Unsightly cardboard box trick !!

Well I thought I had totally kitten proofed !! Oh I couldnt have been more wrong !! Frazer, the little doll that he is found my weak spot ! Hadnt even thought of it myself !

To let you understand I have an old cast iron fire place with the gas lighter you know the kind it looks like a real fire but the coals are imitation and its gas but looks so realistic when it is on ! Well the weather is hot isnt it ! and the fire wont be on for ages ! So Frazer, being Scott of the Antartic decided to climb into said fire and go up the chimney !!!! Oh he did ! You have never seen anyone move so fast in all you life ! I just managed to catch his back leg before he disappeared right up the chimney ! Naughty boy Frazer !! No you dont go up there !! So my lovely tiled, cast iron fireplace now has a cardboad box blocking it of !!!! Now what I need to find is a heavy duty fireguard ! Any suggestions where I can get one people !!!

Stop laughing it wasnt funny !!! lol

It very was lucky you were there! We also had various cardboard 'decorations' spread around the house for the first month or so!! But it was our old boy Tigs who managed somehow to get behind the fire (something he'd never done before!) meaning that some of it had to be knocked out! If it hadn't of been for Marco, Finn & Tess telling me that he was in there heaven knows what would have happened ...

Re fireguard - I remember (in the olden days!!) that we had a heavy duty fireguard that folded into 3 when not in use ... but it also had a detachable 'roof' which you could either lean against the fireplace or attach to the ends ... maybe you could find something like that at a car boot fair? Have you tried google yet?

Good Luck ... bet that Frazer finds another little hidey hole that Mum forgot about :LOL: x

Have a google round, maybe amazon might have one. And very lucky you were there lol!! Just a word of warning but I know some cats love tearing cardboard boxes to bits, the 2 cats I am fostering at the moment are destroying the 2 i have out for them!!! Not sure if MC's go for this though but just so u know lol.

OMGosh I bet you almost had a stroke, I know I would have! I am glad you were able to save the little monster =^..^= ahh the fun you will have ;)

We not only had the lovely cardboard barriers throughout the house but also foil covering the top of the backs and seats of the dining room chairs. They liked to climb them. I knew I should have covered them but I didn't do it until after a chair went over during a rowdy game of chase. I don't know how two 15 week old kittens managed enough speed to tip the chair over - they are quite heavy. The back of the very expensive and out of production chair snapped leaving seating for 7!!! Thankfully Buzz and Baxter were OK! They actually seemed pleased with themselves. Happily, a furniture repair man was able to put the chair back together. Oh Chris, you are in for so much fun!!!

I am sitting here all sweet innocence smiling to myself........... yeah go for it Frazer let your mum know how a MC behaves.....bet he was sweet innocence too.....xxx

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Originally Posted by Puzzles

It very was lucky you were there! We also had various cardboard 'decorations' spread around the house for the first month or so!! But it was our old boy Tigs who managed somehow to get behind the fire (something he'd never done before!) meaning that some of it had to be knocked out! If it hadn't of been for Marco, Finn & Tess telling me that he was in there heaven knows what would have happened ...

Re fireguard - I remember (in the olden days!!) that we had a heavy duty fireguard that folded into 3 when not in use ... but it also had a detachable 'roof' which you could either lean against the fireplace or attach to the ends ... maybe you could find something like that at a car boot fair? Have you tried google yet?

Good Luck ... bet that Frazer finds another little hidey hole that Mum forgot about :LOL: x

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Puzzles I am so glad to hear that cardboard adorns other MC babies homes I dont feel so bad now !! lol And OMG i dont know what I would have done had he done what Tigs did you are so lucky the others let you know !!

As for the fireguard think I will go to some boot fairs and auctions to see if I can pick an old fashioned heavy one up from somewhere and preferably screw it to the fireplace !!! lol

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OMGosh I bet you almost had a stroke, I know I would have! I am glad you were able to save the little monster =^..^= ahh the fun you will have ;)

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You are right Donna I would have had a stroke, and thank you so much for making my heart race, what else can he do to give me a heart attack !!! lol

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Originally Posted by KimAZ

We not only had the lovely cardboard barriers throughout the house but also foil covering the top of the backs and seats of the dining room chairs. They liked to climb them. I knew I should have covered them but I didn't do it until after a chair went over during a rowdy game of chase. I don't know how two 15 week old kittens managed enough speed to tip the chair over - they are quite heavy. The back of the very expensive and out of production chair snapped leaving seating for 7!!! Thankfully Buzz and Baxter were OK! They actually seemed pleased with themselves. Happily, a furniture repair man was able to put the chair back together. Oh Chris, you are in for so much fun!!!

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KimAZ glad you have the cardboard decor look to !!! lol Oh and he hasnt been in the dining room yet so thanks for the warning, that should be fun !! Glad your repair man was able to right the wrongs !! lol Oh and thanks for the last bit, I am now getting worried !!! lol

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Originally Posted by AFK_Matrix

Have a google round, maybe amazon might have one. And very lucky you were there lol!! Just a word of warning but I know some cats love tearing cardboard boxes to bits, the 2 cats I am fostering at the moment are destroying the 2 i have out for them!!! Not sure if MC's go for this though but just so u know lol.

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If he start on the cardboard AFK Matrix then I will resort to sheets of iron !!! lol Am going to see if I can get an old fireguard from somewhere, auction probably my best bet !! lol

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Originally Posted by jckkerrison

I am sitting here all sweet innocence smiling to myself........... yeah go for it Frazer let your mum know how a MC behaves.....bet he was sweet innocence too.....xxx

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Oh he was sweet and innocent Jackie, I ofcourse hold you totally responsible !!!! pmsl

Yep Mischa has been there done that...picture a long living room straight thru' to dining room, Mischa decided to start from front living room window race ahead to dining room...up onto dining table unable to stop.....skidding onto the top off chair and toppled the whole of chair over fracturing frame (if one of our daughters had done that, they would have been in trouble) .....what did I do ???? Race over make sure Mischa was OK..lol

:rofl: I haddn't seen that post, that is priceless, Chris! Welcome to MC world! :-D

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Oh he was sweet and innocent Jackie, I ofcourse hold you totally responsible !!!! pmsl

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Oh dear Chris I had missed this,b****r,had better keep my head down,message for Frazer please behave for Auntie J.....xxxx

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Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Oh dear Chris I had missed this,b****r,had better keep my head down,message for Frazer please behave for Auntie J.....xxxx

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He is in the good books now Jackie, but have left box in place just incase, will remove when I think he has totally forgotten that it could be an escape route !! lol

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Yep Mischa has been there done that...picture a long living room straight thru' to dining room, Mischa decided to start from front living room window race ahead to dining room...up onto dining table unable to stop.....skidding onto the top off chair and toppled the whole of chair over fracturing frame (if one of our daughters had done that, they would have been in trouble) .....what did I do ???? Race over make sure Mischa was OK..lol

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Dot Gordon we so let our babies away with far more than we did our children !! lol I am the same as I am sure most of us are ! lol