Cat vs woodstove

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ckr74

Burning Hunk
Hearth Supporter
Mar 3, 2006
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Last night I had just put a load of wood in the stove and the cat wanted to jump on it. I shooed him away and thought all was good and the temptation was gone. Not! He walked away turned around and walked up to the stove again and jumped on it. Needless to say he wasn't there long. Luckily the top temp was 238deg and Charlie the cat is fine. Crazy cat! Guess I had a cat stove for a brief moment.
 
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My cat is always in my stove, nicely hot ;)
 
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My cats all know better, and they all learned the same way! (The "Well, he won't do THAT twice" method is also how I recall learning wood stove safety myself as a small child... 😉)

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Our 2 younger cats give the stove a wide berth, the old one gets close in order to keep his arthritic bones warm. All 3 seem to think it would be a bad idea to jump up on it.
 
I have three black cats and a white cat....they all love when the stove is going. They get in the way but thats what they are supposed to do, lol. Gotta love em!
 
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The moment I start moving wood to the stove, he is there in anticipation.

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