I don't mean to be one of those annoying people who constantly posts about their pets, but we have a real problem at our house. I am wondering if anyone can offer a little advise. As you know, we are new to the whole animal scenario, and our cat presents a bit of a conundrum. Every time I lower myself into a semi-recumbent position, it feels the obsessive need to chew on my hair. Even now as I am typing this post, it is perched on my shoulders like some deranged, living scarf. It is going to town on my hair as if it were the last food on earth. I can manage the situation during my waking hours, but when I am trying to sleep at night, I feel a little grouchy when the cat munches on my mane like a prize-winner in a Pie Eating Contest. Rance says that constant sleep deprivation due to cuckoo pets is going to take years off of my life. What's a girl to do?
I have tried squirting it with the spray bottle on these occasions, and after inadvertently misting myself I can't recommend this method. (You try spraying a moving target on your back. It's not as easy as it sounds. Especially when it has a capable set of claws only millimeters away from your flesh---and in the middle of the night.)
I have obviously tried locking the cat out of my room, but late night visits from my children, breech my security. I also can't cloister myself away during the day. It impedes homework, household chores, meals, and life in general.
The only solution I have found that seems to work it walking around with my hair tucked into stocking cap all day. I even resort to sleeping in it. However, this can't be good for my hair, or my interpersonal relationships. In short, I look slightly like a cross between the "crazy cat lady in the neighborhood" and a cancer survivor.
Of course, I haven't mentioned the answer that Rance is inclined toward. He is all for "taking care" of the cat with his brother Ross. I can't quite bring myself to "off" the cat in such a drastic, mob-like fashion. Call me a softie, but there must be some other way. I fear, however, that unless we find a solution soon, (and no, shaving my head is not a viable option), we will be forced to give the cat to another blissfully unsuspecting family.
A Gently Glowing Galaxy
20 hours ago
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Stop bathing in cat nip!
Do you find coughed up hairballs all over the house? You could always try and pass the cat on to some unsuspecting bald person. Or get a wig and tie it around the cats neck until it hates hair. That's how you break dogs from killing cats...tie a dead cat around it's neck until it can't stand to go near a cat, let alone kill it.
That is not a bad idea Val! I think I will borrow Emma's Hannah Montana hair piece and see how the cat likes wearing that for a day or two. I knew there would be people out there with more animal wisdom than me.
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