Cats & Christmas Tree's... How does THAT work???

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An early Christmas gift. How sweet!

We’re you here last year when Wolfie dropped a mouse in DD1s bed on Christmas morning? That one was luckily dead, but now hes bringing them in alive. He must enjoy watching us shriek & chase them.

I don't believe I was! I think I'd scramble out of bed regardless of the status of the mouse!

Casper has yet to kill one, at least since he's been here. The one from under the tree he set loose in the living room a few minutes after he trotted out with it and it vanished under the bookshelf.


Also, merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! Possibly last update on Casper and the tree, not sure when it'll go back into storage again... He decided to pull a couple ornaments down yesterday and bat them around the floor. They were re-hung, and he's not given them a second glance since. He has spent most of his time under the tree since the mouse incident, I guess hoping to find another one (and thankfully not!). No further mayhem. Guess our tree is too boring for feline shenanigans!

 

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Whew, the tree and ornaments survived another year!

 

[room onthebroom]

The tree is up & once again, so far so good with the cats.

They are very intrigued & spending a lot of time checking it out, but so far haven’t made any attempt to defile it… yet.

 

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Phew, we haven't even gotten our tree out yet. Surprised my niece and nephew haven't insisted. Can't believe it's already December 14, though! These last few months have really flown by!

 

[cluckmecoop7]

My 2 young cats like sleeping under the tree. They don’t bother it otherwise.

 

[room onthebroom]

 

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He took a real close look at the tree now that the presents are out of the way, nibbled a branch, booped a few ornaments with his paw, and then gave me this look like the totally innocent and angelic cat he is.

 

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Well, today, on the day the tree was to come down, Casper has claimed his very first victim in two Christmases under his belt. It was a complete accident, he really hasn't batted at any of the ornaments since Christmas. Instead, he had put his paws up on the tree to sniff higher branches, and that shook it enough that a loose bauble fell and hit the brick of the hearth, shattering.

Casper is traumatized by the vacuum being used to clean up the mess, but otherwise not sure what the big deal is. At least he waited until I was awake so I could clean up his mess without him getting hurt by the shards.