Cat 1, Me 0

Yesterday's post was about the Scat Mat. I got one in an effort to prevent the long haired white cat from going on the couch.

I have no idea WTF is up with this. The cat arrived here litter box trained. She was born into a house cat, and adopted out of a box in front of the supermarket. Not dumped. Not homeless on the streets. The owners of the mother cat were sitting by the box with a "free kittens" sign.

She just recently started to do this crap. She knows what "the box" is, and how it works.

the Scat Mat is a plastic mat with thin wires running through it. It is powered by a 9 volt battery. When you touch one of the wires, you get a mild zap. How could such a device NOT work?

But this morning, the device was on the floor. The cat defeated the shock mat. Somehow she managed to knock it to the floor, and peed on the couch.

The couch has heavy L shaped cushions, in addition to the cushion you sit on. I re-deployed the mat so that the L cushions hold the mat in place. I do not think it is possible for the cat to pull off the mat now.

The one section that has been soiled will probably get tossed. The couch is made of sections - I am using two now and I have another 4 or 5 in storage. Once the battle of the shock mat is over I will asses the battle damage to the cushion in question. If it can be saved, then I will keep it in use. Otherwise, the section might have to be tossed. The cat may be duct taped to the section when it is tossed.