Squirt bottle, it is!! I was trying the loud noise distraction by banging the TV remote on the coffee table, but that's a bad idea at 11:30 at night, since the cat isn't the only one who finds that annoying (neighbors do, too). I also tried catnip and toy temptations, but that doesn't work when I'm falling asleep on the couch and she's still bored enough to scratch again.
The tape did work well--she jumped on the cabinet and kept looking down at her feet to see what the sticky stuff was before she jumped off. I do know that there is some clear double-sided sheets of tape available at the pet store for putting on your furniture to stop the scratching, so I might pick one up and slap it on the cabinet. It'll be less obvious than the packing tape I've got there now.
the abundance of people who I'd rather not see naked.
(Still sad I missed this year's FSF. Stupid family emergencies.)
Yeah, there's a lot of that at Folsom, but then there's some just pretty people showing off, too, and that makes up for it. In my eyes.
Casper wants to be a black cat for Halloween. I think Dillo will wear Casper's old bunny suit.
Kathy, while you work on getting her to stop scratching, you could probably get a sheet of sturdy acrylic cut to size at a glass/frame shop and figure out how to rig it in front of the screen. (eta: if you are worried about damage, anyway.)
I do know that there is some clear double-sided sheets of tape available at the pet store for putting on your furniture to stop the scratching, so I might pick one up and slap it on the cabinet. It'll be less obvious than the packing tape I've got there now.
You can also get clear double sided carpet tape, which is probably cheaper than what they're selling at the pet store. My cat like to sharpen her claws in wood, which means she's been trying to use the wood-paneled support post in the basement. The double sided tape seems to have worked.
mac will once again be Batman, now with new improved utility belt.
I tried the double stick tape to stop the scratching and discovered that I have a cat that likes to lick tape. The licking isn't destructive, but it drives me nuts.
Oh good lord. I totally flaked on a noon meeting. Just remembered it NOW. Fat lot of good it does.
I hate when that happens.
