'Cat climbing curtains'

Cat climbing curtains

Courtney from Amarillo, Texas, USA!! -

I had a cat I got out of the newspaper as a kitten. She was all white with little black horns on the top of her head between her ears. We named her Bianca because the name sounded mischievous. Once she was about 4 months old she started climbing up my curtains. It drove me nuts so we put her outside.

Comment #1 Cat Magnet from Catlandia -

Kittens love to climb. Ours climbed the curtains.. and the cloth wall hangings. Anything she could get her claws into.

Declawing her cured that problem. She looked like she is going to try sometimes still.

Comment #2 endora (24.45.126.104) -

Oh i had a cat that did that! I used a water gun on her and everytime she did the climb i would squirt her with the gun and she would take off in another direction lol.

Comment #3 Mama (170.128.174.210) -

I have looked everywhere on the web for information on a kitten climbing the walls...needless to say, I have been unsuccessful! She started to shimmy up the banister to the stairs-I thought this was pretty cool because she would make it all the way to the top by hugging the wood and climbing with her back claws...NOW she has graduated into climbing the walls and stays attach to the wall as long as she can. She is only 2.5 lbs - (small) 5 month old kitten. Has anyone ever heard of this? Any advice?

Comment #4 moy (63.176.159.21) - Sun Aug 23 09:57:57 2009

Interesting account of kitten behavior. It is normal for kittens to be playful and when they overdo that a bit, I do not think placing them on probation or getting them to stay outside would be the solution.

It is their nature to want to climb on almost everything..though I have not heard of those that stick on walls. Use a water gun or anything that will discourage extreme behaviors.

Comment #5 Red Sonia (63.176.159.38) - Fri Sep 11 23:30:43 2009

You are lucky enough to have just a climbing kitten or cat, well what we have is a cat who likes to scratch, much and chew off our couch. If only there are cat trainers available out there. If you know any websites that offers proper cat care and raising (to avoid such cat mischief again) do share them here at the forums. I don't want to hurt our poor pet.

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