Moonpi

I had luck with putting wide tape, sticky-side up, where mine was not to go. She would systematically smack off all my little treasures, and I swear she gave me the finger over the spray bottle. Somehow, the YUCK of having sticky catch on her paws cured her in no time. I did not have to be there to catch her in the act, and she did not associate it with me being bad to her.

Up North

You can also lay a sheet of tin foil on the counter and table she won't like it when she jumps on it. My husband would make me get rid of a cat that got on the counters. The only time my cat got on the table was when I had a bird in a cage hanging near by and she loved to torment it. But she always stayed in the same spot on the corner.

reneebobby

SHe could be pregant too. Some friends got a kitten who was 6 months old when they took her in to be fixed she well, was with kittens but they did the proceedure anyway. Oh and squirt bottle works great.

pittsburgpam

The sticky tape sounds good too for when I'm not here, maybe double-sided even. I was thinking of setting up my video cam (I believe software on my laptop can do the motion detection) and see what she does during the day.

She's not pregnant. I've had her since she was a tiny kitten and she's never been out of the house. I DO need to get her to the vet for shots and spaying though.

Moonpi

If she hasn't been to the vets yet, but looks tubby, she may have worms. I'd get her checked out.

nativetexan

or place some bubble wrap on the counters.
but do have her cked out if she's been outside. we took in a mamma cat and her two kittens but she surprised us with a second litter. we just thought we were feeding her well!
two years later she is getting fat but she's been fixed! and she is an inside cat and only goes out for a walk on a leash.

Shadow Dancer

Cats don't like tin foil either, you could lay some on your counters where you don't want her jumping up. I've used the tape and they HATE it!! Cats have an aversion to anything sticking to their paws.

Mine love water so the spray bottle was a game for them! lol

littlehud

I hadn't hear of the tape before. I'm going to try that.

pittsburgpam

I think maybe she is improving after a couple of days of a sharp "NO" and clapping my hands whenever she jumped up or started to. I made a turkey sandwich from a roasted turkey breast and while I was eating she walked over to the cupboards, sat down, and stuck her nose in the air smelling it. I had the cutting board with bits still on the counter.

I told her "no" sternly a couple of times and she didn't do it.

Aileen

My vet told me to use a spray bottle with water but add a bit of lemon juice to it. The cats really hate it. Now I just say down and they are GONE! If they go into my quilting room and don't want to come out ( I keep my bottle next to to the door and all I have to do is spray it in their general direction and they are out the door in a flash!

I have a problem with one of my cats scratching my furniture. I use tape to cover up the sides. She has a scratching mat that she uses and a cardboard one with the catnip under it that she loves but she still does it. I keep her claws short but she drives me crazy! She even will scratch up magazines. papers and books so I have to keep those away from her.