Well that lasted all of two days!!

[catmandu]

The Pet Angels Still Maintain That It Was An Earthquake That Toucjed Off A Rube Goldberg Chain Of Events That Felled Your Catmas Tree.
They Feel You Owe Autumn Some Aplogies And A Can Or Two Of Fancy Feast For Those Unfounded Accusations.
Moose Angel Presided Over The Cases And Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs
Innocent!!!!

[AlleyCat]

LOL that is so typical of kitties !! I have been very blessed that mine have never knocked the tree over, but they've knocked down ornaments. Now all my ornaments are non-breakable!!

[ShylanHal]

My kitties have never really taken a real interest in the tree - at least climbing wise. All we have on the bottom are unbreakable ornaments and candy canes, and other than the occasional ornament found somewhere in the kitchen or mud-room (about three rooms away from the living room, where we have the tree), we have no big problems with having a christmas tree.
Though Echo does find it nice to have her own personal bush inside the house, we (as good pets for the kitties) have kept all the presents pushed toward the outside so Echo can have her personal cave underneath the pretty tree.
Perfect place to ambush Clover!

Oh that is so priceless! I'm sure Autumn didn't MEAN to knock it over! She probably thought it would be a great picture opportunity to have her as an ornament! And it would have, if the tree was only strong enough to hold her squirming kitty-weight.

[orangemm]

Guilty here of laughing, too! Even brought my hubby in to see the pictures.

That happened to us, too, years ago when Daisy and Dali (both RB babies now) came to live with us. Huge crash and lots of scurrying around. The fishing line and hook did the trick for us.

I keep coming back just for a laugh!

[krazyaboutkatz]

This is the reason why I no longer have a Christmas tree. I'm sure that if I did, it wouldn't even last 2 days. LOL

[jennielynn1970]

It's those little tabby cats that get you all the time!!!

My Boris does the same thing. She loves to be in and on top of everything. I had actually caught her jumping INTO the christmas tree the one year from the arm of the sofa. Sigh... that went over really well with the tree!

I've bought some table top trees since then, but this year I just said the heck with it and just got a wreath an that was it!

And just where was Mocha during all this commotion?! I'm sure she had to have something to do in all this fun!

[GILL]

I started doing this 30 years ago. The dog we had at that time would tell us there was an earthquake in NJ every day. SOOOO I put a small cup hook in the ceiling and would use monofilament fishing line from the top of the tree to the hook. HA HA no more earth quakes. Now we only put unbreakable balls on the lower branches and no one seems interested in climbing the tree, at least while we are home.
So a Merry Chistmas and a happy New Year from the CREW of 8

[GILL]

I started doing this 30 years ago. The dog we had at that time would tell us there was an earthquake in NJ every day. SOOOO I put a small cup hook in the ceiling and would use monofilament fishing line from the top of the tree to the hook. HA HA no more earth quakes. Now we only put unbreakable balls on the lower branches and no one seems interested in climbing the tree, at least while we are home.
So a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from the CREW of 8

[critter crazy]

If a tree falls in your living room..........does it make a sound????





CRASHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Autumn:2
Tree:0


This time I caught her in the Act!!!

[buttercup132]

One little tiny kitten did all that!?
I didn't think cats actually did that, none of all my 5 touch the tree and they are 1-2 years old Milo and Zoe are still kittens.

[Catlady711]

Yesterday I got a tree. This is the first tree I've gotten since 2005 when I just didn't 'feel' like Christmas decorating. Then we got Cami the next year and I wasn't sure how she'd react to a tree so we didn't get one. This year I'm making the attempt (Cami is older but not so sure about the 3 little ones).

I got a small 'Charlie Brown' tree, which I normally would never think of getting a tree that small. My theory is that if it's small and lightweight that if they do knock it over it won't do much damage. Also I only have 6 wooden ornaments on it from the middle to the top right up close to the trunk, nothing dangling. And it sits in a square cast IRON stand. So far it's still standing, although I've had to do a bit of cat soaking with the water bottle when the younger ones have wanted to chew on the branches. We got a 'Fraiser Fir' which has short, soft needles and doesn't shed much so the cats shouldn't have much problems with eating the needles and sweeping them up is a breeze with the vacuume cleaner, no long neeedles to 'weave' into my carpet.

I'll have to get pix soon as it's Cami, Josh, Sassy and Sabrina's first Christmas tree.

[kuhio98]

If a tree falls in your living room..........does it make a sound????

CRASHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Autumn:2
Tree:0


This time I caught her in the Act!!!

You haven't secured it yet? Or did Autumn find away around the fishing line?

[critter crazy]

You haven't secured it yet? Or did Autumn find away around the fishing line?

Ummm...just call me stupid!! He he he he!! I figured she would only do it once!! Boy was I wrong!!

[kuhio98]

Ummm...just call me stupid!! He he he he!! I figured she would only do it once!! Boy was I wrong!!

This is Autumn we're talking about. One of the most adorable nawtee little girls we've got around here. Kisses from us to Autumn. Perhaps you could post a photo of the results every time Autumn errrr.... redecorates the tree?

[catmandu]

POOR AUTUMN CAME AROUND JUST AS THE AFTER SHOCK FROM THE EATHRQUAKE HIT YOUR TREE. SHE WAS ACTAULLY GETTING READY TO CATCH THE TREE WHEN YOU FOUND HER RED PAWED SO TO SPEAK.
JOHN HANCOCOK AND JUKE JOINT JOSEPH ARE HUDDLING TO GIVE AUTUMN A GOOD ALIBI!!!!

THERE ARE THE PERRY MASONS OF THE FOUND CAT HOTEL.