kathryn
April 24th, 2008, 05:58 PM
MY MOM IS MAKING ME ASK THIS.
My cat Maxwell keeps opening the back door (glass door and screen) and busting everyone out. It's ridiculous. The glass door has a handle that is not a knob but one of the ones you pull down.. so he either a. yanks on that and gets the door open or b. he somehow gets the door open when it does not close properly.
for the screen door and digs his nails into it and just slides it open.
My mom will not shut up about putting a zap collar on him so that if he steps outside he gets zapped.. like for dogs. I told her he's NOT a dog and she needs to knock it off with wanting to go buy one at petsmart and end up electrocuting my cat!
So, can you guys help me out with figuring out how to keep the cat inside and making my mom stop with her nonsense of wanting to zap my cat?
We do keep the door locked most of the time but when we go outback to yaknow, do yard work or whatever we of course can't lock the doors from the outside, so he busts out and tries following us.
Help please. I have 6 cats inside and it's so annoying to have to chase them all down. Also, Maxwell is the only one opening the door.
He's a 8lb Russian Blue and I've tried EVERYTHING to train him. I scare him back in and I squirt him with a water bottle and give him a smack on the butt... it's not like I want to beat him or scream at him.
My cat Maxwell keeps opening the back door (glass door and screen) and busting everyone out. It's ridiculous. The glass door has a handle that is not a knob but one of the ones you pull down.. so he either a. yanks on that and gets the door open or b. he somehow gets the door open when it does not close properly.
for the screen door and digs his nails into it and just slides it open.
My mom will not shut up about putting a zap collar on him so that if he steps outside he gets zapped.. like for dogs. I told her he's NOT a dog and she needs to knock it off with wanting to go buy one at petsmart and end up electrocuting my cat!
So, can you guys help me out with figuring out how to keep the cat inside and making my mom stop with her nonsense of wanting to zap my cat?
We do keep the door locked most of the time but when we go outback to yaknow, do yard work or whatever we of course can't lock the doors from the outside, so he busts out and tries following us.
Help please. I have 6 cats inside and it's so annoying to have to chase them all down. Also, Maxwell is the only one opening the door.
He's a 8lb Russian Blue and I've tried EVERYTHING to train him. I scare him back in and I squirt him with a water bottle and give him a smack on the butt... it's not like I want to beat him or scream at him.