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my cat is nothing but trouble! what can i do?
I love my cat very much. I am crazy about her!! I spoil her with an endless amount of toys, and I treat her to cat treats like several times a day. Now she has that "royal" attitude. So she goes around and drops things from the shelves to the floor by kicking it or hitting it with her paw (thinking it's a toy), and it drops on the floor. I have had numerous drink spills. I learned the lesson of supervising her when I do have a drink in my room but she is always sneaking up on it and spilling it. I get angered, wanting to punish her. I want her to learn a lesson, but yelling at her does nothing. I also tried putting her in the cage for awhile like as a "time-out" - that didn't work. So how can I discipline her without being too harsh?
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Yes I agree with the spray bottle and also it is partially your falt for spoiling her sooo much!!! But something to consider is to put her in a certain room while you are gone move the litter box there too. Also QUIT spoiling her too much and she will loose part of the attitude!
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ok, this isnt being harsh...but have a spray bottle with you...when she does something bad, squirt her..just once, and if she reacts, thats great as she'll soon associate the squirting with her misbehaviour.
give it time and it'll work (providing you squirt her when shes bad)
she should stop in no time.
dont ignore her, as this may increase her bad behaviour.
however, if ths doesnt help..it might be worth asking a vet or someone.
good luck :)
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Get a water gun. Works wonders. Not one of those high powered super soaker's, just a normal old squirt gun. In a pinch I have used the spray dust remover that I use on my computer, but squirt gun is best! :)
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Since she's a cat, I really don't think that's how she thinks as far as the royal attitude goes. But I don't think she knocks things over on purpose to bother you either. It's to get your attention! She wants to play & my dad read once that cats will treat you like a big cat because they think everything is a cat. Funny, I know. Lol
Anyway, for the discipline squirt her with a few drops of water, it always stops my cats. Maybe spend a little more time with her so she won't have to do that to get your attention. Or gently tap her nose as a little wake-up call that she's not aloud to do that sort of thing! But hopefully, you won't have to do that too, too much.
Good luck with your cat!
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