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Article #306Re: Ok, Fed up with cats
From: meeee
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:25
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:25
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"A Little Bit" <tipsy@beerlover.com.au> wrote in message news:0e0es2tml8udpmp80de2ofsrcmmla4u116@4ax.com... > On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 17:42:53 +1100, "Mad-Biker" > <mad-biker@westnet(Panties).com.au> wrote: > >> My 2 cats seem to always scratch the flyscreens of the house to get in. >> they >> never did it before we moved to this house a few months ago. >> >> They constantly do it to the point were they are pulling the screens off >> the >> windows! >> >> what can I do to stop this? > > I replaced the flywire in my screens with shadecloth. > > At worst the cats can pull the shadecloth out of the mount, but they don't > do any damage. > See if you can keep them inside. Your cats will last longer....failing this, screw a piece of perspex or similar over the area they are scratching. Hide behind the door with a spray bottle or water pistol and squirt them every time they scratch (this also keeps the kids happy). You have to do it regularly, but they get the message quick enough.
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X-Google-Thread: 1062c1,8f137e3d1fdcc101 X-Google-Attributes: gid1062c1,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!news4.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!snewsf0.syd.ops.aspac.uu.net!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "meeee" <pleasespamme@youknowyouwantto.gov.au> Newsgroups: aus.pets References: <45c6d1f0$0$1031$61c65585@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au> <0e0es2tml8udpmp80de2ofsrcmmla4u116@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Ok, Fed up with cats Lines: 28 Organization: Republican Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Cheezels X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: <QoMxh.3239$sd2.424@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:25:20 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.137.137.149 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1170707120 144.137.137.149 (Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:25:20 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:25:20 EST