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warrrreagl · 07-21-2003, 06:57 AM

How do you discipline/train a cat?

My wife and I got two kittens in March (at the time, they were 6-week old brother and sister kittens), and they have turned into 5-month old holy terrors. We have raised many cats before, but they were always really, really good cats, and they all lived to ripe old ages.

But these guys, sheesh!

Scratching on furniture. Going outside the litterbox. Leaping onto furniture and knocking everything to the floor. Chewing furniture (I thought only dogs did this). Opening kitchen cabinets and going inside. Climbing draperies. You name it!

They are both neutered, and they are both indoor-only cats. I keep the litterbox clean and we've tried every type of litter on the market. They definitely use the box, but they use other places, too (which will end up getting them tossed really soon if something doesn't change).

We looked at a book on kitty discipline, but it basically tells us that our only hope is to restructure our lives and home completely and let the cats do whatever the hell they want. This is not an acceptable option; we want them to live with us, not the other way around.

Also, various sources tell us to squirt them with water bottles whenever they misbehave, but they've actually become immune to this and they really don't care how wet we get them, now.

HELP!

07-21-2003, 06:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
warrrreagl pinche vato Location: backwater, Third World, land of cotton	Bad kitty How do you discipline/train a cat? My wife and I got two kittens in March (at the time, they were 6-week old brother and sister kittens), and they have turned into 5-month old holy terrors. We have raised many cats before, but they were always really, really good cats, and they all lived to ripe old ages. But these guys, sheesh! Scratching on furniture. Going outside the litterbox. Leaping onto furniture and knocking everything to the floor. Chewing furniture (I thought only dogs did this). Opening kitchen cabinets and going inside. Climbing draperies. You name it! They are both neutered, and they are both indoor-only cats. I keep the litterbox clean and we've tried every type of litter on the market. They definitely use the box, but they use other places, too (which will end up getting them tossed really soon if something doesn't change). We looked at a book on kitty discipline, but it basically tells us that our only hope is to restructure our lives and home completely and let the cats do whatever the hell they want. This is not an acceptable option; we want them to live with us, not the other way around. Also, various sources tell us to squirt them with water bottles whenever they misbehave, but they've actually become immune to this and they really don't care how wet we get them, now. HELP! __________________ Living is easy with eyes closed.