Moon's Graden

by **Daniel Solom** » Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:36:06

I've had my kitten for a couple of months, and she has finally figured out
that she can jump up onto the kitchen counters and table. What has me
worried is that I saw her walking across the stove (nothing was cooking at
the time). I am deathly afraid that she is going to get curious while I am
cooking something and may leap on to the counter next to the stove if I
turn my back. I've done other meal preparations while things are cooking
before, but now I am afraid to turn my back on the stove for fear that she
may jump up on it. I was quite emphatic with her when I saw her there,
probably more than any other place in my home. Getting on to the counters
is an annoyance, but the stove makes me afraid that she might hurt herself.
Anyone have any recommendations for this?

--

"No amount of planning will ever replace dumb luck."

by **Tide E. Po** » Sat, 12 Jan 2002 21:25:45

Quote:

>I've had my kitten for a couple of months, and she has finally figured out
>that she can jump up onto the kitchen counters and table. What has me
>worried is that I saw her walking across the stove (nothing was cooking at
>the time). I am deathly afraid that she is going to get curious while I am
>cooking something and may leap on to the counter next to the stove if I
>turn my back. I've done other meal preparations while things are cooking
>before, but now I am afraid to turn my back on the stove for fear that she
>may jump up on it. I was quite emphatic with her when I saw her there,
>probably more than any other place in my home. Getting on to the counters
>is an annoyance, but the stove makes me afraid that she might hurt herself.
>Anyone have any recommendations for this?

Our kitten was curious about what I was taking out of the oven once
and breifly put her front paws on the door to get a better look.

Brief being .05 seconds or so. Not even long enough to get a blister!

I put some aloe on her toes and she seemed just fine.

Now she avoids the oven/stove totally.

Cats have a good sense of temperature and even if she DOES hop onto
the stove, cats are famous for their good reflexes and she likely wont
do it again. In fact she may "hate" the stove. *glaring and walking by
it sideways* etc.

Just keep your eye on her as best you can. If she DOES manage to burn
herself look at it and if you think its neccesarry (you can see ANY
visable change to the pads of the feet, cat isnt walking normally etc)
go to your vet ASAP.

Hth
Tidey

*_*_*To YOU I'm an atheist. To God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.*_*_*

by **Richard Eva** » Sat, 12 Jan 2002 23:43:33

Quote:

>Cats have a good sense of temperature and even if she DOES hop onto
>the stove, cats are famous for their good reflexes and she likely wont
>do it again.

There's an old saying: "A cat who jumps on a hot stove will never do
so again. Of course, they will never jump on a cold one either."

Dick Evans

by **NY WRIT** » Sun, 13 Jan 2002 00:50:18

<I've had my kitten for a couple of months, and she has finally figured out
that she can jump up onto the kitchen counters and table...>

A few years ago, I had some candles lit on the table. My sweetie Mei Ling
jumped on the table & went to sniff the flame. Before I could respond, her
whiskers had burned off (slightly.) She was fine, but I never had candles
again. Also, I never leave things simmering on the stove, nor do I unload the
dishwasher without locking Sammy in the bedroom. He explored the dishwasher
once & my husband had to get him out!

by **Barb** » Sun, 13 Jan 2002 02:01:44

My cats have access to the closet over the refrigerator which is right next
to the stove. To get up there and down they jump on the stove. If I remove
a hot pot from the stove I usually put a kettle of water on that burner
until it cools down but other than that I have not paid much attention and
the cats seem to have worked it out. Cats are highly intelligent animals
and they are usually very careful about themselves. With kittens I think
you have to be a little more watchful.

Barb

by **Bentl** » Sun, 13 Jan 2002 01:27:07

Quote:

> I've had my kitten for a couple of months, and she has finally figured out
> that she can jump up onto the kitchen counters and table. What has me
> worried is that I saw her walking across the stove (nothing was cooking at
> the time). I am deathly afraid that she is going to get curious while I am
> cooking something and may leap on to the counter next to the stove if I
> turn my back. I've done other meal preparations while things are cooking
> before, but now I am afraid to turn my back on the stove for fear that she
> may jump up on it. I was quite emphatic with her when I saw her there,
> probably more than any other place in my home. Getting on to the counters
> is an annoyance, but the stove makes me afraid that she might hurt herself.
> Anyone have any recommendations for this?

You need to teach her not to go on the counter. There are several ways
to do this. The best way for me was to, at night, lay out mouse traps
UPSIDE down, and over them with tin foil. When kitty lands on the
counter, the traps go off but don't hurt her. This scares her, and she
runs. I like ways where kitty punishes herself. Otherwise, if you
hollar and scream at her when she jumps on the counter, she will
associate you with the hollaring and screaming. You could also have
double sided sticky tape on the counter. But this doesn't work as good
because kitty must actually step on the tape, and unless you line your
entire counter (which is unpractical and wasteful of tape) it doesn't
really work.

A lot of times cats learn to go on the counters because lots of times
when they go up there, they find some goodies (the roast that is
waiting to go in the oven, and you just happened to go out of the room
for a sec) and thus reward themselves.

Bentley

by **Cat Protecto** » Sun, 13 Jan 2002 01:58:31

I always make sure that before I cook on the stove or use the oven that the
cat is not around the immediate area. I also make sure she is not in the
area as the stove is cooling down as well make sure the oven and burners are
completely off. it has become so much common practice that I think Isis just
stays clear of the oven and stove when I am using it.

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Quote:

> >I've had my kitten for a couple of months, and she has finally figured
out
> >that she can jump up onto the kitchen counters and table. What has me
> >worried is that I saw her walking across the stove (nothing was cooking
at
> >the time). I am deathly afraid that she is going to get curious while I
am
> >cooking something and may leap on to the counter next to the stove if I
> >turn my back. I've done other meal preparations while things are cooking
> >before, but now I am afraid to turn my back on the stove for fear that
she
> >may jump up on it. I was quite emphatic with her when I saw her there,
> >probably more than any other place in my home. Getting on to the
counters
> >is an annoyance, but the stove makes me afraid that she might hurt
herself.
> >Anyone have any recommendations for this?

> Our kitten was curious about what I was taking out of the oven once
> and breifly put her front paws on the door to get a better look.

> Brief being .05 seconds or so. Not even long enough to get a blister!

> I put some aloe on her toes and she seemed just fine.

> Now she avoids the oven/stove totally.

> Cats have a good sense of temperature and even if she DOES hop onto
> the stove, cats are famous for their good reflexes and she likely wont
> do it again. In fact she may "hate" the stove. *glaring and walking by
> it sideways* etc.

> Just keep your eye on her as best you can. If she DOES manage to burn
> herself look at it and if you think its neccesarry (you can see ANY
> visable change to the pads of the feet, cat isnt walking normally etc)
> go to your vet ASAP.

> Hth
> Tidey

> *_*_*To YOU I'm an atheist. To God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.*_*_*

by **fuga** » Sun, 13 Jan 2002 02:10:35

Quote:

> My cats have access to the closet over the refrigerator which is right next
> to the stove. To get up there and down they jump on the stove. If I remove
> a hot pot from the stove I usually put a kettle of water on that burner
> until it cools down but other than that I have not paid much attention and
> the cats seem to have worked it out. Cats are highly intelligent animals
> and they are usually very careful about themselves. With kittens I think
> you have to be a little more watchful.

> Barb

You are lucky. One day I walked into the kitchen to find Java sitting on the stove staring into a pot of boiling water with her paw about 2 cm away from the red hot element. Since that time she has tried to jump up on the three other occassions while the stove is on. I have to admit that if Java seems overly interested in*** out in the kitchen while I am cooking I tend to put her in the bedroom as I don't want her to get hurt. Strangely my other cat Fuga runs out of the kitchen if he thinks the oven is on.

Sharon

by **Laura A. Robinso** » Sun, 13 Jan 2002 05:17:45

circa 11 Jan 2002 08:27:07 -0800, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,

Quote:

> A lot of times cats learn to go on the counters because lots of times
> when they go up there, they find some goodies (the roast that is
> waiting to go in the oven, and you just happened to go out of the room
> for a sec) and thus reward themselves.

Heck, mine just do it because they know it is the one place they're
not allowed to go. :-)

Laura
--
One man's mundane and boring existence is another man's Technicolor.
-Tick, Strange Days

by **A Lobe** » Sun, 13 Jan 2002 07:33:53

I have two cats, three dogs, and the dogs will eat the cat food in a heart
beat or less. No amount of discipline will stop them. Since we have, for
the last 44 years, fed our cats dry food, and left it down for them 24/7/365
the dogs eating the cat food would be a problem. (before the flames begin
none and I mean none of our cats are fat and overweight. Nor the dogs.)

We keep the cat food in a corner of our kitchen counter in an area that we
do not prepare food in. It's the "telephone" note pad place. I am not
certain how the cats learn that all other areas of the counter are off
limits but every kitten/cat I've had does learn. With the exception that
some of our cats like the kitchen sink. Our two present cats: Monstruo and
Fox do not.

Just an anecdote about two cats in a five pet household,

Alan, George and the Menagerie

Quote:

> > I've had my kitten for a couple of months, and she has finally figured
out
> > that she can jump up onto the kitchen counters and table. What has me
> > worried is that I saw her walking across the stove (nothing was cooking
at
> > the time). I am deathly afraid that she is going to get curious while I
am
> > cooking something and may leap on to the counter next to the stove if I
> > turn my back. I've done other meal preparations while things are
cooking
> > before, but now I am afraid to turn my back on the stove for fear that
she
> > may jump up on it. I was quite emphatic with her when I saw her there,
> > probably more than any other place in my home. Getting on to the
counters
> > is an annoyance, but the stove makes me afraid that she might hurt
herself.
> > Anyone have any recommendations for this?

> You need to teach her not to go on the counter. There are several ways
> to do this. The best way for me was to, at night, lay out mouse traps
> UPSIDE down, and over them with tin foil. When kitty lands on the
> counter, the traps go off but don't hurt her. This scares her, and she
> runs. I like ways where kitty punishes herself. Otherwise, if you
> hollar and scream at her when she jumps on the counter, she will
> associate you with the hollaring and screaming. You could also have
> double sided sticky tape on the counter. But this doesn't work as good
> because kitty must actually step on the tape, and unless you line your
> entire counter (which is unpractical and wasteful of tape) it doesn't
> really work.

> A lot of times cats learn to go on the counters because lots of times
> when they go up there, they find some goodies (the roast that is
> waiting to go in the oven, and you just happened to go out of the room
> for a sec) and thus reward themselves.

> Bentley

by **Tide E. Po** » Sun, 13 Jan 2002 07:30:03

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:17:45 GMT, Laura A. Robinson

Quote:

>circa 11 Jan 2002 08:27:07 -0800, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,

>> A lot of times cats learn to go on the counters because lots of times
>> when they go up there, they find some goodies (the roast that is
>> waiting to go in the oven, and you just happened to go out of the room
>> for a sec) and thus reward themselves.

>Heck, mine just do it because they know it is the one place they're
>not allowed to go. :-)

>Laura

Yep, I agree with that!

Our kitty loves to sleep in sinks, and teh one in the kitchen is her
favorite, desptie the "bad kitty"(1) dance we wind up doing when she
is in that particular one.

Tidey

(1) first, disbelief, then loud "pss pss pstttttt" noise, followed by
mad hunt for the spray bottle, which is never where you left it.
during which cat runs upstairs and hides, only to reappear smugly 2
minutes later. gotta love em.
*_*_*To YOU I'm an atheist. To God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.*_*_*

by **Iain & De** » Sun, 13 Jan 2002 08:22:43

Quote:

> I've had my kitten for a couple of months, and she has finally figured out
> that she can jump up onto the kitchen counters and table. What has me
> worried is that I saw her walking across the stove (nothing was cooking at
> the time). I am deathly afraid that she is going to get curious while I
am
> cooking something and may leap on to the counter next to the stove if I
> turn my back. I've done other meal preparations while things are cooking
> before, but now I am afraid to turn my back on the stove for fear that she
> may jump up on it. I was quite emphatic with her when I saw her there,
> probably more than any other place in my home. Getting on to the counters
> is an annoyance, but the stove makes me afraid that she might hurt
herself.
> Anyone have any recommendations for this?

> --

> "No amount of planning will ever replace dumb luck."

Cats definitely don't have an instinct for avoiding fire. We have a wood
stove in our ba***t, and after living with this for about eight years, our
then-14-yr.-old cat decided to jump onto it when it was hot. He blistered
his back paws pretty badly, and also injured the left front paw. It was a
couple of weeks before the poor dear was back to normal. Since then, we
have learned to always keep an assortment of items - pan, kettle, fan - on
the stove to deter any of our cats from jumping on (it seems to work, but
I'll always be nervous about it now).

You could do the same with your kitchen stove, by not leaving any burners
uncovered, but the best way is to train them to stay off the counter
entirely, and not allow them in the kitchen at all when you are cooking.

by **Laura A. Robinso** » Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:22:25

circa Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:30:03 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,

Quote:

> >> A lot of times cats learn to go on the counters because lots of times
> >> when they go up there, they find some goodies (the roast that is
> >> waiting to go in the oven, and you just happened to go out of the room
> >> for a sec) and thus reward themselves.

> >Heck, mine just do it because they know it is the one place they're
> >not allowed to go. :-)

> >Laura

> Yep, I agree with that!

> Our kitty loves to sleep in sinks, and teh one in the kitchen is her
> favorite, desptie the "bad kitty"(1) dance we wind up doing when she
> is in that particular one.

> Tidey

> (1) first, disbelief, then loud "pss pss pstttttt" noise, followed by
> mad hunt for the spray bottle, which is never where you left it.
> during which cat runs upstairs and hides, only to reappear smugly 2
> minutes later. gotta love em.

Ah, you must have learned the same "bad kitty" dance I was taught in
my "How To Be Owned By Cats" courses. ;-)

Laura
--
One man's mundane and boring existence is another man's Technicolor.
-Tick, Strange Days

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