When I got my kitten about a month ago, it was in a very-intense-hay-fever week.
Being allergic to pretty much every type of pollen, I had to blow my nose a lot... and after 2-3 days, the kitten associated the sound of "blowing my nose" with the gesture of "throwing (I literally throw it) the used tissue in the trash can 2 feet away from my bed situated "conveniently" close to my bedside table, a.k.a. the first days I had him I had to keep him from jumping IN my trash can...
He had his little kleenex box obsession, too. He likes to pull out the tissue paper and put his paws in it for fun. I can deal with him playing with the kleenex box and try to catch my used tissue while in mid-air (I now keep the trash can closer to the bed so I just drop the tissue instead of throwing it).
But lately he has become a tissue paper thief... meaning, he stands on 2 legs, grab a tissue in his mouth and plays with it; which is kind of yucky, when you think about it. He has also learned that by putting his weight on his front legs, he can make the trash can fall on its side and he loves to dive in the used tissue paper.
Even when I put heavier stuff at the bottom (I tried it twice), he only "steals" the tissue on top of the garbage.
Since the day I saw him take a kleenex from the bin, the only thing I put in my garbage bin in my room is used kleenex and I have to "hide the trash can" by putting it somewhere way too high for him (or myself, actually) to reach easily or to put it in another room with the door closed.
When I was younger, my family dog used to do this because he liked to "taste" the inside of the tissue paper. My father once put a tiny (very very tiny) drop of Tabasco sauce in one of the tissue and my dog pretty much stopped after that. I can't do this with my kitten though since he only sees the tissue paper as a toy...
Have you been in this situation before? Any ideas on how I can stop him from doing this? :/
Being allergic to pretty much every type of pollen, I had to blow my nose a lot... and after 2-3 days, the kitten associated the sound of "blowing my nose" with the gesture of "throwing (I literally throw it) the used tissue in the trash can 2 feet away from my bed situated "conveniently" close to my bedside table, a.k.a. the first days I had him I had to keep him from jumping IN my trash can...
He had his little kleenex box obsession, too. He likes to pull out the tissue paper and put his paws in it for fun. I can deal with him playing with the kleenex box and try to catch my used tissue while in mid-air (I now keep the trash can closer to the bed so I just drop the tissue instead of throwing it).
But lately he has become a tissue paper thief... meaning, he stands on 2 legs, grab a tissue in his mouth and plays with it; which is kind of yucky, when you think about it. He has also learned that by putting his weight on his front legs, he can make the trash can fall on its side and he loves to dive in the used tissue paper.
Even when I put heavier stuff at the bottom (I tried it twice), he only "steals" the tissue on top of the garbage.
Since the day I saw him take a kleenex from the bin, the only thing I put in my garbage bin in my room is used kleenex and I have to "hide the trash can" by putting it somewhere way too high for him (or myself, actually) to reach easily or to put it in another room with the door closed.
When I was younger, my family dog used to do this because he liked to "taste" the inside of the tissue paper. My father once put a tiny (very very tiny) drop of Tabasco sauce in one of the tissue and my dog pretty much stopped after that. I can't do this with my kitten though since he only sees the tissue paper as a toy...
Have you been in this situation before? Any ideas on how I can stop him from doing this? :/