LOL Mark - I like that joke - my house is FULL of 'antiques'
I've been considering buying a dvd/tv unit
Only for watching dvds though; would mean fussing about with the tv licensing thingy as I've been tv-less for years so only 'considering' at present but those anti-topple gismos look good.
Hi, Holly, I've got one like your Tiki and she's 4! You name it, if she's not supposed to be on it, she'll be there. Her favourite curtains for climbing are the ones on the wonky tension rods of course, and I can only thank heaven that she's never discovered the top of the kitchen dresser with the arty arrangement of bric-a-brac, huge glass globes, dried flowers...ssshhh! I never said that! Mustn't put ideas into her head!
This is what's worked for me and Molly (well, not totally, but often.)
Making a BIG FUSS. Furious hissing, ferocious whispering (I feel this is far more effective than shouting) and saying NO! Also 'WHAT are you doing?' And if she won't stop, 'WHAT did I say?' and also, if she still won't stop, a growl of 'RIGHT!' And getting to feet as if you mean business. You have to be a quite menacing fellow cat without being frightening, if you see what I mean. Clapping hands (not loudly) can also help.
Then of course when she's done as she's told (with persuasion) the big 'good girl!' bit and fusses, though I wouldn't give a treat just in case the little git decides that being naughty leads to treats. Their minds work in devious ways...I always remember that story of Gavin Maxwell's about the man housetraining the monkey:-
Every time the monkey made a mess in the house, the man smacked its bottom and put it out of the window. So in the end, the monkey learned. It would make a mess in the house, smack its own bottom, and jump out of the window!
Of course it's a big help if you can shut them out of that particular room when unsupervised, though of course that's not always convenient or possible.
Hi, Mrs K, hope you go on ok with Sofi - cats eh?
Good luck to us all!
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