Interior Decorating for Cat Owners

The only question I have is, has this author ever actually owned a cat? From the tone of this article, it sounds as if a cat hater has written it and then tries to cover up their obvious disdain of felines at the end with a “they can be great pets” comment. I have a lot of beautiful and breakable things in my apartment. I have a number of plants and I have cloth furniture. I have an uncovered cat box and I have a cat. She doesnt break things, she doesnt dig in my plants, not eat them and she doesnt dictate my house, other than the fur. There are a number of kitty litter options that assist with the smell and a small hand vac works wonders for the litter tracked out by the oblivious kitty. Cat grass is great, because they really enjoy it. Buy a scratching post. And if worst comes worst, a spray bottle and a fly swatter works wonders for a rude feline.

I kinda agree with Lora..ha ha ha.
I would like to add a bit though.
You didn’t mention window coverings. If you have a cat(s) that like to get into your windows BEWARE because they will break the blinds if you have them. I would suggest sticking to curtains.
Oh, i also did find in a magazine kitty litter box coverings..they were wooden and pretty nice but they ran you around $99 bucks.
In closing, in order to have ANY pet you really need to treat them as you would your own family member or as a child and with common sense.

I agree with Lora’s comments. I use pine litter (it kills the amonia odor in cat urine) and a brand of food that helps diminish the smell of my cat’s droppings. Which helps since I have such a small apartment. With diligent housekeeping and well placed scratching posts my cats are very clean and civil. A firm command is all I need to keep my curious kitties away from areas that have breakable items.

I have discovered a way to keep my cat safe on my balcony. If like me, you have a top floor balcony, i suggest going to home depot and getting a clear plastic screen. ( clear b/c most apartment complex like to be uniform.) put up the screen with staples and you can easily let your cat out. i have his litter box and condo on the balcony now along with his food. this gets the smells out of a small apartment and a safe place for your cat to enjoy.

my dark-chocolate-brown cat JAG “MacMan
‘ came from south carolina with me by plane. we’ve been living in a motel, but are about to move into an apartment. he has been staying on a friend’s borch all summer in a small dog cage in the day, and his cat carrier at nite, for security. every day our family comes to see him and he’s trained like a dog to walk on a leash, and poop at a certain time. i’m looking foreward to walking him in our new community, and pick up the poop in a bag like i did when i had our dog before she got stolen.

will let you readers know how he’s doing.

I have a cat! He is a great cat. I trained him to use the scratching post in the house?

Actually, I do agree with the article because I’ve owned cats(yes they were spoiled, especially about climbing and knocking things down. You can train a cat to use a scratching post and you can also use soft paws. and the best way to keep a litter box from smelling bad if you clean it every day(take out the mess) and change litter box once or twice a month. Cats own their place.

I have to say that I agree with Lora. This writer seems more cat weary than cat friendly. I have never lived in an apartment withOUT a cat or two. My apartments are always impeccable and I can honestly say that I have broken and destroyed more than my cats have. I disagree with the notion that “cats are difficult to train”… bull! I train all of mine with a water bottle or water pistol :)They stay off of counters, do NOT claw my furniture and none of my cats have ever urinated anywhere except in the box or outside. It doesn’t sound to me like the writer has ever owned a cat.

I agree. The person who wrote this either has never had a cat or hates them. I have 2 cats&while some things written here are true, most is not. I have a litter carpet under the litter box that traps any loose litter from their paws or scratching. They don’t get into my decorations or scratch anywhere they’re not supposed to. It’s fairly easy to train cats. When they’re doing something you don’t want them to do, spray them with water. They can get a little crazy and run all over the house chasing each other, but the most they’ve knocked down is boxes that I should have moved anyway!

ive been a cat lover all my life ive never had a cat destroy my furniture or belongings but maybe thats because i think like a cat does alot of the time i often think cats are easier to live with than anything or anyone else

Funny, my thought within reading the first paragraph of this article was “Has this person ever owned a cat?” I’ve always had at least one cat, and I’ve never had a problem with them knocking things down; they’re generally quite agile. My current cat is quite fastidious, she has never had an accident in nine years, not one. She doesn’t claw the furniture (a spray bottle helped with this), and she hasn’t attacked a mirror since she was a kitten. This article is kind of strange. But I will be buying some cat grass!

I have 7 cat’s living in my house and it all depent’s on a cat’s caractor also.Like people some cat’s will distroy your furnitury while other ones will use the scratching pole.Mine are 50/50.I just gave them the furniture.Two cat’s love to dig in my plant’s while 5 stay out of it.All cat’s have different habits.Do what works for you cat’s and how tolorable a person you are.I love my animals and after 20 yeas of having cat’s nothing bothers me anymore.Wouldn’t want to live without them.Have a nice Day.Manuela.

I’m moving from a 600 sf apt to a 400 & am wary of the lack of space for Kali as she runs from 1 end 2 the other and has several spaces of her own. This will be a huge space loss for her and i’m concerned about her getting fat for lack of exersize. Also have 2 b careful as the door opens outside.Now, on the 3rd fl, when she got out, she didn’t go far, always within 50′ but we will be on the 1st fl leading outside, any ideas?

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