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- From: lhuffmanp@stsci.edu
- Subject: Re: Sliding Closet Doors...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.135734.1@stsci.edu>
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- Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
- References: <1993Jan21.165905.8068@nsc.nsc.com>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:57:34 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.165905.8068@nsc.nsc.com>, urban@nsc.nsc.com (Gregory Urban) writes:
- > Well, I guess it had to happen eventually. Our cat, Shadow, has
- > just figured out how to open our sliding closet doors. I suppose
- > she wedges her head between the wall and the door until it slides
- > open. She only does this when we're away at work. Unfortunately...
- >
- > She likes Mommy's expensive trouser socks. We now come home every day
- > to an apartment littered with socks. (We're talking 10-15 pair!)
- > It must take her at least an hour to get all of them out and "decorate"
- > the room.
- >
- > Yesterday she ruined a pair (infamous little-teeth holes).
- > We can't punish her after the fact, so our only option is to
- > figure out how to keep her out. I can't put something in the
- > door track to stop it's motion, either.
- >
- > Any suggestions from all you intelligent people who have outsmarted your
- > intelligent cats?
-
- First, punishment NEVER works, especially with cats, she will come to fear you.
- Second, treat her as an intransigent 2 year-old child. Lock up things.
- For your sliding doors, put little screw-in type hooks and eyes and latch the
- doors when you leave.
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