Foiled Again
Yes, it’s true. Olive used to have a bad habit of digging her claws into the couch and leaving trails of tiny little puncture marks. It was really annoying and we weren’t sure what to do.
Then one day, I was searching the worldwide interwebz for a solution and read about tin foil and how badly cats hate it. If there’s an area you don’t want cats to go near, just lay down some foil and they won’t be able to stand it, said the interwebz.
Turns out that it was completely true. The second Olive laid one paw on the foil, she shot two feet strait in the air and ran for her life. We felt a little silly because we had scotch taped foil all over the couch and had to hide it when people came over. Then there would be days we wouldn’t even bother hiding it. We’d be like, “Yeah, we’ve got foil on our couch. So what? You probably do weird things in your house.”
Oh the things you go through for your pets.
Yes, we did this with our potted plant!
Our cats used to pull out the earth (because it smelled so good??) - so we put tin foil over it.
Later we had the - much better! - idea, to fill stones on top of the earth… ^^
Yeah, they definitely have a thing for plants and soil. Sometimes we plant grass in a small pot and the cats love to smell it and chew on it. Glad the stones worked!
Yet another reason why my cat sucks. We put tinfoil at the back of the washing machine to stop him hiding there and he dragged it out, tore pieces off and played with them!
Oh no! So he doesn’t fear the foil?! I guess all cats are different …
I’m really glad the foil worked because I was SO tired of having the couch look like a spaceship. Now though, Christmas is coming and we’ll have to put foil around the tree…Oh, Olive.
I know! Every year I’m tempted to just put lights up outside and leave it at that. The first Christmas with Olive was kind of a nightmare, but it seems to get a little better each year.
I remember you suggesting this to me about the Christmas Tree thing in a comment. I’m gonna try this! Thanks for the advice! 🙂
You’re welcome!
So foil is cat Kryptonite! LOVE that last panel especially, Matt!
Thanks a lot, Mark! The top right panel happens to be one of my all-time favorites 🙂