Spoiled girl - moving her off the counter makes her gargle scream

[Jacq]

If you get these, have Trish take a pic and send it in....:-D

 

[Sunny]

Only if I get to be in the calendar with three cats trying to break through my leg armor... by holding a dangling piece of filet mignon out of camera view. :D

 

[adamcrssmn]

This little girl is definitely vocal about not getting her way. It sounds like I would have stepped on her for this gargling like scream she makes from her stomach when I a) move her off the counter to set her down, b) deny her something she wants. Obviously moving her off the counter makes the noise go several octaves louder! This is the normal, hi human, I love you meow gargle but ramped up in intensity.

She doesn't seem slighted for not getting her way and is learning to remain off the counter during food prep steadily to where I only need to move her off twice before she gets the hint. The first few days were like fighting a rubber band stretching back to position where I had to stand up and prepare the food in the air from how insistent and QUICK she was.

This girl is lightning fast, I will give her that. Once she gains weight I will have less concern someone stealing her food and supervising meals.

Sounds like a pretty typical Savannah!!! Tardis, is by far the most vocal of our cats and he's vocal about EVERYTHING, especially when he doesn't get his way... which isn't often... He's spoiled.

 

[adamcrssmn]

I think you need these. Ladder pants to prevent leg injury and a spiked belt to limit travel to the upper torso. They are sure to make you the envy of all your friends.

Wow... If I ever want to make sure my wife won't touch me...

 

[Brigitte Cowell]

I think you need these. Ladder pants to prevent leg injury and a spiked belt to limit travel to the upper torso. They are sure to make you the envy of all your friends.

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Wow! Those are quite something! LOL!

 

[Brigitte Cowell]

She gets up on top of the metal trash can that has a flat lid to watch. I love the idea of a tree, stool, or perch however the kitchen is just too small (1 person surrounded by full appliances) so there's no room for anything extra. Yesterday went smoothly, just setting her down the once. She's also learned to jump up into the cabinet shelves where my Sam Adams Octoberfest and their food is stored at the end of the kitchen and off the counters to watch, so that's a plus I guess. Thankfully she hasn't learned how to open a can, then we're in the stuff.

You might be surprised if you step back and look at your kitchen with a fresh eye... there may be a space. Maybe not for a full cat tree, but giving your cat an easily reached shelf perch would work just as well. Just a defined place where the cat is allowed that is high enough that she can supervise the activity
As you mentioned the cabinet shelves, maybe there is a way to rearrange to make part of them a defined area. Put a kitty mat down on it so it is clear where she IS allowed...

 

[Sunny]

I like the shelf idea more and more, the pantry area is a 4 shelf affair with a single long door that the boys know how to pull open like a cabinet door and get into/out of. The shelves are deep and wide enough they could support 4 full size SVs laying on their sides comfortably so converting one into cat space to peek out of is easy. The smaller cabinets are just too full to convert a section and in fact, I already picked up earthquake latches and a new drill to secure the ones that store people food anticipating any day now my little explorer will stumble onto chocolate chips and my baking ingredients, something sodium rich, or otherwise extremely very bad for them.

 

[SV Dad]

John Popp, you have too much time on your hands! Why oh why would you even go looking for something like that? Isn't Chongo tearing up the house yet?

 

[John Popp]

John Popp, you have too much time on your hands!

I really don't, I just get to the point where my head is going to explode from my workload. "Advertising emergencies" everywhere and the big game of hurry up and wait.