tele_mark says:
Uhhh..... read my post about him turning up the dial on the range top -- you know, the one you responded to and gave a suggestion to?.........
tele_mark says:
That's a great tip! I'll try it. Everything else I've tried has failed. I'll try the foil. Everyone else, going back to Floppy/Robocat/Ivan/Daisy, in 2000 , and now Storm/Mikesch, learned with no difficulty that the stovetop was totally off limits, while the rest of the counter top is a green light, but Ambercat is the first exception in almost 16 years!! Ahhhh!
tele_mark says:
A couple of days ago, I smelled something burning in the house. After searching, I found one of the burners on the range turned to 1/2 on an empty pot.
I've been having lots of problems training Ambercat to stay off of the stove. Now, he's figured out that bumping the dials is lots of fun, so I've had to remove all the range top dials, for the risk of having the house burn down...
tele_mark says:
Well, Doerscheln, you were right! It was a little easier this year to get Mikesch into the carrier. I put it in the bathroom and closed every other door in the house, but he wouldn't go in there. But he went into the wooden cat hide away in the living room, and I just reached in and scruffed him. He hissed but didn't panic or scratch or bite at me. He's bigger than Storm now -- 11.6 pounds, Storm is 10.6 pounds.
tele_mark says:
He was fine from the beginning because he's a friendly, outgoing cat. The ones Floppy has trouble with are the unfriendly, territorial ones, especially if they growl at him.
tele_mark says:
I found a new, unused orange collar in a drawer last night. It's a little big right now, but it's obviously been waiting years for him.
tele_mark says:
Their visit is next Monday, the 9th. I know I can get Storm in the carrier, he just freezes when he realizes there's nowhere to run to. Mikesch I'm not looking forward to....