I’m at my wits end

I love my void. She’s my princess but I’m struggling with her at the moment with her behaviour. She’s still a kitten, just over 4 months old but I’ve tried so many things to train out this behaviour. Persistently. The rest of them I couldn’t care less about compared to this one.

There is ONE surface we don’t want her on, it’s high up but she always, always finds a way up there. It has very expensive and meaningful items (a record player, keepsakes) and they are one by one being destroyed. So many of our keepsakes have been shredded… mostly from loved ones weddings :(

I’ve put tin foil up there, she doesn’t care about tin foil, straight up there. I’ve redirected her with treats, she goes up there just to get treats. I’ve redirected her with toys, now going up there is a game. I’ve shouted at her and pulled her down, again she thinks it’s a game so goes back up. These items have gone a shelf higher to keep them away from her sight, a paw goes up and hooks around the shelf and brings down what she can touch. This morning I found her with 2 more, little plastic packets that had rose petals and diamantés inside (table favours from my partners cousins wedding) shredded after charging through the house at 4am with them in her mouth during zoomies.

She used to be shut in the bedroom at night with us, but then she would keep up awake at night. Even so, while we are at work I can’t monitor what she’s doing and prevent her from going up there.

I’ve had enough, so many keepsakes we can’t get back… dried flowers, paper placecards, a small tube of bubbles one of our friends used instead of confetti all gone. I love my void. Dearly. But I don’t like her very much right now.

I love my void. She’s my princess but I’m struggling with her at the moment with her behaviour. She’s still a kitten, just over 4 months old but I’ve tried so many things to train out this behaviour. Persistently. The rest of them I couldn’t care less about compared to this one.

There is ONE surface we don’t want her on, it’s high up but she always, always finds a way up there. It has very expensive and meaningful items (a record player, keepsakes) and they are one by one being destroyed. So many of our keepsakes have been shredded… mostly from loved ones weddings :(

I’ve put tin foil up there, she doesn’t care about tin foil, straight up there. I’ve redirected her with treats, she goes up there just to get treats. I’ve redirected her with toys, now going up there is a game. I’ve shouted at her and pulled her down, again she thinks it’s a game so goes back up. These items have gone a shelf higher to keep them away from her sight, a paw goes up and hooks around the shelf and brings down what she can touch. This morning I found her with 2 more, little plastic packets that had rose petals and diamantés inside (table favours from my partners cousins wedding) shredded after charging through the house at 4am with them in her mouth during zoomies.

She used to be shut in the bedroom at night with us, but then she would keep up awake at night. Even so, while we are at work I can’t monitor what she’s doing and prevent her from going up there.

I’ve had enough, so many keepsakes we can’t get back… dried flowers, paper placecards, a small tube of bubbles one of our friends used instead of confetti all gone. I love my void. Dearly. But I don’t like her very much right now.