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"Crazy Kittens vs Nscale Layout!!!!!"

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Posted by SteamFreak on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:12 PM

steemtrayn

Wow, Steemtrayn. How big is your kitty roster? Shock

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Posted by twhite on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:37 AM

SteamFreak

steemtrayn

Wow, Steemtrayn. How big is your kitty roster? Shock

Dang, if I had that many YELLOWSTONES, I could rule the WORLD!  Tongue  What a classy roster of felines!

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Posted by challenger3980 on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 2:20 AM

The Best solution,  Lionel  O-Gauge  if Your Locomotives out weigh your cat(s) you don't have many problems.  Missy, (short for Mischief) will get into ANYTHING, but fortunately many of my locomotives weigh more than this eight pound, four legged mobile natural disaster zone, that I Love so much. It is amazing how carefully she can walk past some of my displayed locomotives to get to one of her favorite windowsills.

Doug

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 7:54 AM

My suggestion on page two of this thread will solve your problem in a most humane way.

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Posted by pastorbob on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:14 AM

pcarrell

My suggestion on page two of this thread will solve your problem in a most humane way.

That looks like a good product for general use in a "cat" house, we have three, one being a socialized feral.  They don't get to the railroad, but there are a couple of places I could use it.  Thanks for the link.

Bob

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Posted by vsmith on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:22 AM

How you know if you have a Problem Cat:

Whatever you do keep this joker away from your layout...

   Have fun with your trains

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Posted by steemtrayn on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 7:29 PM

SteamFreak

steemtrayn

Wow, Steemtrayn. How big is your kitty roster? Shock

That's the whole bunch, for now. (Their initials spell C.A.T.N.I.P.)

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:17 AM

I know it sounds like a broken record by now but really the best solution I've ever seen for keeping cats away from the trains is keep the trains in a room with a door or something so they can't go in. Although other things I've seen that discourage cats are

A. rattling a tin can with pennys in it

B. a squit gun

c. an overly affectionate dog.

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Posted by BRAKIE on Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:13 AM

SteamFreak

steemtrayn

Wow, Steemtrayn. How big is your kitty roster? Shock

 

What I would like to know if they are DCC ready or DCC equipped? ShockSmile,Wink, & Grin

Larry

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Posted by Eriediamond on Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:51 AM

 =^..^= I'm just a lovable little devil Evil  LaughLaugh Bubba

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Posted by rrinker on Thursday, January 15, 2009 7:35 PM

BRAKIE

SteamFreak

steemtrayn

Wow, Steemtrayn. How big is your kitty roster? Shock

 

What I would like to know if they are DCC ready or DCC equipped? ShockSmile,Wink, & Grin

 Second from the bottom looks like he didn;t much like the idea of where the decoder was supposed to go Shock  Shock  Shock

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Posted by steemtrayn on Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:20 PM

BRAKIE

 

What I would like to know if they are DCC ready or DCC equipped? ShockSmile,Wink, & Grin

Actually, two of them, Tulip and Pepper, are prototype (I found them in a locomotive shop at work).

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Posted by MickEnright on Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:39 PM

I stay out of their litter boxes, they stay out of the train room.

 

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Posted by Mr. SP on Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:02 PM

We have two now grown cats. Both were kittens when we got them. Cats are intelligent and with concentrated training(no pun intended)can be made to stay off areas that are off limits.

Our two cats were introduced to the layout the same at to hte kitchen counter and dinner table. Go there and pay the dues. Usually it was a bopping with a rolled up paper or a flyswatter. After a short time both have shown no interest in places they don't belong

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Posted by loathar on Friday, January 16, 2009 1:14 AM

rrinker

 Second from the bottom looks like he didn;t much like the idea of where the decoder was supposed to go Shock  Shock  Shock

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Laugh No doubt!!
Anybody try laying some tin foil down? I've heard that works.
Hmmm...3 pages and no "Shake & Bake for Kittens" comments yet. Probably the most civil cat thread I've seen in years!

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Posted by chatanuga on Friday, January 16, 2009 10:22 AM

Mr. SP

We have two now grown cats. Both were kittens when we got them. Cats are intelligent and with concentrated training(no pun intended)can be made to stay off areas that are off limits.

Our two cats were introduced to the layout the same at to hte kitchen counter and dinner table. Go there and pay the dues. Usually it was a bopping with a rolled up paper or a flyswatter. After a short time both have shown no interest in places they don't belong

I'll second their being intelligent.  Last summer, I was coming down the stairs towards my living room.  On the wall, I could see Chessie's shadow as he jumped off the top of my bookshelves, where he knows he's not allowed to be since he often pushes things out of his way to stretch out.  In addition to seeing his shadow as he jumped down, I heard his feet hit the floor.  I got down to the bottom of the stairs, and he was stretched out on the floor acting like he was just waking up.

Kevin

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Posted by emdgp92 on Friday, January 16, 2009 10:42 AM

Lots of goofy kitties.

When I first started my layout, many years ago, it was at my grandmother's farm. The entire layout was in the loft of one of the out-buildings. Usually, the kitty (a large, Maine Coon) slept downstairs, and I kept the upstairs door locked. He'd come up to see what I was working on, but usually slept on the chair. That didn't last--he was soon stealing small objects (an HO scale Jaguar E-Type was his favorite) from the train room. That went on for a bit, until he got tired of getting chased. 2006, I moved and brought the kitty and trains home with me. Once home, he left the trains alone...and slept in his basket.

By 2007, he'd died :( and I had another cat. She pretty much ignored the trains. She'd watch the N scale go in circles on the kitchen table, but left things alone for the most part. Well, she'd occasionally get up onto the layout...simply so she could have the ceiling-mounted A/C duct blow on her. 

 Now I have two cats, and they don't seem interested in the trains. They don't get on the table, they don't chase the equipment.

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Posted by tatans on Friday, January 16, 2009 10:48 AM

Cats within 5,000 feet of a model train layout??? where are you people from?? I have enough trouble keeping my 3 water buffalo from demolishing the layout while they cavort around the train room, I can't imagine anyone letting a cat anywhere near a train room.   (Hey Marj.!  I just opened the door to the train room, let the cats loose ! )

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Posted by rrinker on Friday, January 16, 2009 4:55 PM

 Just as long as it isn't a moose. Moose bites kan be veri nasti. A moose once bit my sister. No, really..

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