I have a great, retro shiny silver, 6-foot Christmas tree from the 1960s – bought it on eBay from an antiques dealer. I have the cool spinning, 4-color wheel that makes it sparkle. (Admit it, you oldsters know exactly what I’m talking about!) It wasn’t too expensive for a decorative item, but it WOULD be heinously expensive as a cat toy.
My question for you: how did your cats deal with one of these trees? Did they savage it? Disdain it? Fear it?
My fuzzy monsters have been fairly well-behaved for the last two Christmases when we had a cut pine tree. There was some drama with the ornaments on the lower branches, but that’s about it.
Well, the tree isn’t going to have the smell of pine, so the smell of the outdoors won’t attract them. The reflection of the aluminum tree itself isn’t as tempting as the long tinsel hanging from a tree either.
The shiny objects on the tree might attract them, but I don’t think you’d be taking any more chances than you would with a pine Christmas tree. If you are worried, you might want to do as I did one Christmas and tie it to a stairwell or something else sturdy. If you use fishing line it won’t show. (And put unbreakable bulbs on the bottom of the tree.)
BTW I love the idea of the retro tree.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackAll I can say is good luck with your tree. Ours is going on our balcony this year.
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yep. instinct will out. we haven’t put up a tree for three years now.
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hey, i remember those.. yes im vintage too.. they were sooo cool back then,, ha ha… go ahead put it up but leave the lower branchs empty,, i do…. if i dont , i hear ornaments at 3am…
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My son will be having a blast this year at Christmas. Is this the only time he is allowed to chase the cats with a fly swatter. Not only do my cats knock off the ornaments, try to eat the Christmas lights or if they are in the mood to be overambitious and mischievous they’ll climb the damn thing and try to attack each other. (it’s a fake tree)
With your tree, I don’t think I would.
Merry Christmas and GOOD LUCK!!
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I have one of these trees too (and the wheel), though mine is only 4 feet. We put it on the train platform, so it seems taller. Sadly, the cat is no longer with us, but when he was here, he was too old to care much about the tree, aluminum or not.
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Well, the tree isn’t going to have the smell of pine, so the smell of the outdoors won’t attract them. The reflection of the aluminum tree itself isn’t as tempting as the long tinsel hanging from a tree either.
The shiny objects on the tree might attract them, but I don’t think you’d be taking any more chances than you would with a pine Christmas tree. If you are worried, you might want to do as I did one Christmas and tie it to a stairwell or something else sturdy. If you use fishing line it won’t show. (And put unbreakable bulbs on the bottom of the tree.)
BTW I love the idea of the retro tree.
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