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Woody said at 3:46 PM 06-01-2004:
Cover yourself with the urine of another cat. Cats hate that. |
anotherben.. said at 3:47 PM 06-01-2004:
bathe more. |
 | cricket [email] said at 3:56 PM 06-01-2004:
i just did. i need a protective coating. |
art said at 4:03 PM 06-01-2004:
put a little Tabasco™ onto your finger and slip is onto its tongue next time it licks |
anotherben.. said at 4:24 PM 06-01-2004:
let the cat watch you bathe/shower. this will say to the cat "look.. i am clean". and then the cat will look for someone else to groom. |
 | courtney [email] said at 3:56 PM 06-01-2004:
cats also don't like vinegar. but I don't think you'd want to douse yourself in vinegar either.
if you have a spray bottle, spritz her with water whenever she comes close to you. this is a common cat punishment (and training tool), and it works. |
 | jake [email] said at 4:37 PM 06-01-2004:
I can attest that this works.
If you snap your fingers right before you spray, you'll train the cat to run away when you snap, so you don't have to always carry a spray bottle (and so you can keep the cat away without spraying it in front of the roommate). |
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| cricket [email] said at 4:39 PM 06-01-2004:
but i still want the cat to nuzzle me and be sweet, just no licking. is this too much to ask? |
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| cricket [email] said at 4:39 PM 06-01-2004:
but i still want the cat to nuzzle me and be sweet, just no licking. is this too much to ask? |
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| jake [email] said at 4:44 PM 06-01-2004:
no, it's not.
First, train the cat to expect a spritz every time it hears you snap.
Make a clear arm motion so it sees you snap, and then squirt it. Do that once in a while for three or so days.
Then, when it's nuzzling you, wait for the lick and immediately snap! and then squirt.
If you keep the training up, you'll get to the point where the cat will stop nuzzling as soon as it hears the snap, and then soon enough it won't lick at all. |
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| jake [email] said at 4:46 PM 06-01-2004:
PS I'm sort of making up the time periods on this--every kind of animal has a different threshold for learning from repeated punishment, and I think it's pretty quick for cats, but I don't know. |
 | ed [email] said at 6:01 PM 06-01-2004:
Jessie Mae is a chronic groomer, and has the roughest tongue God ever bestowed upon a cat. Seriously, it feels like sandpaper with shards of glass embedded in it.
But she does it because she loves me, so I can't bring myself to discourage it. I just walk around with sore forearms (from nighttime in-bed grooming) and ankles (from daytime he's-in-the chair-again grooming).
Okay, that doesn't help, but Josh and Art are correct - if there is a particular spot the cat is fond of, rub a little cayenne or dash on a bit of tabasco. It's not like you have to wear it all day, rather, only when you're home and vulnerable to the torture. The cat will not associate you with bad things (like squirted water), but will rather just decide that you taste awful. Of curse if you don't have those specific areas, like I do, then you're pretty much gonna have to be the Bad Guy. Only not so much a guy. |
 | brianbibbly [email] said at 6:49 PM 06-01-2004:
Well, if Cricket starts putting Cayenne pepper on her, then I won't be able to lick her. |
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| ed [email] said at 6:55 PM 06-01-2004:
Well, only if you normally lick her ankles or forearms... |
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| brianbibbly [email] said at 7:01 PM 06-01-2004:
I lick whatever I can get a hold of my man. |
 | josh [email] said at 4:12 PM 06-01-2004:
chili powder |
art said at 4:13 PM 06-01-2004:
copycat |
pete [ url ]
said at 4:28 PM 06-01-2004:
simple, kill the cat and make it look like an accident, like in the dishwasher... |
 | chrisx [email] said at 6:20 PM 06-01-2004:
Let the cat lick you. What's the problem? |
Sesur said at 7:04 PM 06-01-2004:
Lick the cat back. You may enjoy it. |
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| courtney [email] said at 7:05 PM 06-01-2004:
kev had a cat that would wake him up in the morning by licking his nose. he's a heavy sleeper, so it got to the point that the kitty licked his nose raw. eek. |
 | shelly [email] said at 7:11 PM 06-01-2004:
i heard cats don't like citrus. perhaps a citrus scented spray? |
 | milky [email] said at 8:08 PM 06-01-2004:
depends on the cat. the two i had, the citrus anti-cat spray didn't work.
even when sprayed directly on the cat. |
carly said at 8:55 PM 06-01-2004:
uhh. i think cayenne pepper or tobasco sauce would burn her skin. |
evan not logged in said at 11:07 PM 06-01-2004:
cut the cats head off, mummify it, put it in a glass dome and keep it on your bookshelf |
 | michele [email] said at 2:06 PM 06-02-2004:
damn ev, i'm glad b.c. doesn't lick |
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