Keeping cats downstairs

[Simpo Two]

Ffordd Ar Gau said:

Reminds me of that advert where the cat would burst through the wall when hearing the food being opened

Just wait until they discover teleportation and time travel

And develop thumbs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdA_fLC7WIQ

[Caddyshack]

I would say don’t get a cat.

Cats do respond to water spray though, the only place in my house where the cats are not allowed is on the kitchen counters. So, when they were kittens I had a water pistol in my kitchen and I also asked the breeder to squirt them at her place. They don’t get on the work tops and didn’t have to be sprayed many times.

[SmithCorona]

Martin315 said:

Have you tried a stair gate?

Right answer. Always works with mine when we have had to close a floor off.

[Caddyshack]

SmithCorona said:

Martin315 said:

Have you tried a stair gate?

Right answer. Always works with mine when we have had to close a floor off.

Eh, why don’t they jump over the stair gate or just pass through the bars? Or do you mean a door?

[SmithCorona]

No, a baby gate, i.e. 1m or so.

Cant squeese through it, and never been vaulted.

[thebraketester]

Move to a bungalow

[dave123456]

I’ve managed to with a cat and a dog. You just need consistency in approach.

[Gretchen]

garythesign said:

Not sure that always works

On occasion my cats will be kept downstairs. They have their own room with many toys, shelves, ladders, a Cazami cat wheel and French doors that open in to a large Catio with much of the same inc sofas, a playhouse, ball pit and swing. They don’t make a fuss to get out of this space.

[Gretchen]

Simpo Two said:

Happy to be of service! Get a cat and you then can experience the pleasure whenever you fancy it

I have no idea what she finds so attractive about that particular patch of carpet, but if I leave the door open by mistake (or even if I'm in there finding a book - I use the room as a library - she's in there and it's 'rip-rip-rip' in no time flat. Followed by me bellowing down the back of the armchair, which has no effect so then I have to find something long enough to poke down the gap. Grr.

Body under the floorboards.

Possibly drugs, cash or catnip.

[lancslad58]

From the legendary threads section

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Simpo Two]

Gretchen said:

Body under the floorboards.

Possibly drugs, cash or catnip.

It raises the interesting prospect of Police Sniffer Cats...