Dale Bernucca wrote: > My friend is married to someone with children from another marriage. > This is her first and she is going through the 'everything has to stay > sterile' phase. She has a cat and she is adamant that the cat stay > off the kitchen counters or he's GONE. Well, I happen to like my cat > in spite of the fact that I have to pay an extra $500 a month just to > live in an apartment that will allow me to keep her - nothing could > make me send her off. So needless to say I've bitten my tongue on > responses to that situation...LOL. -- <>< Erin very full time Mama to The Trio & Sprout! Countdown to Sprout's due date: 12 weeks We now have an instock store! http://www.edenessentials.com/store Earn a paycheck while YOU set your hours! Become a Pampered Chef Independent Consultant. Email me for more info, with an order, or to have your own party!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 I have heard this but I use my diffuser and my indoor cat has no problems with it. When I mix EOs, I don't have a seperate room to do it in so it's all done in my kitchen, and my cat has no problems then either. He's a very healthy cat, so I don't know why we're told not to use it around cats. Kathleen Petrides wrote: > Essential Oils should never be used around or on cats! Even if its to > discourage them from jumping up on a counter. > -- <>< Erin very full time Mama to The Trio & Sprout! Countdown to Sprout's due date: 12 weeks We now have an instock store! http://www.edenessentials.com/store Earn a paycheck while YOU set your hours! Become a Pampered Chef Independent Consultant. Email me for more info, with an order, or to have your own party!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 Dale, This sounds a little weird for a counter but it might work. It was suggested to me more for furniture like a bed or a sofa. Get some small balloons and blow them up to be relatively the same size. Join them together to make like a blanket to cover the area that you don't want the cat to jump on. Lay the blanket of balloons across the area when you are not around to keep the cat off yourself. When the cat jumps up, its claws will pop a balloon and the noise of course will scare the stuffing out of the cat. After a couple of times of popping balloons the cat no longer ventures to the unwanted area. Not sure how practical this is with a counter but it would likely work on a table. HTH, Dorothy > Dale Bernucca wrote: > > > My friend is married to someone with children from another marriage. > > This is her first and she is going through the 'everything has to stay > > sterile' phase. She has a cat and she is adamant that the cat stay > > off the kitchen counters or he's GONE. Well, I happen to like my cat > > in spite of the fact that I have to pay an extra $500 a month just to > > live in an apartment that will allow me to keep her - nothing could > > make me send her off. So needless to say I've bitten my tongue on > > responses to that situation...LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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