Furniture

The main thing we have learned is that you have to be sure they can't get into a situation where they can't get out of if you aren't there with the kitty. We've found with Buddy that we had to rearrange the furniture because we had a chair right next to an end table, which was also right next to the "bar" in the kitchen. He climbed from the chair, to the end table, to the bar, and then he was on top of the kitchen counter, and that was a pretty good distance to fall. We also make sure all our kitchen chairs are pushed in so that he can't get on top of the table. He found a way around that, though. He could get on the windowsill right behind the table, and then get to the table top from there. We kept seeing him on the table top wondering how he got there My daughter caught him in the act. So we have to keep those blinds closed so that he can't do that anymore! When we first got Buddy,he had a hard time drinking water because his little face would 'bob" into the water. We put the water dish on something to raise it up about 4 inches or so, and he did much better. As for the cat pan, we just have one of those plastic runners with teeth on the bottom, and it surrounds the cat pan. He still has occasional accidents where he falls outside of the pan, but at least most of his "waste" ends up on the plastic instead of the carpet!! Beth Chase