Comments on: Cats hate fire alarms http://elbowglitter.com/blog/2008/06/02/cats-hate-fire-alarms/ leaving bits of confetti in my wake Wed, 05 May 2010 16:09:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mokie http://elbowglitter.com/blog/2008/06/02/cats-hate-fire-alarms/comment-page-1/#comment-10 mokie Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:16:15 +0000 http://elbowglitter.com/blog/?p=22#comment-10 If you can get hold of a pair of soft cloth pet carriers (the zip-up sort with mesh windows), try leaving them open in a favorite sleeping place with a toy or pillow in them. Get the cats used to napping in them, then move them a bit a day (so the cats don't lose track of them) until the carriers are in a secluded spot that the cats are likely to run to in a panic, like under the bed. They don't have to sleep in them all the time. You just want them to the carriers as a safe sleeping place within a safe place. To that end, avoid using them as regular transportation if you can avoid it. If you can get hold of a pair of soft cloth pet carriers (the zip-up sort with mesh windows), try leaving them open in a favorite sleeping place with a toy or pillow in them. Get the cats used to napping in them, then move them a bit a day (so the cats don’t lose track of them) until the carriers are in a secluded spot that the cats are likely to run to in a panic, like under the bed.

They don’t have to sleep in them all the time. You just want them to the carriers as a safe sleeping place within a safe place. To that end, avoid using them as regular transportation if you can avoid it.

]]> By: Jim http://elbowglitter.com/blog/2008/06/02/cats-hate-fire-alarms/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Jim Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:17:03 +0000 http://elbowglitter.com/blog/?p=22#comment-9 Loud noises (especially thunder) send Tiger looking for a place to hide. Over the years he has reached the point of bravery where the vacuum cleaner will not scare him if it is on a different floor... and sometimes even if it is just in a different room. After a good thunderstorm it we often have no idea where he might be without searching under every bed, futon, sofa in the house, plus under my computer desk or in a dark corner of the basement. Loud noises (especially thunder) send Tiger looking for a place to hide. Over the years he has reached the point of bravery where the vacuum cleaner will not scare him if it is on a different floor… and sometimes even if it is just in a different room. After a good thunderstorm it we often have no idea where he might be without searching under every bed, futon, sofa in the house, plus under my computer desk or in a dark corner of the basement.

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