For those of you who hate the thought of cats on kitchen surfaces, tips please on how you would stop a cat from leaping up on them? And I don't mean shoot the cat!
We have a young cat, as of late spring, she is now allowed outside. The cat flap is in the kitchen. So no need of litter tray, hurray as I hate them. But if she is to go outside, she has to go through the kitchen. We do discourage her from getting on the surfaces, and now she is allowed in the garden she is out there most of the time. However, I cannot stand guard in the kitchen all day in case she puts a paw (or arse) out of place. For one thing, I am at work.
So what I do is bleach the kitchen surfaces daily and when we prepare any food, or cut bread, or lay out cutlery etc, we use clean wooden boards that are kept in a cat free place.
So is that ok with you? waiting on tenterhooks here
Bear in mind that some cat owning people like me may not put food, crockery and cutlery that is to be put in people's mouths straight onto their cat imprinted kitchen surfaces. What more can we do?