Advice/tips to keep kitten away from bird cage?

I have 4 cats %26amp; a parakeet. 2 of the cats completely ignore the bird and never even look at her lol. One cat is in love with the bird and is well behaved and asks to be picked up to see the bird but never jumps up there or bothers it. Well our 4th cat we just got in september and he is just a kitten. He refuses to leave the bird alone at all. We keep her cage up on a high dresser it is a huge cage. He can jump straight up from the floor to the dresser.





Moving the cage into a room he cant get to is not an option. We have tried spraying him with a water bottle and scarying him with the hair dryer everytime he gets near the cage since he is insanely scared of it. Moving the cage higher isnt possible and we have tried putting other stuff up there to block it or prevent him from jumping and he just knocks it all down even heavy stuff which I am afraid might get knocked on his little head!





It is getting to the point I am really worried. He almost knocked the cage down today. Plus the bird has no fear of cats and even talks to them so his little paws slip into the bars and eek! Any advice or tips?Advice/tips to keep kitten away from bird cage?
since everyone was living in harmony until this kitten arrived, i would say that it should be given away. i really don't have any other tips to give.. because there really isn't anything i can think of for you to do. the only option i see is giving the kitty away. i know you probably don't want to.. but you don't want it to hurt your bird.Advice/tips to keep kitten away from bird cage?
Find a new home for this bird before he gets killed.





Cat saliva and cat claws are toxic to birds, even if the cat gets scratched by a cat is likely will die. Re-home this cat before he is killed.





Cats kill birds, that's a given, so remove the bird from your home right away. Not to is irresponsible.
cayenne pepper lightly sprinkled around cage or area
For years i had cats that ignored my birds completely. Then we got kittens from the SPCA. My birds are now behind locked doors.My 23 year old nanday is in my computer room The door was closed but not properly. The kitten sneaked in, and ran over to my computer chair and ran up it. Sinbad was on my shoulder and took off at the same moment the bird snagged him. The wound was deep and the vet said we almost lost him by a fraction of an inch. It was over two weeks of antibiotics and flushing the wound 2x a day. If you think that's fun ---try it. . The vet bill was quite large. Any scratch or bite from a cat is a medical emergency. You can try slapping a rolled up newspaper on a hard surface to make a loud noise to scare the kitten. To be honest If you cannot keep your bird and kitten apart until your kitten settles down you will have to be on your guard 24/7. My kittens are over a year old now and if they accidentally get into the bird room they no longer jump at the cages but they are not allowed to stay in there.
Maybe you need a cage with a stand on it. If you have one like this http://www.freewebs.com/birdcages/medium鈥?/a> for example your cat will have nothing to jump on. Except underneath and that wouldn't do any harm lol. =) You can order one on ebay or at almost any online bird store. Petstores should have them too. You might also be able to find just a stand that will fit with your current cage.
Here's a few options.





1) Give away your kitten


It's unethical to leave your bird in harm's way. While you may want to keep the kitten, doing so may keep your bird's life at risk.





2) Spank his butt! (not with your hands)


Kittens are known to be knot-headed, and sometimes giving it a good butt-whipping is the only thing that will make it stop. Make sure that you never hit it with your hands- use a newspaper- it doesn't hurt the cat at all and it will associate the noise of the newspaper with its misbehaving. That's what I had to do to keep my kitten away from my bird. (I did try using other methods, like the water bottle, but that didn't work. AT ALL. Using the newspaper twice was enough for my kitten to stop. If that sounds mean to you, just lightly tap your arm, as you would your kitten's behind, with the newspaper. See, it doesn't hurt at all!)





3) Let your kitten see the bird.


Have you ever actually allowed the kitten to see the bird? You preventing the kitten from doing so might be why the kitten is acting out like that. Your kitten might just be curious, so hold him tightly and close to you (so he doesn't get loose) and let him look at the bird. This may be enough to satisfy its curiosity and keep him from doing so in the future.





Good luck!