Anyone else have cat problems?

Haha...great idea with the mouse cage, but I certainly don't need another tank right now....we have 6 fish tanks plus the snake.
I used the screen top to pin down the towel now so the cat can't pull it up. I also did the balled up paper trick yesterday and he seems to be much more secure so far. Its weird though because he was almost always in hides for the first week here, and then he decided to roam alot (in ways its said to be a sign of stress).

I don't have any problems, and I have two cats. My female cat ignores the mouse tanks, usually. She'll glance at them occationally when she's sitting on my bed wanting petted. The male will sometimes wander in, stand on the floor, stare at the tanks, then leave. I broke them both early. Squirtbottles for the win.

Try taping a thin black cloth on top of the screen, which still allows plenty of air flow, but makes it impossible for the cat to see the snake from above. That will make the cat not be as interested in laying on top and looking down. As for staring into it...well, just give snakie plenty of places to hide! Kitty will get bored before long. My cat is only interested in the snakes when they're out, now.

Of my three cats, only one is particularly inquisitive, and he can't jump high enough to get at my snake because the tank is on top of a 4 ft bookshelf (thank goodness I have wimpy cats). He has tried to climb my leg while I'm standing in front of the tank, though.

The best approach I've found is to pick the cat up when the snake is hiding and let the cat see the tank. Mine thought it was empty and is now pretty disinterested. He is occasionally interested on feeding day, but as soon as he puts his front paws up on the bookshelf, I push him back down and say "NO!" He got the idea pretty quickly.

I gave up on shooing my younger (more curious) cat away, and put her bed on top of the rack. :D She was never that interested in the snakes themselves, just the heat their tubs provided. When I got breeder mice, however, that was a different story... she harasses them whenever possible, so they now live behind closed doors in the shower/toilet portion of my bathroom. Cats do lose interest in things over time, with the exception of live rodents in a cage. :cool: