How To Keep Your Cat Off Your Christmas Tree

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    petpntr
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    I swear folks this is a tried and true way to keep your kitties out of and off of your Christmas trees. It really works.

    Cats for the most part hate the smell of citrus. Take some oranges and place them on the lower branches of the tree and/or around the bottom. The more oranges the better. I have seen cats discouraged by only 2 oranges but some may need a little more. Since oranges are often a staple at Christmas you can also leave the peels out as well if you eat the orange. They dry up and don’t rot. You can use your own judgement on whether or not you want to put oranges higher. I guess if you have something like a chair or mantle next to the tree that could be used by a kitty to jump from then you may want to put them up higher as well.

    Happy orange holidays.

    #331397

    What a great idea, PetPntr! Low tech and low cost!! If my kits start showing interest in our tree, I will follow your suggestion. 🙂

    #331398
    CheetahBoysmommy
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    You can also buy orange extract, just like vanilla or lemon extract. I generally use lemon extract mix with a little water to spritz on things (like ornaments, light chains, door stops, etc.) that I don’t want chewed on. The advantage to using extract is that the ants and other bugs aren’t attracted to the extract.

    #331399
    Momof6furrballs
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    I will try that idea next year…this year I think I will coat all the climbing things in orange…including my legs…lol

    #331400
    WillowandWindismom
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    I am so glad to know this because tree climbing was a definite problem for us last year.

    #331401
    2bpurring
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    That is a great idea…I will try that with the big tree..this year we plan to get them a small tree of their own to destroy!!!

    #331402
    cricketsmama
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    That’s a great idea. I like the spritzer idea too. Neither kitties tree climb but they are ornament getters…Is there any ideas to keep a toddler off of a tree??? lol

    #331403
    feral
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    I always read & heard that kitties don’t like citrus. But, if that’s the case…why do they make citrus-scented cat litter doeorizer (powder)?

    As for the tree problem…give them their own tree…yeah right.

    #331404
    Karenopa
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    This sounds like a yummy way to keep everyone happy! I love sweet juicy oranges! =)

    #331405

    It works! I have used clementines for the past 2 years and have not had one incident of a cat going up the tree.

    #331406
    sloopy1975
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    LOL this topic reminds me of this website someone gave me the link to a couple years ago… http://www.fluffytails.ca/christmas.asp

    #331407
    CharlieMcButtons
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    haha sloopy! I remember seeing that last year or so and my mom loved it!

    We didn’t have any problems with Mylo and Panda O. climbing the tree last year, but I don’t want to know what Charlie’s going to do to it!

    I noticed, when we started getting real trees, they stopped playing with the branches. Do cats love real christmas trees so much that they would try to destroy the fake ones??

    We also don’t put garland or ornaments on the bottom half of the tree… it always looks funny, but it helps.

    #331408
    krazikat
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    While reading about the orange peel anti-tree-climbing device I scrolled down to and clicked on the fluffytails.com that Sloopy posted. I just have to bump this!

    #331409
    petpntr
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    Thanks for bumping. I hadn’t read this before and I love that website. I remember seeing it a couple of years ago and I love that they continue to add to it. Some of those photographs are really priceless.

    #331410
    DancingCatHill
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    I just looked at Sloopy’s post. What fun they had and what loving “parents” to put up with their fun. The grey/white kitty looks so much like Yogi, they could be twins. But at 17 pounds I hope Yogi won’t try to climb. His little brother Schatzi has been up it a couple times now, he is just amazed we would bring a tree in the house. The spray water bottle has taken up nearby residence (respect the spray, it hisses and makes your fur wet!) I am going to try the oranges before we start to decorate. Last year we didn’t put on anything but some garland and an angel on top, this year may be the same but maybe the oranges will work.

    #331411
    Tigerlilly
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    My two girls, Kara and Karina, must be the exception to this rule, they love lemons!!! I guess we’ll have to use other techniques at my house. Funny thing is, with our previous 7 we’ve never had an issue with Christmas trees. Now, we’ll have to see if we can continue our luck with our newest babies, Romeo and Athena.

    #331412
    petpntr
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    TL although I have found that most cats hate lemon too, why don’t you try the oranges? Maybe they have something in them which Kara and Karina won’t like that the lemon scent doesn’t have.

    #331413
    Tigerlilly
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    Thanks PETPNTR, but those two lovely ladies gave me no trouble at all for their first Christmas with us last year. May have to keep it mind for our newest additions, should they go for the tree.

    I really should get a video with how Kara and Karina go crazy with my fingers whenever I have any lemon scent on them (I have a lemon tree in my yard), it’s like catnip for them!

    #331414
    Nirmal
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    thats soo cuttee@ sloopy….. hahah my cats could care less…they will sneak off with the oranges and deposit them in some special place like the catbox just to make u wonder!

    #331415
    bearcat19
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    Great advice! My Reed has reached the top of the tree and well….it was pretty. Thank goodness we decided no ornaments this year. Or my poor mother’s great Hallmark collection would be gone! Then I am pretty sure Reed would be a goner as well. Therefore, we have an ugly plain green tree in our living room! lol. Thanks for the advice! Going to try it!

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