Originally Posted by blzzrdqueen
I have 4 cats, all of whom like to lay on top of high surfaces, like tables and ironing boards. I make them shoo off of these surfaces several times daily. My sewing room is my dining room, and I have my mini ironing board and my cutting mat and my box of current fabrics on my table and my sewing machine on a smaller desk. I'm forced to wipe down my surfaces and lint roll my ironing boards and I'm simply too lazy to put things away. How do you keep your kitties off work surfaces and ironing boards and where ever else they may lay?
I have two kitties. It's pretty hard to keep them off surfaces they like, especially if they've always done it. I have tried, with limited success, to teach them to stay off certain places (like kitchen counters), but they are very much creatures of habit. If they've staked out their territory in one place or another, it can be hard to change their behavior.
One thing you might try is providing them a space to lie and making it comfy with pillows and old blankets. I've sprinkled dry catnip on those surfaces to attract them, and that has worked sometimes.