How to make a cat stay off your lap

[SoCalDem]

get out the nail clippers and grab a foot.. I have had 3 cats in the last 5 minutes climb up on my lap.. the nail clipper trick worked on all three of them :evilgrin:

[Skittles]

1. LOL!!!

GOOD ONE! :D

[commander bunnypants]

2. Short of that

My reply was "you dont"


DEMMAN

[Kellanved]

4. Or this one

:evilgrin:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=50280&mesg_id=50280&page=
:evilfrown:

[BritishHuman]

3. Attempt to apply the anti-flea treatment

Strangely as soon as I get the tube open she's off like a rocket...

[SoCalDem]

5. knock wood..we have never had a single flea in our house

but then ours are inside cats.. :)

[Boudicea]

6. Lint roll your cat

this sometimes makes my cat Quasi run away, but occasionally she'll relax and enjoy it. Helps with allergic folks around.

[Gingersnap]

21. hey that's a great idea!

my big boy Barney hates being brushed, but maybe he's submit to being lintrolled.

[diplomats]

7. Turn on the vaccuum cleaner

that won't just keep 'em off your lap, it'll chase 'em out of the room!

[5thGenDemocrat]

8. How to Make a Cat Walk Backwards

Take a gym sock and put it over its head. Any and all cats will walk backwards in response (and, no, it doesn't hurt them).
John
Has nine cats and has won many beer bets with this trick. Hell -- I feed 'em every day, they owe me.

[nini]

9. No kidding! lol

my cats hate that thing too.. hahah

[Elidor]

10. How could anyone object to a cat in their lap?

I guess I just miss having cats. I wish my landlord would let me have one.

But all right, if I was bound, set and determined not to derive pleasure from petting a fuzzy feline friend, I would just stand up. Voila - no lap! But I'm the kind of person that cats make a beeline toward - even cats who supposedly hate strangers are drawn to me. They can't resist me, nor I them.

[BritishHuman]

12. The reason cats make a beeline to certain people

Or so I've heard...

In a room full of cat-lovers and one cat-hater, everyone will be moving around and making noise except the cat-hater. The cat goes where it's least likely to be bothered!

(not to suggest you're a cat-hater - more likely you just don't make such a fuss as everyone else)

[Elidor]

18. I think it's because cats know I love 99% of their species.

Rare is the cat I don't take a shine to. It's not that I don't make a fuss, I just seem to understand their language, and they know it with a glance. "Aha," they say, "This guy is a sucker. He'll scratch behind my ears." And they're right.

[VOX]

19. This is true. The Cornell University Veterinary Newsletter states...

that the cat-hater doesn't make eye contact with the cat, or ignores it, which the cat interprets as non-threatening. Thus the cat heads straight for the cat-hater.

[Elidor]

20. Sheesh, guys, I am NOT a cat-hater!

Put me in a room with ANY cat. I can pass the sniff test.

[Skittles]

13. I'll tell you how

it's July in Texas and you get home from work and it's kinda hot. Now add a big-ass fat black cat in your lap. :O

[Skittles]

11. Hey SoCal

got any advice on how to make a cat stop picking at the carpet? He's got a scratching post but he's picking and grinning all over in my new apartment. He doesn't do it when I'm there because he knows I'd yell at him.

[SoCalDem]

14. If there's a certain spot he likes, put down a cheapo throw rug

over it and let him scratch it.. also you could buy catnip spray and spritz it on his scratching pst.. Our babies LOVE their daily "fix"..

Even old man Skunkie has to roll around an love the post :)

[nini]

15. My cats llike those corragated cardboard box scratcher things..

.. it's the only thing I've found they will go to before the carper or furniture.

[SoCalDem]

16. Sweetie Pie liked my wallpaper so much he stripped it off

The little rat.. If he was not so darned cute, he would be in big trouble :)

[nini]

17. he must be related to mine then.

I've got one wall with lots of nice kitty scratches on it.. I decided to just let him have it.. ha

[Skittles]

23. I've got one of those and Clancy used to use it

but I think the lure of a new apartment rug was too much for him. x(

[Gingersnap]

22. sprinkle some catnip on the floor... (n/t)