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This cat who will lounge in discomfort to prove a point. This cat who will destroy the tree when you leave. This cat who will not stop until the last bauble falls.
This cat who pretends to sleep while plotting his next move. This cat whose neighbourly duties involve killing their tree. This cat who would prefer the tinsel to stay on the floor.
Make your Christmas tree cat-friendly. To do this, hang no easily-breakable ornaments on the lower half of the tree. Place a tree in a room you are often in to avoid catastrophes. Put some of your cat's toys near or under the tree, and also a blanket or so under the tree, so your cat can enjoy sleeping there when you're in the room.
Buy or make presents for your cat. A new chew toy, which makes tons of noise. This will give your cat lots of pleasure!
Some fancy food, or special cat milk. A new bed A new scratching post. Buy presents according to your cat's personality, whether he or she is lazy or playful. There are also many ways you can make homemade toys that your cat may enjoy even more; see further How to make cat toys. Prepare food and treats that are out of the ordinary. You might want to buy or make some special food once or twice a week while it's December, so that your cat can feel the holiday spirit and joy.
Make Christmas Eve the most exciting and special, offering a good piece of meat or fish for dinner. Play and spend time together. Play with your cat. He will have loads of fun and after all the fancy food could probably use the exercise.
It's imperative that you provide your cat with sufficient play, stimulation, and safe diversions. Don't put the tree near a chair or other platform from which your kitty can ambush it and all of its decorations. That's just tempting fate. Your kitty may get a notion to climb the tree, especially if he's a rambunctious kitten. If you were a cat and a nice tall tree was at your disposal 24 hours a day, you might get the urge to climb it, too. Even if your cat doesn't actually scale the tree, he'll almost definitely rub against it, he might bump into it while playing, and he may decide to use it as a scratching surface trees are nature's original scratching post, and they work as well as ever.
The concern with each of these activities is that the tree will come tumbling down, potentially injuring your cat.
Make sure that you secure the tree firmly in its holder. For extra stability, you can fasten the tree to the top of the wall. One way to do this is to tie one end of a cord around the tree trunk and attach the other end to a hook or picture hanger in the wall.
Your kitty will be less inclined to hang out on or in your Christmas tree if he has his own tree. A cat tree, that is. A tall, multi-level cat tree is the perfect early Christmas present for your cat. If he gets his scratching post around the same time that you set up the real tree, his new furniture will serve as a compelling alternative—a cats-only place for climbing, scratching, and watching the festivities. And sleeping, of course. In general, when decorating your Christmas tree, go for a more subdued look. Above all, don't even think about tinsel!
Tinsel, if ingested, can damage your cat's intestines. It's extremely dangerous , even life-threatening. And shimmering, fluttering tinsel may as well have a neon sign attached to it that says "cats—come check me out.
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One that could land him and you at the emergency veterinary clinic on Christmas Eve. Keep the bottom of the tree fairly empty. Low-hanging ornaments are likely to end up on the ground. Try to stick with shatterproof ornaments, or at least restrict breakable items to the top of the tree.
Don't use sharp wire to fasten the ornaments to the branches. Instead, use twist ties; if you use green ones, they'll be invisible. Cover the water in the tree's base so that your cat cannot drink it.