What Can You Do To Stop Your Cat Climbing The Curtains?
Anyone who keeps cats will find out sooner or later that cats just love to climb. But why do cats love to climb and more importantly what should you do if you have an indoors cat who climbs?
Of course it’s very difficult to know unless you can get into the mind of a cat however it’s most likely that climbing is purely instinctual. There is no doubt that climbing a tree is a wonderful way for a cat to get away from a predator, and I have seen many instances of cats smirking at dogs below from the safety of a branch.
And sleeping in a tree is much safer than sleeping on the ground.
And a cat is a predator just like a dog is, and a cat will fly up a tree if he can see something there that he wants, like a bird. And they hunt very well at night and are able to catch many furry small nocturnal animals which live in trees around our houses.
For this reason experts recommend that cats be kept indoors at night, and preferably 24 hours a day.
So if you’re a responsible cat owner and keep your cat indoors as is recommended will he forget that he loves to climb? No he won’t forget, and if there is nothing obvious in the house to climb he will climb anyway, probably up your favourite furniture or curtains. Many a cat owner has come home to find a pile of curtains and curtain rails at the base of a window because the cat has tried to climb the curtains.
So if you have an indoors cat you have a little dilemma to solve. If you can’t dissuade him from climbing what do you do? Luckily the answer is very simple. You buy him a piece of dedicated cat climbing furniture which gives him a place to climb away to his heart’s content, where he can find all sorts of nooks and crannies to investigate, where he can sleep in the branches and all of it is done without any damage to your furniture.
It’s called a cat tree.
Sometimes you’ll see it referred to as a cat tower or gym, but basically it’s a piece of furniture designed specifically for him to climb and play on, where damage is immaterial.cat furniture such as this is called a cat tree, though sometimes they can be also called a cat tower or gym.
It’s cat furniture any cat owner shouldn’t be without.
So if you’re the proud owner of an indoors cat then forget about your cat learning to live without climbing. Just cater to his instinct to climb by buying him a fine cat tree and he can have all the fun he wants and you can relax knowing that he won’t be ripping up your curtains.
There is more information about cat trees at my website.
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