How to keep cats off the window screens

[Modelworks]

I have sliding glass doors in my living room, with a screen on the outside.
I have 3 cats that are outdoor cats. They like to climb on the screen. Especially if they are not happy with what I gave them for dinner.

They are just out of the kitten stage so they are playful and will chase each other up the screen. If I yell at them or tap on the glass they get down, but that isn't the best solution because they are slowly ruining the screen.


Mug shot of the offenders .
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6164/kittehmi9.jpg

suggestions ?

 

[joesmoke]

squirt them with water... or just hit them.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Cut their feet off.

Bonus is fuzzy new lucky cat's foot keychains.

 

[Insane3D]

Go to your local Wal-Mart or whatever and pick up some "Pet Screen". It's a much, much heavier gauge screen with a thicker coating on it. I have fairly large cats that do that, but they hit the slider about 5 feet up after a full gallop across the living room before they launch into the screen. They can hang there and it never even gets a small pull or anything. I even had a neighbors large rotty try and get through the screen once before I shut the door, and it didn't faze it.

Of course, it's a small PITA to re-screen the door, but it's fairly easy once you get the hang of it.

 

[Riverhound777]

Cayenne pepper. I had a problem with a cat jumping on my car in the work parking garage. Put a circle of pepper around my car, and the problem went away Put a bit on the screen and they will stop.

 

[SsupernovaE]

Electricity.

 

[BoomerD]

Electrify the screen...they'll only try it once after you do...


We have cats that do the same dammed thing. (fuckers!)

We had all new windows and sliders put in last year...my wife's Himalayan/Siamese cross gets pissed if no one gets up to let him in...so he climbs the screen to get out attention, even though at that point, he's only 10 feet away from the pet door he knows how to use..:disgust:

 

[Vehemence]

Fire

 

[torpid]

My cat used to do this. I put aluminum foil on the screen and put a scratch toy nearby with catnip. That helped a lot. He stopped doing it entirely once winter weather hit. Of course, he's an indoor cat, so YMMV.

 

[zoiks]

shotgun.

 

[KB]

shock collar *ppzzzzzttt*

 

[ViviTheMage]

blow torch

my cats wouldn't stay off mine :/...got rid of them though, not for that reason, other reasons.

 

[Oyeve]

Declaw one front paw. Watch as they spin in circles until they fall off on head. Many good laughs.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Try this

 

[Tobolo]

In all seriousness, they do have a spray that you can put on your furniture that tastes horrible to cats. You can spray that directly on the screen or on to a paper towel and attach it to the screen. They get that crap on their paws and then try to clean themselves. After a short time that crap will stop.

 

[Adam8281]

airsoft. don't miss or it will destroy the window screens

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: Tobolo
In all seriousness, they do have a spray that you can put on your furniture that tastes horrible to cats. You can spray that directly on the screen or on to a paper towel and attach it to the screen. They get that crap on their paws and then try to clean themselves. After a short time that crap will stop.

There's a substantial delay between when they claw it and when they lick themselves. I tried this and it had no effect, and it's not surprising to me because I doubt a cat would remember clawing the screen 30 minutes ago when licking itself.

What might work, however, is something to make the screen sticky. I decided not to go that route.

 

[Blieb]

Nice trio of colors!

 

[R Nilla]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: Tobolo
In all seriousness, they do have a spray that you can put on your furniture that tastes horrible to cats. You can spray that directly on the screen or on to a paper towel and attach it to the screen. They get that crap on their paws and then try to clean themselves. After a short time that crap will stop.

There's a substantial delay between when they claw it and when they lick themselves. I tried this and it had no effect, and it's not surprising to me because I doubt a cat would remember clawing the screen 30 minutes ago when licking itself.

What might work, however, is something to make the screen sticky. I decided not to go that route.

There's also Boundary, a spray with an odor that will scare cats away. Not sure if it's something you'll want to spray on your window screens, though.

 

[darkxshade]

Hire fuzzybabybunny to come over to snorgle and squeal at them everytime they climb up the screen.

 

[Triumph]

There's nothing you can do. Cats do whatever they want, and you'd do well to keep your place in the human-feline hierarchy. Heed my words!

 

[Q]

I hate cats they are dumb

 

[JulesMaximus]

Let them in?

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: Triumph
There's nothing you can do. Cats do whatever they want, and you'd do well to keep your place in the human-feline hierarchy. Heed my words!

They are plotting my demise, just as soon as they can figure out how to get in my will !

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: Blieb
Nice trio of colors!

Yeah, they really surprised me. I was expecting them to look like their mother, but instead they picked a color each off the mother.
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/2334/mkittehyb0.jpg