So who is brave enough to put a tree up this year?

[jazzcat]

We haven't had a Christmas tree since 2004 when Rocky and Rumor were kittens. That year was stressful because little Miss Jazzy taught the kittens to climb the tree. I decided I didn't want to go through that anymore and since I put a tree up at my Dad's and spend Christmas Day there I didn't feel I was missing out.

This year I kind of want to put a tree up and decorate but with seven cats I think I may regret it.

So who's brave enough? Any tips from you guys with multi pets?

[jennielynn1970]

Not I!!

I haven't put a tree up since Boris was a kitten, or behaving like a kitten, and knocked over the tree 3xs in one week.

I'm still not sure she won't do the same thing. Plus she eats everything that is live, so no flowers or anything!

[lvpets2002]

Ha Ha you think I am Crazy or What?? Not Me.. Heck with all of my babies the tree would not last 5 minutes..

[Husky_mom]

trying to scare me?.. I already have mine up... so far the kitties have just gone around it and behind it.. not over it... LOL

besides mine is between two couches in a corner..... and I only have plastic ornaments... ... I´m a bit of a clumsy I´d break them all while taking them out of the box they came in if they were glass... LOL

[lvpets2002]

Oh just wait till they climb right straight up into the tree branchs..

trying to scare me?.. I already have mine up... so far the kitties have just gone around it and behind it.. not over it... LOL

besides mine is between two couches in a corner..... and I only have plastic ornaments... ... I´m a bit of a clumsy I´d break them all while taking them out of the box they came in if they were glass... LOL

[sparks19]

The dogs are the least of my worries....

I put up a tree and do you think I can keep HANNAH out of it? No WAY lol

[3Catcondo]

I usually put up 2 trees, and last year was the only year I haven't put a tree up at all. Owen was less than a year old. This year I only put the white one up (I loaned my boyfriend the green tree to put up at his house so he would have a tree) , and so far so good. Noone has been exploring in the branches (Cricket used to scale up the inside of the tree) and I have never had one knocked over. I have had a few ornaments broken which were glued back with super glue, no worse for the wear.

[pomtzu]

Ours went up yesterday, and tho the twins have never tried to climb it, one of them (Pepper) feels that the tree skirt is her own private blanket. She gets under the tree and digs and scratches at it until she has it all piled up in a heap, then she plunks herself down and enjoys a nice, peaceful sleep. The only way we can stop her from doing it is to put some presents on it so that she can't get it rumpled up - then she'll just find a tiny edge of it and claim that as hers and she seems to be contented with that.

[ramanth]

Andy and I have been putting up a fake tree since '06. We've never had a problem with the cats getting in it. They would knock off ornaments from the lower branches so now we just don't hang them there.

We seem to run a greater risk with the dogs knocking it over with their rough housing. Though Andy has secured the tree to our costumed mannequin and so far, it's never been toppled.

[Suki Wingy]

Here in IA we have a real tree, it's really lush too. My little brother has his own full of NASCAR and Cars ornaments. The cats just leave it alone.

At home in IL we have two trees, a live one and a fake one which was given to us as a gift by a family friend who works for a company that makes fake trees. When I was younger I was always worried Niño would pee on it but he never has even done more than just sniff the tree casually when it went up. Chester hid all last December so we don't know what he'll do with it this year.

[zippy-kat]

We were bracing ourselves for a year of kitteny antics with this being Grace's first Christmas. Nope! Grace could care less. K'CEE, however, is the tree-scaler-extrodinaire.

The dogs don't bother it although Maggie Moo tried to crawl under (to retrieve a toy) and it almost toppled.

[catnapper]

We were brave enough with a puppy! CAllie ended up eating the berries off the tree, so we removed them and the tree looks naked.

[Catlady711]

We had a tree up last year and I have 7 cats also. Granted we put up a small Charlie Brown tree (real) and very limited ornaments only hung near the trunk area, but we had one including lights. The hardest thing was keeping them from getting into the water basin. I had to use simple sugar water solution rather than any other additives which might harm the cats if they should drink it.

Here's a pix of Cami lounging under the tree.

[Flatcoatluver]

When Kesha was still around we always had knocked over ornaments and ripped tissue paper, now that she has passed away we haven't had any problems.

Until I started babysitting my brother's new dog, Pike. That dog LOVES chewing on the tree branches and eating the tree skirt. Little brat.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I tried putting up a very small fake one but Storm kept trying to eat it so that was the end of that. If I tried putting up a tree today I know that both of my girls would climb it in a minute and knock everything over.