Daft question - but.... cat and new fridge freezer!!

[PinkFizz]

Okay - we have just moved into this house 11 days ago and treated ourselves to a brand new American style chrome fridge i love it ...but so does one of our cats!!. The pair of them(mother and daughter) have always slept on either the sofa or their cat beds,but for some odd reason the youngest one has decided that she has to sleep on top of this �700 fridge freezer!!!! She only has to slip once getting down off it and we will have claw marks down the thing which will wreck it.I have tried putting thing on top to make it awkward to get on,but she just knocks them off.The other cat isn't the least bit interested in it.Any ideas??

[LostStar]

Why don't you make some little booties for your cat? - so if she does slip down the fridge then there wont be any marks...

[benjiesmum]

cats are usually so agile and careful that I doubt that she will slip! She wouldn't normally have her claws out to jump down off the top. Mind you it won't wreck the fridge if she does scratch it - it will still work! That's the price you have to pay for having animals. My dog chewed a bit of skirting board when he was a puppy and the cat uses one of our antique pews as a scratching post - but what the heck - I love them both and wouldn't be without them. By the way how does she jump up there in the first place? You may have to keep lifting her down and show your disapproval by the tone of your voice she may soon get the message!

[PinkFizz]

lol - cute idea LostStar,but our entire house bar one room is also laminate flooring and she would go flying all over the place like a speed skater!!

[Athley]

Try and put a bowl of cut up lemons on the top. Cats don't like the smell of citrus it may keep her away from it.

Why do they sleep in the wierdest of places. I can't get mine out of a big wooden bowl we bought in Ikea - its supposed to have wooden balls in it - fat chance!!

:o)

[PinkFizz]

lol - I know Athley!! She has a lovely snuggly cat bed but she has now claimed stake to this whacking great cold,solid piece of metal - nuts!!

Have just caught her up there again ,the little b*gger!!

Will def try the lemon thing tho - cheers.

[mycats]

lol good luck PinkFizz, mine always want to sleep in silly place too. One of them sounds just like yours, if I put things on top of something he just sweeps it all off lol
This is his favourite sleeping place at the moment

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f16/mycatis/ 19-01-06_2035.jpg

(though he also likes the top of the fridge, top of cupboards, top of the door lol or on my knee if I'm trying to go to the loo)

[wolf63]

mycats - your cat has the perfect 'innocent looking' face.

you are lucky in that your cat wants to sleep on your f/f Pinkfizz - during the really hot summer my cat was opening my freezer door and lying in beside it - all nice and cool.

I suppose, realistically, there is no easy way to stop your cat sleeping where it wants. Just use the usual deterrants - barbed wire, bad smells, water pistol - electrify the outside of the fridge freezer and give her a shock - the last one is pretty tempting.

[big raymie]

Try a cupla bottles of water standing up, cats don`t like looking throught clear bottles of water for some reason... miby thier brain can`t comprehend refraction.... It works out in the flower beds so why not the kitchen. G`luck PinkFizz.

[kaylamay]

Well, i have many kitties(i do cat rescue) and i have found that they like to sleep where ever they darned well please. I have a couple that do find the top of the fridge appealing. I believe the top of the fridge gets warm and cats love to sleep where it is warm. It may also have something to do with the newness of the fridge and cats being curious and all. She has found herself a new place and she is Queen of the castle up there, and they do like to be up high.
Cats are territorial and each one usually has it's favorite place to sleep or lounge. MY cats use the counter beside the fridge to jump up and down, in fact i have a big basket with a blankie in it for them up there. I have noticed no scratches(although my wooden entertainment center is another matter). I plan on getting some "Ssscat spray"
it is a harmless can of air that you put where you do not want your cat to go and the spray device detects your cats movements up to one meter away and will emit a neutral blast of hissing air that your cat will not like and soon will alter it's behavior to avoid that particular area. I need quite a few of these myself. There are some i have found that will also emit a loud horn type noise along with the air, which might not be good for when YOU are sleeping in the middle of the night to be awakened by the noise. They are about $50 each can and refills about $15. not cheap, but neither was you lovely new fridge. I might try the lemon idea too(cheaper) although i wouldn't be surprised to find my cats sucking on them, my cat follow none of the general cat behaviors or rules. They are unto themselves a force of nature to be reckoned with and I just their human slave. Gotta love em' though. The Ssscat spray can be found at, thecatconnection.com
Mikala

[LostStar]

Maybe not so good about the booties... unless thay had treads in the bottom... Mycats: your cat is cute.... Good Luck Pink Fizz anyway...!

[Kimmiebear]

We always use balloons that are resting on the top or double sided tape to prevent our cats at school from climbing where they should not. Give it a try, I hadn't heard of the lemon, but one of them will hopefully work.

[PinkFizz]

God your answers made me laugh - especially mycats picture!!