Can't keep the cats out of the tree

Our tree is anchored to the ceiling by US Army issue trip wire. It is not going anywhere.

Two years ago several of SO's Hallmark airplanes had to see a mechanic. Nothing at all last year. ChaCha Cat had a fascination with Santa's whip when the sleigh made its way around the music box. Most elegantly did she dispose of it. We kept spares. She was the ultimate cable cutter!

Toddler proof your tree or ignore damages. Best of luck either way.
 
Twostep said:
Our tree is anchored to the ceiling by US Army issue trip wire. It is not going anywhere.

Two years ago several of SO's Hallmark airplanes had to see a mechanic. Nothing at all last year. ChaCha Cat had a fascination with Santa's whip when the sleigh made its way around the music box. Most elegantly did she dispose of it. We kept spares. She was the ultimate cable cutter!

Toddler proof your tree or ignore damages. Best of luck either way.
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The tree still stands, it's just a bit less adorned.

My little foster son was toddling by the time our first Christmas together came around. I happened to have an extra crib I'd taken apart and put in the closet (it wasn't CPS approved), and I used parts of it to build a safety cage around the Christmas tree. It looked pretty, too; solid wood with a rich oak finish and handsome molding.

Not a challenge for cats, though.
 
My granddaughter's huge cat used to guard the presents as he assumed they were all his.

All you could see was a pair of eyes glaring at you balefully as he attempted to lie on as many as possible at one time.

Heaven help the hand that dared to reach under the tree to retrieve a present. Blood would be raised.

Of course afterwards, all empty boxes and bags needed to be tried on for size. We always referred to the process as "The 20-pound cat in the 10-pound box".
 
bingo said:
a cat tunnel under the tree solves that problem
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In a similar vein; we have a tree skirt, and the cats discovered they can spin it.

The day I brought in the boxes of ornaments and stuff, Charlie (this guy> Charlie a.jpg) was like, "Dudes! The freaky giant just brought me a whole bunch o' new toys!!"

I think the novelty of having a tree full of interesting doodads is wearing off. But a cat tunnel is a good idea for a Christmas present. Charlie and Penny like to chase each other around, so I think they'd play in it a lot.

Pixel's a lot older. He's getting a new bed.
 
Murrmurr said:
In a similar vein; we have a tree skirt, and the cats discovered they can spin it.

The day I brought in the boxes of ornaments and stuff, Charlie (this guy> View attachment 385769) was like, "Dudes! The freaky giant just brought me a whole bunch o' new toys!!"

I think the novelty of having a tree full of interesting doodads is wearing off. But a cat tunnel is a good idea for a Christmas present. Charlie and Penny like to chase each other around, so I think they'd play in it a lot.

Pixel's a lot older. He's getting a new bed.
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Cat tunnel? Boxes, more boxes and more boxes. Cut holes, add leather shoe laces, sprinkle cat nip. We occasionally eliminate in box town which is in the middle of the living room.
 
Lilac said:
We always put the non-breakable ornaments at the bottom & the others up top. That worked pretty well. The older they got, the more they crawled under & slept on the blanket when the lights were on for warmth.
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That's a good idea. I was worried they'd chew on the wiring, but seems they haven't even thought about it.

I took @RadishRose 's advice and got out my squirt gun bottle. Used it 3 times, and they haven't messed with the tree since.

We have 3 cats. Penny and Charlie are only around 5 or 6 months old. Pixel's been with me for 8 years or so. He couldn't care less about the tree, but the other two got all excited about it, especially little Charlie. In fact, he stayed right at my feet the whole time I put the tree together, and then hung the lights and the ornaments, going back and forth with me from the ornament boxes to the tree, watching the whole process intently.
 
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