he used to love it next to the woodstove or anywhere really

now he never uses it


ive hand washed it and dried it and tried putting one of my shirts in there cuz he likes sleeping on my clothes usually


but nothing works

2/13/2010 1:00:04 AM

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2/13/2010 1:11:57 AM

catnip

2/13/2010 1:34:38 AM

Cats are finicky bastards.

2/13/2010 1:38:44 AM

yeah we bought our kitty one of those leopard print houses with a soft pillow inside. she never goes in there. she would rather sleep next to the couch if we are sitting there, on the bed if we are sleeping there, or anywhere else random except that house.

2/13/2010 8:28:45 AM

Cats sleep where they damn well please.

[Edited on February 13, 2010 at 10:56 AM. Reason : grammar fail]

2/13/2010 10:56:06 AM

you need to act like you don't care if he goes in or not

2/13/2010 11:19:43 AM

if your cat is as spiteful as mine is, pretend like you DON'T want him to sleep there.

2/13/2010 12:39:39 PM

Put orange peels everywhere you don't want him to sleep

2/13/2010 12:43:29 PM

put it outside. that's where cats belong.

2/13/2010 3:01:19 PM

Ours has spots for a week or 2 and then moves to another. Some come up in rotation more often than others, but sometimes he chooses some shitty places for a cat to hangout and nap.

2/13/2010 3:03:04 PM

Catnip might work. However, cats are not usually persuadable. Like it was said before, they'll sleep wherever they want...Like on the top of your head, on top of the fridge, in the closet, on the stove.

If you try putting a heating pad inside the cat house, they might like it. It worked for my parent's cat.

2/14/2010 1:10:43 PM

put a door on the kitty house and bolt it shut with a lock. Put a sign on the door that says "no kittehs aloud". Cat's hate that. Pretty soon she'll be pawing it all the time and wanting to get in.



works every time.

2/14/2010 1:22:40 PM

true.

2/14/2010 1:59:43 PM

let another cat use it for a while. Then she will sleep in it all the time until she has convinced herself that she has covered up all of the other cat's smell. When you have 2 cats around that don't like each other they will have battles over who can lay on the pettiest shit. The boy's cat spent the better part of a morning in a cardboard box just to deny the other cat the option of sleeping there (other cat is too chubby to jump into said box anyway).

2/14/2010 2:06:50 PM

^^^ QFT

2/15/2010 2:42:02 AM

like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hddCpJ8MfVo

2/15/2010 5:38:46 AM

2/15/2010 7:42:47 AM

cat is gonna do what cat wants to do

2/15/2010 9:30:15 AM

ITS A HE-CAT

2/17/2010 10:42:59 AM

catnip

2/17/2010 10:45:19 AM

spread loads of catnip on it for him. Our cats love their beds that have catnip on them even after not putting any on after awhile. Also it has to be somewhere safe for him, like high up or away from loud places, like near a washer machine or tv. I also make it a point to give them their daily treats in the little homes/beds and I try not to bother them while they are sleeping in them so it reinforces the fact that it's a safe hideout to sleep

2/17/2010 12:04:08 PM

Cats like to look out windows. Shut all your blinds, leave a small opening in one window, and put the thing you want your cat to sleep on right in front of the opening. Also, a bird feeder right outside the window would help.

2/17/2010 1:00:31 PM

Cats like to perch.
Dogs like a den.

2/17/2010 5:01:19 PM

I recommend you stop being such a faggot, you're in the back seat.

2/17/2010 10:45:19 PM

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"let another cat use it for a while."

exactly. i let a little dog sleep in my cats long unused bed. after she kicked the puppy out she rarely left that bed again.

2/17/2010 11:50:08 PM

he doesnt like catnip

2/21/2010 3:03:44 AM

That shit be genetic, yo.

Quote :

"Strange as it may seem, the different responses are probably due to environmental factors, genetics, and the gender of the cat (males are more likely to respond than females). If a cat who normally reacts to catnip is in a strange environment or is anxious, she may not react to the catnip. Cats in certain genetic 'lines' do not react to catnip. No one really understands the genetic trait, but it can be bred into a line through genetic selection."

2/21/2010 7:04:00 AM

place kitty inside kitty home, board it up til it does work, get a dog

2/21/2010 8:55:17 AM

Quote :

"place kitty inside kitty home, board it up til it does work, get a dog "

2/21/2010 10:13:28 AM

Quote :

"Ours has spots for a week or 2 and then moves to another. Some come up in rotation more often than others, but sometimes he chooses some shitty places for a cat to hangout and nap."

that's how cats tend to be

2/21/2010 10:42:35 AM

cats using very different criteria for resting location than ppl. just to speculate, i think they want a spot that doesn't communicate their scent, they prolly want to hear but not be seen (in the dark) they prolly want multiple escape routes. and ur chinese cat house prolly got nasty manufacturing odors ur nose not sensitive enough to detect. maybe wash it? and no febreeze not counting. i never been able to get a cat to do anything that wasn't it's own idea.

2/21/2010 5:18:51 PM

^ Then explain why my cat's current favorite sleeping spot is my back

2/21/2010 9:26:08 PM

warm?

2/23/2010 5:29:08 PM

it's b/c your cat is watching you sleep, gathering intelligence before he MURDERS YOU DEAD!

2/24/2010 12:28:07 PM