Monday, February 2, 2009

Mitzie has been difficult lately.

The kitten doesn't want to go into her room when it's time to be fed. We've tried various methods of luring her in. Treats no longer work. Hiding behind the door no longer works. Letting Summit go in first and then having her follow Sum in no longer works. Scooping her up really quick while she's contemplating running and hiding rarely works. Corralling her between Jeff and I doesn't work. Telling her to go to her room won't work.

So tonight, Jeff chased her around the apartment. I looked up from my flash cards because he wasn't telling her to go into her room anymore. He was on his hands and knees under the dining room table trying to catch her. I nearly died when she decided that wouldn't work anymore either.

She jumped on the top of the table and tried to escape. Jeff is sneaky fast though and managed to nab her while she was on the table contemplating where to run. And we'll probably be able to get her in her room for food for at least one or two more nights with this method.

Any suggestions aside from catching her in a bug net or tranquilizing her? We're running out of ideas, people! The kitten will soon starve because I refuse to let her rule over me and allow her to eat raw food on the carpet. *shudder*

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What happens if you let her skip a meal? Used to work with my kids ....

Anonymous said...

why not let her tell you when she's hungry? similar to dixie dinging the bells on the door to go outside?

could take some time, and you'd have to hide the bells at night or you'd never sleep again