Cats+Christmas Trees+Climbing=Disaster

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[JoeProBono]

[kimmie7]

My cat climbed the first year. After that, I discovered the joys of orange pomanders. No more climbing. Apparently kitties don't like the smell. Peoples, however, love it!

http://www.recipezaar.com/Orange-Clove-Pomanders-78644

[JoeProBono]

"It's a great time to be Jewish."

[the_devils_advocate_666]

ten-foot live Scotch pine tree

I'm guessing this means "real" tree but I wouldn't call it "live". If it were "live" I'd say it had a root ball. If that were the case, a 10ft tree with a root ball would probably weigh about 500 lbs. or more. Not easy to get that in your house...

[LiberConservative]

I can't keep my cats out of my tree. I stopped putting ornaments on it. It's one of those gaudy fiber optic lit trees so it still looks OK.

[Lady Jag]

ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH

[RobRoy]

Where's the cat?

[Moose4]

We have two Maine Coon cats; the “little” one is still pretty big, but scrawny at 13 pounds and lightning fast; the “big” one is a giant furry rugby ball weighing in at around 29 pounds of solid inertia. I’m not sure I want a Christmas tree this year. It’s not going to end well.

}:-)4

[exhaustedmomma]

5 months ago we "adopted" sibling kittens... seemed everybody that took them home separately brought them back because they missed each other too much. The main complaint was when separated they were lethargic. Together, they are hell on wheels.

I have owned a lot of cats, but never any like these two! They are a rambunctous mess. And we love them!

But, there is no way I am going to put a Christmas tree up inside the house this year. They run, jump, dart, pounce and attack from every imaginable angle. They have knocked over everything and anything in their path. They pounce down from the top of cabinets, shelves, armoire's, TV, etc, right onto to you... where ever "you" might be.

I put the tree on the enclosed back porch this year. They sit at the door trying their best to get out. If we don't get tackled, tripped or trampled trying to get out, we may actually have a tree this year. If they beat us to the punch at the door... the tree will be history. Guess where my bet is laid?

[Twinkie]

Any cat named “Lexie Lee” and “Noelle” spells trouble. Cats need descriptive names like “Itchy”, “Scratchy”, “Scrappy”, “Scrubby”, “Memememe”, “Nasty”, “Snotty”, “Snarley”, “Gimme”, “Queenie”, “King”,
“Trouble”, “Snappy”, etc.

Sigh. Mine is named “Stuffy”. . but, what does one do?

[Twinkie]

My grandfather would never have a Christmas tree in his house because he had read in the Old Testament that the pagans used to cut and bring in evergreen trees and branches out of the forest, decorate them with gold and silver ornaments and worship them like gods. In retrospect, I think he was pretty much right about it, although we never worshipped the Christmas tree.

[JoeProBono]

" I discovered the joys of orange pomanders. No more climbing. Apparently kitties don't like the smell. Peoples, however, love it!"

[JoeProBono]

" We have two Maine Coon cats"

[Lady Jag]

Where's the cat?

She's putting the angel on the tree.

[mlizzy]

"I discovered the joys of orange pomanders. No more climbing. Apparently kitties don't like the smell. Peoples, however, love it!"

Does it work if I put these pomanders all over our furnitue and everywhere else they pee travel.

[Slings and Arrows]

"I CAN'T HAZ CHEEZBURGER - IZ NOT KOSHER"

[JoeProBono]

[windcliff]

Some fun pics.

[uglybiker]

Let the dogs 'guard' it.

[A knight without armor]

At first I thought that was an ornament with bacon tied around it.