Help me create a cat trap to keep cats out of my room

[Mike Gayner]

Originally posted by: adlep
I am not sure if hating animals is a healthy feeling. You should seek a professional treatment and fast.

So a completely harmless creature comes over to your room and it is just being there and you hate it for that?

:disgust:

This.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Originally posted by: adlep
I am not sure if hating animals is a healthy feeling. You should seek a professional treatment and fast.

So a completely harmless creature comes over to your room and it is just being there and you hate it for that?

:disgust:

I dunno about the hate part, but cats bring in fur and can er, leave presents? Also knock things over. At least the cats where I live do, which is why I keep my door closed. I still end up finding fur all over the place though, damn cats . . .

They learn not to go in too. I would scold them if they went into my room, and sometimes they would sit outside the door crying but I would never let them in. Now if I leave the door open they will stand at the doorway and try to sneak in but will scurry away if they see me, because they know they are not supposed to be in there. They :heart: me though.

 

[lxskllr]

Cats don't leave presents unless their litter box is dirty. Whoever's in charge of the box needs to step up the maintenance.

 

[Born2bwire]

Why not get a baby gate?

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: Quintox

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
When you say a cardboard box in front of the door, what does that mean?

Can't you just get a big piece of cardboard that's maybe 2-3 feet high and the width of the doorway and place it at the bottom of the doorway? (Something tall enough for you to step over, but tall enough that the cats might not try to jump over)

If you want to be mean, put a shallow tub of water on the inside of your room so if they try to jump over it, they'll land in water and hopefully not try it again?

That's exactly what I have. After a week, one of the cats realized he can push it on the bottom right corner to get in. The reason I hate when they get in my room is because they'll run in and go under my damn bed and I have a hell of a time getting them out from under it, it really really pisses me off.

just learn to ignore them. i dont understand why you find cats such a nuisance, unless they're really loud or destructive..

and if you want to control where they go, buy a laser pointer.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Cats don't leave presents unless their litter box is dirty. Whoever's in charge of the box needs to step up the maintenance.

This (FAT) cat in particular is just lazy. He made a new "litter box" out of the couch in the den repeatedly because he doesn't want to go upstairs to the litter box. And yes the litter box is clean and yes the cat does it all the time.

Another cat (male and fixed) just likes to piss on everything for some reason, and now he lives in the garage/outside. Another other (female and fixed) cat also randomly pissed on beds, off to garage/outside as well.

 

[Savij]

Same situation, I used to close my door when I was out of the room and my desk was right next to the door so I could keep it open and snap my fingers at her whenever she started to walk in. The cat and I had an understanding about my room withing a few weeks.

 

[rockyct]

Originally posted by: PieIsAwesome

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Cats don't leave presents unless their litter box is dirty. Whoever's in charge of the box needs to step up the maintenance.

This (FAT) cat in particular is just lazy. He made a new "litter box" out of the couch in the den repeatedly because he doesn't want to go upstairs to the litter box. And yes the litter box is clean and yes the cat does it all the time.

Another cat (male and fixed) just likes to piss on everything for some reason, and now he lives in the garage/outside. Another other (female and fixed) cat also randomly pissed on beds, off to garage/outside as well.

Wow, those are pretty bad cats. My parents have two long hair cats and they are very well behaved. They do cough up hair balls fairly often but it's not like they can help it. One of the cats basically claimed my old room and whenever I come home there is fur all over the bed. Cats aren't perfect, but they are usually much easier than dogs.

 

[surfsatwerk]

If a cat has litter box issues then you're doing something wrong.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Originally posted by: rockyct

Originally posted by: PieIsAwesome

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Cats don't leave presents unless their litter box is dirty. Whoever's in charge of the box needs to step up the maintenance.

This (FAT) cat in particular is just lazy. He made a new "litter box" out of the couch in the den repeatedly because he doesn't want to go upstairs to the litter box. And yes the litter box is clean and yes the cat does it all the time.

Another cat (male and fixed) just likes to piss on everything for some reason, and now he lives in the garage/outside. Another other (female and fixed) cat also randomly pissed on beds, off to garage/outside as well.

Wow, those are pretty bad cats. My parents have two long hair cats and they are very well behaved. They do cough up hair balls fairly often but it's not like they can help it. One of the cats basically claimed my old room and whenever I come home there is fur all over the bed. Cats aren't perfect, but they are usually much easier than dogs.

They're not perfect, but their flaws are more than compensated for in their awesomness. Plus the whole companionship thing and everything.

 

[adairusmc]

A Conibear trap would work great.

 

[Fayd]

ive had 2 cats, female and fixed both. neither one was destructive. one would occasionally throw up (not cough up hairballs, but throw up) and it wasnt until much later that we realized it was the result of cancer of the bowels.

poor kitty.

but both cats have been awesome...even if this one is a bit skittish.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: adlep
I am not sure if hating animals is a healthy feeling. You should seek a professional treatment and fast.

So a completely harmless creature comes over to your room and it is just being there and you hate it for that?

:disgust:

The hair all over the place would bother me. I don't mind animals at all, but when I had animals they weren't allowed on the couch or in the bedroom. I don't feel like being covered in fur all the time.

 

[sutahz]

DOGS? or other cats..

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: adlep
I am not sure if hating animals is a healthy feeling. You should seek a professional treatment and fast.

So a completely harmless creature comes over to your room and it is just being there and you hate it for that?

:disgust:

:laugh: you people are insane

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: surfsatwerk
If a cat has litter box issues then you're doing something wrong.

They're not his cats.

 

[AreaCode707]

I don't mind cats on principle but I don't want my roommate's cats in my room either. One is snotty and the other is a long haired cat who is skittish (can't clean himself thoroughly and is too afraid to be brushed) so he kind of smells. They mostly stay at their end of the house where their litterbox and soft beds are, but the one time long-haired cat came into my room and bedded down in my closet I removed him; he doesn't like to be picked up so that freaked him out enough that he doesn't come in anymore. Fast and unexpected movements activates their flight response, so they'll run out and learn that "big animal that might eat me lives in that den."

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: venkman
great, thanks to this thread i spent 20 minutes watching cute kitty videos on youtube

haha, i just came back to the thread after doing the same thing

 

[Loop2kil]

what about a baby gate