Having a cat and a Christmas tree can sometimes feel complicated. Many cats enjoy playing with the Christmas tree decorations in the tree.
Some cats even enjoy climbing the Christmas tree, which can make it difficult for cat owners to even put up a tree at home.
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The cat behaviorist on the social media trend
News24 has previously written about the trend spreading on social media, where people scare their cats into leaving the Christmas tree alone. A trend according to Agria’s cat behaviourists Anna Jönsson Bergstedt don’t like
– I would not recommend scaring the cat in that way as it causes the cat discomfort.
For Nyheter24, she talks about what you can do instead, to make it as peaceful as possible around Christmas, despite the tree and cat.
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This is what cat owners should do with the Christmas tree
She believes, among other things, that cat owners should secure their Christmas trees and not leave them unattended, if you think the cat wants to play with it.
– Avoid decorating with things that can be dangerous for the cat, but also decorations that can attract the cat. Rather give the cat something else to do, says Anna Jönsson Bergstedt to Nyheter24.
So if the cat gets other things to activate itself with, it can therefore leave the Christmas tree alone.
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