Oh, the troubles with owning a cat and a hamster! Ever sense I got my Hagen, Living World barred cage, Blackberry, my kitty has taken an extreme interest in Delilah. So I have been trying some ways to get her to leave Delilah alone. I thought I'd share my story.
The first downfall was when Backberry ("Baby" for short) figured out how to jump on the cabinet I (used to) keep my cage on. Well that was that. She wanted to watch Delilah at the closest radius humanly-- I mean catly possible.
Well After that it was impossible to keep her off, which was surprisingly more annoying to me than Delilah, (who didn't seem to mind the predator) but Blackberry started to paw at Deliah and nearly jump on the cage in excitement, so something had to be done. I got to work, and made these two paper mach'e triangles to keep the cat at bay.
The first downfall was when Backberry ("Baby" for short) figured out how to jump on the cabinet I (used to) keep my cage on. Well that was that. She wanted to watch Delilah at the closest radius humanly-- I mean catly possible.
Well After that it was impossible to keep her off, which was surprisingly more annoying to me than Delilah, (who didn't seem to mind the predator) but Blackberry started to paw at Deliah and nearly jump on the cage in excitement, so something had to be done. I got to work, and made these two paper mach'e triangles to keep the cat at bay.
Well in short, this was great for about two weeks. Then my stinker figured out how to balance on about three inches of space that the blockers left. Oh well.
The next thing I have done now is moved my cage up onto my dresser, which is very high, too high for Blackberry to jump, and with not enough space even if she tried.
The next thing I have done now is moved my cage up onto my dresser, which is very high, too high for Blackberry to jump, and with not enough space even if she tried.
Thus the first half of this posts name. This has worked so far, even if it makes me feel very small lol. So summing up this ramble, here are my suggestions if your cat thinks your hamster looks like a hamburger.
(by order of least to most helpful (or at least I think)
5) Give it time, sometimes your cat will just let your hamster alone after a while
4) Close the door to the room your hamster is in so your kitty can't get in (this doesn't always work if your hammys in your bedroom and your kitty likes to snuggle at night)
3) Spray your Cat if it gets uncomfortably close to your cage (Blackberry is so stupid that she forgets I sprayed her 5 seconds ago and comes back anyways, but if your cat hates the water gun, this might work)
2) Add stuff around the cage (like triangles lol) so your cat can't jump up to the cage. This probably will stop older cats or in-serious hammyburger hunters)
1) if all else fails, move your hamster cage somewhere completely unreachable to your cat (just make sure you can still get to it, like don't put it on top of your roof or your living room ceiling fan) somewhere high up, or with NO space around the edges of the stand, so that your cat can't possibly jump there.
Good luck winning your own war ageist your cat.
(by order of least to most helpful (or at least I think)
5) Give it time, sometimes your cat will just let your hamster alone after a while
4) Close the door to the room your hamster is in so your kitty can't get in (this doesn't always work if your hammys in your bedroom and your kitty likes to snuggle at night)
3) Spray your Cat if it gets uncomfortably close to your cage (Blackberry is so stupid that she forgets I sprayed her 5 seconds ago and comes back anyways, but if your cat hates the water gun, this might work)
2) Add stuff around the cage (like triangles lol) so your cat can't jump up to the cage. This probably will stop older cats or in-serious hammyburger hunters)
1) if all else fails, move your hamster cage somewhere completely unreachable to your cat (just make sure you can still get to it, like don't put it on top of your roof or your living room ceiling fan) somewhere high up, or with NO space around the edges of the stand, so that your cat can't possibly jump there.
Good luck winning your own war ageist your cat.