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UnigirlBelle · Dec 19, 2008, 08:42 AM

Our little kitten is 6 months old now and we just had him neutered with the hopes that it would settle him down and curb his aggessive behaviour towards our other senior cat, plus it stops all the things associated with a male cat. However, he still ponces and attack our other cat regard of what we do, clap, give him toys, a stern "no" and even lemon spray does not seem to help at times, we've had to separate them into different rooms to give the other a break. We don't use water sprayed at him because the whole house would be soaked trying to get a shot at him the way he goes. We are running out of things to try, and now he's attacking the Crhistmas tree, thinking he can climb it, he don't seem to get it even with the spray on it and correcting him that he can't play with it. Does anyone have any ideas of what else we can do?

N0help4u · Dec 19, 2008, 10:10 AM

With my dogs I simply didn't decorate the bottom of the tree but with cats it is harder.
Spraying cats with water is not a good idea. My son sprayed my cats with water they ran off and refuse to come near me or in the house now. Others I know that sprayed their cats with water had their cats run away too.
I am not sure what you can do to deter it from the tree but at his age he should outgrow his overly playfulness within a year.

There is suppose to be spray that keeps pets off furniture and things but the one I bought after I sprayed and it didn't work. Then I read it and it said up to an hour. I can't be home every hour to respray. So if there is a good product like that make sure you read the label.

Akoue · Dec 19, 2008, 12:23 PM

One thing you can try is to put orange peels on some of the lower branches. I've done this and had good luck. Also, don't be afraid to let the older cat discipline the kitten (though you want to supervise this, of course, because you don't want the older guy to go overboard): Cats know how to communicate with other cats, especially kittens. Mothers are very harsh disciplinarians, and I've have really good luck leaving a good deal of this to my older cats. The kittens seem to understand what it means when one of the grown ups pins them down and gives them a little bite on the neck. But, again, supervision is important because males can sometimes get carried away with this.

cakesbyellen · Jan 15, 2009, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by N0help4u

with my dogs I simply didn't decorate the bottom of the tree but with cats it is harder.
Spraying cats with water is not a good idea. My son sprayed my cats with water they ran off and refuse to come near me or in the house now. Others I know that sprayed their cats with water had their cats run away too.
I am not sure what you can do to deter it from the tree but at his age he should outgrow his overly playfulness within a year.

There is suppose to be spray that keeps pets off furniture and things but the one I bought after I sprayed and it didn't work. Then I read it and it said up to an hour. I can't be home every hour to respray. So if there is a good product like that make sure you read the label.

We tried the water spray on our cat but he loved it so he would purposely do something just to get sprayed. We have a hard time keeping him out of water. If you want to take a bath in peace you have to shut the door. As far as the Christmas tree, we always have a hard time the first year of a cat's life.

UnigirlBelle · Jan 20, 2009, 10:45 AM

After a little while he settled down and slept under the tree without bothering it but once the presents were removed he started tearing it apart again so we just took it down. Hopefully next year will be better.

cakesbyellen · Jan 25, 2009, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by UnigirlBelle

After a little while he settled down and slept under the tree without bothering it but once the presents were removed he started tearing it apart again so we just took it down. Hopefully next year will be better.

We always had better luck the second year and so forth. Don't be afraid to get the good ole kennel box out and give the cat a time out for misbehaving. This has to be done immediately or they have no idea what they are being crated for and I only leave them in long enough for them to calm down. You also have to be consistent if you want this to work. I also leave it near the object of trouble when I am gone to keep them away. One word of warning, do not use the same crate you use to take them to the vet or you will have problems getting them into it. They really do do better as they age and you need to pick your battles. We also put bells on the bottom of the tree so we can hear when there is a bad little kitty doing what he should not so we can stop him quicker.

UnigirlBelle · Feb 4, 2009, 04:14 PM

We have bell on his collar so we can hear him most places he goes unless he's being sneaky. I do give him time outs only it's shut in a room till he settles down, we only have one crate for the vets and he doesn't mind getting it to go on that trip, if it's brought out he just walks right in and lays down so we never have problems getting him into it so I don't think that would work too well since he loves being in the crate so much. When I go back to let him out of the room I shut him in, he comes out a much nicer cat, loving and purring. He's getting better.