Cat owners - questions (UPDATE)

Any suggestions on anything or anyway to keep the cat off of certain furniture. We have a brand new dining room set, of coarse with white fabric chairs. Well, she has been sleeping on these charis and I can't get her to stop no matter what I do. I have put towels doen on the chairs and have been spraying them with No Stay, which we got at NSAL, but it is no deterring her at all. I spray the crap out of them and 10 mins later, she is on the chair again. Any suggestions would be great!!


Also, hairballs. She seems to be hairballing a lot this summer. We used to have 2 cats, 1 died in Dec and that one always groomed this cat. Now she is grooming herself more, which is why I guess she is having more hairballs. Any suggestions on anything that can help her with this. It must stink for her to hairball that much, it can't feel good! Any suggestions?


THANK YOU - I wanted to post to thank everyone for their hekp. We are doing a little of everything. The 4 dining room chairs with no arms are leaning up against the table. The two with arms have the foil on them (and she is not going on them).
We switched to hairball control formula food (and she likes it) and some cream for her to eat from Hertz. It seems to be helping, but time will tell better.

We lean all our chairs in against the table so they can't jump on them.
To keep them off the table, you can put that lint remover sticky tape and if they jump on it they will freak out.That should teach them.

Sue, that is such a good idea. I never thought of leaning the chairs in

I can't wait to go home and try this.

Thanks

The sticky tape is a great idea too. You are good at this

My sister does the sticky tape - works great

The aluminum foil and sticky tape will definitely work!

As for hairballs, make sure that you feed them hairball treatment dry food. It may cause a few more at first, as it breaks up any that may be pre-existing, but it helps to prevent them in the future as well. They also sell this goopy stuff in a tube that you can put on your finger for your cat to lick off... it's called Hairball remedy, I think Hartz makes it. It really works! Of course, brushing them frequently is the best way to keep hairballs down to a minimum. I would try to brush them at least twice a week, with one of the wire brushes with the bristles that slant backwards (you can get one at Petco).

Hope that helps! I have 3 at home

I disagree with the foil. If Im making lunch, and he sees the foil, he will jump on it and sit on it. Cats are attracted to shiny things.
My only suggestion is getting a water gun, and squirt him when you see him on the furniture.
As far as hairballs, they have treats that have treatments for hairballs. Not sure if it works. I know my kitty has had a problem this summer with hairballs...because they are shedding so much.
Good Luck

I have two kitties and have gone through both problems (among others!):

I have used sticky tape for keeping the cats off the furniture. Petco sells a product called Sticky Paws. It's basically just strips of clear double sided tape that is furniture safe. http://www.petco.com/search/mercado_search_results.asp?NUM=&QID=1&LAction=entry&IMG=&ALL=&log=1&cmLink_ID=hphr0008&entry=sticky+paws

(Leaning the chairs in is a great idea too!)

I second Lunatrek's terrific advice for the hairball problem. Lots of grooming, hairball management food (my favorite is Nutro Max), and the goopy tube stuff (I believe it's flavored petroleum jelly) there's one called Petromalt which I used. http://www.petco.com/search/mercado_search_results.asp?NUM=10&AID=4558625837849563941&QID=2&LAction=entry&IMG=&ALL=&log=1&entry=hairball+remedy&Search.x=19&Search.y=3

Good luck!

I read somewhere that crushed red pepper works. You need to train them to get out of the habit of jumping up. You can try spraying your cats with a water bottle. after a few times they are afraid of the bottle, the sound, jumping on the couch.

Good Luck!

We used to spray them with a little water gun until my nephew decided he wanted it.

We sprayed ours with a water gun directly in the face and sad 'NO' real loud.

Our vet suggested both of these and said that cats don't like loud noises, so in one part of the house where we didn't want him to go we put a chiming motion sensor that was real loud. That also work.

But the water gun was perfect for the furniture.

I squirt her with the wate bottle when I am home, but every day when I get home from work, or when I get up in the morning guess where she is...

c'mon I'll give you 1 guess...

THE DINING ROOM CHAIRS!!!

I'm glad its working.