Added at Thursday 18th of December 2008 12:09:36 PM
Never give a kitten or a puppy as a Christmas gift! Let all your friends know that this is ... their lives as Christmas gifts, end them shortly afterwards ...
Make your Christmas tree as stable as possible. Chances are your cat will try to climb
all over it sooner than later. Make sure that the base of the tree is heavier than the top,
even after all the decorations are hanging from those branches! Read this article through
for more technical information.
If you have a live tree, never let your cat drink from the water in the tree stand. Most
people use aspirin or special chemicals to help preserve the tree and these can be deadly
for cats! Even if you use pet safe preservatives, the tree itself releases toxic sap into the
water, so you'd need to cover the water altogether and make it inaccessible to pets. You
can also spray around the center of the tree skirt with lemon scented air freshener to deter
your cat from wandering too close.
Avoid using tinsel, strings and hooks as part of your tree decorations. All are extremely
dangerous to cats if swallowed. Fragile ornaments can be dangerous. Glass shreds on the
carpet are a safety hazard to humans as well as felines - so keep all breakable ornaments
out of your cat's reach.
Topic: Christmas 
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