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(nwr) ARRRGGHHHH!!!

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in October 2012 Weddings
I am at my wits end with one of my cats. I don't know when she learned it, I don't know where she learned it, I don't know how she learrned it, but for the 3rd time in a WEEK she has thrown her weight against the screen door in order to make a hole in it for her to escape onto the balcony. At the moment, she's been banished to a bathroom with her litterbox and food/water dish. I just don't get it. We have two screen doors/ two balconies, and she's only forcing the hole in one. I kid you not, we've replaced the screen with a brand new screen 3x in a week and she's never done it before.

I'm going to duct tape a large piece of cardboard across the bottom 1ft of it, but I don't think that will teach her anything. Any suggestions?
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  • achiduckachiduck member
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    Keep a squirt bottle handy and squirt her with water anytime she tries to do it. You can also get a cat repellant spray that they seems to think smells pretty nasty. You could spray it on that part of the screen. I had to use the spray with a previous cat of mine to keep him away from a fishtank
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  • mrskristinycmrskristinyc member
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    A water bottle always worked with my cat (mostly when he jumped on kitchen counters). After a few months, I just needed to pick up a spray bottle (of any kind - water, cleaner, whatever) and point it at him, and he'd run and hide.

    You could try putting a stack of (empty) soda cans on the other side of it, so when she jumps on it, it knocks them down and makes a big scary noise.

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  • ccarrion77ccarrion77
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    My previous cat didn't do well with the spray bottle, she'd get vengeful if she knew it was you who punished her (I know, she was a bit nuts).  I'd have to do stuff like drop a book on the floor so the noise would scare her, or clap my hands real loud, anything that was loud and not  know it was me who punished her.  I think this also helped since she didn't associate not being able to do sometime with someone being around, thus less likely to do it when I wasn't.  Maybe give this a shot if the spray bottle doesn't work.  Good luck, cats can be crazy but they're worth it :)
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  • stephanieanddereksweddingstephanieandderekswedding
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    Get double sided sticky tape and put it on the door.  This will solve the problem.  I have a cat who likes to chew on furniture.  Yes....Chew on it.  and i have to use the tape on there all the time.  They don’t like the feel of it on their paws and it sticks to their fur and hurts to pull it off (like a Band-Aid on a hairy arm).

    By using the tape the deterrent will be there all the time and not only when you are home like the spray bottle.
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