Posted on 03/15/2005 9:25:15 PM PST by AQGeiger
Get a tank with a sealed top.
Your cat is not human. He was designed by Mother Nature to hunt, so lay off your kitty.
Buy a shark as your next pet fish. The cat won't screw around with that one more than once.
"My cat is my first real pet, so I don't know if there's a way to train cats so they know not to do something. I already threw a handful of water in her face as soon as I found the crime scene. Any helpful information would be very appreciated."
Sorry about George, but I can't find it in my heart to be mad at your cat. She was simply following her natural instincts. I'm afraid expecting her to resist catching a fish from an open bowl, is truly asking too much of her. From a cat's point of view, anything less than an aquarium with a lid is bound to look like a self-serve restaurant.
Hitting a cat is ineffectual and a serious no-no, at least in my view. Our vet once suggested we use a little toy squirt gun to discourage certain behaviors in a stubborn little fellow named Miles. Never shot him in the face, simply gave him a blast or two in the hindquarters, which quickly did wonders. Got to the point that all I had to do was tap on the side of the water pistol and say "gun," and he'd immediately stop whatever he was doing and stomp off swearing under his breath. Pretty funny, aaaaaand it worked!
What about when a cat pulls the air lines out of the fish tank? (Premeditation, anyone?)
That's what my cat did. It wasn't that big of a tank, and I only had a Beta and a San Juan Cory in it. I opted to NOT replace the fish after their untimely demise...
Uh. The fish was George W. the Pet to you, but to your kitty the fish looked like dinner and smelled as delicious as the fried chicken at Colonel Sanders' smells to you. (By the way, some kid probably named the chicken (Clucky I imagine) which I ate tonight for supper at Colonel Sanders. (I know. I know. Someone from DU will be on here and be offended at my callousness tonight.)
Well my cat was licking her chops everytime she would see the squirrels. Those squirrels can run right across her front paws and she won't touch them. How did I do it? Over and over again I would look her in the eyes and I would say "Olive, you touch those squirrels and you won't have a home.
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