My kitten Nemo has developed a really annoying habit... She likes to spend evenings/nights with me in my room but recently has started shredding cardboard boxes and packing paper I have in here while in the process of redecorating the place and using the boxes for trash/storage.
I won't resort to the "squirt gun" method of discipline because my room is small enough that I am almost never in a place when I wouldn't risk squirting water on over $2000 worth of computer equipment or piles of hand-done art.
She doesn't respond to me making a "PSSSST!" noise or saying "NO!" or any other vocal cues... so I've been just getting fed up and tossing her outside my room and closing the door. I don't really WANT to do that, I WANT her to stay in my room with me, but is there any other way I can discourage her from constantly gnawing/shredding things in here that won't risk damaging my expensive electronics and hand-done artwork?
ALSO:
Nemo... has an addiction. To cat treats. We'll give them to her to reward good behavior but she will hunt down wherever I hide the bag and if she finds it, she will drag it around and chew through it to get at the treats inside if we don't catch her and stop her. She'll even keep trying to get into places she's seen me hide treats or throw away empty treat bags for now over a month after she's seen me put things there. She will chew into boxes, claw and gnaw at bags, dig under blankets and pillows, and generally make a neusance of herself. GAH!
How do I discourage these behaviors?
Thanks!
I won't resort to the "squirt gun" method of discipline because my room is small enough that I am almost never in a place when I wouldn't risk squirting water on over $2000 worth of computer equipment or piles of hand-done art.
She doesn't respond to me making a "PSSSST!" noise or saying "NO!" or any other vocal cues... so I've been just getting fed up and tossing her outside my room and closing the door. I don't really WANT to do that, I WANT her to stay in my room with me, but is there any other way I can discourage her from constantly gnawing/shredding things in here that won't risk damaging my expensive electronics and hand-done artwork?
ALSO:
Nemo... has an addiction. To cat treats. We'll give them to her to reward good behavior but she will hunt down wherever I hide the bag and if she finds it, she will drag it around and chew through it to get at the treats inside if we don't catch her and stop her. She'll even keep trying to get into places she's seen me hide treats or throw away empty treat bags for now over a month after she's seen me put things there. She will chew into boxes, claw and gnaw at bags, dig under blankets and pillows, and generally make a neusance of herself. GAH!
How do I discourage these behaviors?
Thanks!