New bad habits

[Dymphna]

My cat has decided after 13 years that it is suddenly acceptable for her to jump on my table and my counters. Earlier today I found that I'd left my pantry ajar and found her on the shelf in there.

Looking for food is not the issue, although I could understand that as a motive. She's jumping up when there is no food and I frequently find her asleep in the middle of the kitchen table. She usually will do this when I'm not home and then take her time about getting down when I do come in, but sometimes she does this when I'm only a few feet away.

This makes me crazy. I hate to say it, but I'm afraid it's a sign of her getting too old to care, although she is jumping down before I can get close enough to smack her.

 

[baileydog]

buy her one of those tall cat trees.

 

[ocean733]

spray her with water. :shrug:

 

[BS Gal]

Ours will get up on the dining room table when we are not home and make himself comfy on the placemats. I put the napkain holder on the placemats and he won't get on the table. Makes me wonder what else he does when I'm not home.

 

[Dymphna]

spray her with water. :shrug:

Can't get close enough. She knows she's not supposed to be there and she jumps down before I can get close enough to her, but not like she's feeling guilty about it...

For example, this afternoon, when I came home, she meowed at me when I came in the door, I didn't see her right away because she was on the table but hidden by a chair, so basically she was announcing the fact that she was on the table or else, complaining that I'd disturbed her nap . The door is about 20 feet from the table. By the time I took 3-4 steps, she had casually gotten up and jumped to the floor.

 

[CrashTest]

I have a couple of those electric mats that shock their feet when they walk on them. They're not cheap but they'll shock you pretty good.

I realized my cat was a counter-jumper when I found her in the middle of the kitchen floor munching on a slice of pizza that she dragged off the counter.

 

[huntr1]

Yesterday morning when I went to leave for work, she meowed at me from where she had spent the night sleeping on the counter as I entered the kitchen. She didn't get down on her own either. I had to poke her to get her to get up and get down.

She has also started meowing every time somebody moves in/near the kitchen. She never used to meow like that. She'd meow a greeting when we came home from somewhere or when she wanted something from us, but that'd be about it.

I've got it! She's decided she wants a new punching bag. I think we need to adopt a new beagle puppy.