hey what's up gang Jackson galaxy here
your cat daddy and today we're going to
take a letter from one of our mojo tears
in Brooklyn New York this comes from the
June and June says hey Jackson I read
your books cool and after picking up
catification I brought it home and
immediately got to work for my cat bug
after reading the section on scent
soakers I immediately went out and
ordered four different types of beds for
bug he has yet to use one of them three
exclamation points Jackson I do not make
that much money but I love my little bug
what do I do to get him to use his four
new beds three exclamation points and
that comes again from June in Brooklyn
well first of all I love the fact that
you love your bug so much and that
you've done so much for him to catify
your space I just want to give you all
the props in the world June I'm just
giving you so many props right now
because no matter what catifying is good
scent soakers are good and bug will
appreciate it in the long run i get it
this is sort of this universal thing
with cats in fact we make jokes about it
right I just paid 300 bucks for a
unbelievable four story handmade cat
tree from some artisan in the depths of
Romania and my cats sleeping in the box
that it came in right and we get all mad
about that and we wind up keeping the
box around the house so that the cat
will sleep in it and then of course he
abandon this is bad about a month later
it's a real setup for frustration so I'm
glad you asked me I get it man I get
your frustration there's not a lot of
disposable income to go around these
days and and I just really honor you for
putting your hard-earned cash into your
little friend here so let me see what I
can do to help you here now of course I
haven't been to your home I don't know
about these four beds nor do I know
about bug I don't know how old he is I
don't know what his preferences are so
I'm gonna be as wide as I possibly can
and you can take what I give you and run
with
the first reason why your cat might not
use his bed is texture now I love the
fact that you got four beds and I'm
hoping that you explored different
textures so whether they be fleece
whether they be more of just a flat
surface that's a little colder because
it could be hot where you are so a
little bit of cold would go a long way
whether it's almost an astroturf II feel
I know that for us we look at these
things and we go why would my cat like
this but if you've ever seen your cat
lying on top of a horizontal scratcher
on top of corrugated cardboard choosing
the cement outside versus their bed you
know the texture plays into it as I
mentioned in catification in catify to
satisfy actually in tobu cat mojo also a
lot of this is trial and error getting
to know you getting to know all about
you getting to know you getting to know
about you anyway
getting to know somebody whether they've
got four legs or two takes a little bit
of trial and error let's say that you
just started dating somebody and this is
the first time that they've ever come to
your home and you cook them a little
dinner you don't know whether they are
kosher gluten-free vegan the opposite
carnivorous spicy food bland food etc
you know where I'm going you're gonna
find out that's for sure
whether you get a second date or not
yeah I don't know but you're gonna find
out and of course you can ask and that's
the one thing that you can't do with
your cat you can't say hey bug do you
like fleas you know the way you do that
is you get some fleas so my suggestion
is that when you first dive in to the
catifying of beds and scent soakers is
go very inexpensive go for the texture
and and and don't go by the aesthetics
just go for the cheapest because that
way you're getting to no bug getting to
know all about
June and you don't have to have that
sort of pocketbook resentment because
bug won't use it now of course that's
just one reason but there you go there's
one reason texture the second shape and
we've seen cats reject litter boxes
because of their shape before you get a
round box they don't like round you get
the hood they don't like the hood how do
you know because they avoid the litter
box
same thing with texture they avoid the
box sometimes because of the way it
feels under their feet so I would again
as you're investing in different beds
invest in different shapes some like the
all-encompassing bed you've seen me talk
about those beds before the ones that
they can sort of hide inside or the ones
that are just totally flat the ones that
sort of conform to the top of a couch
things like that are important to cats
again this is about learning preference
just like when your catifying your home
and you're thinking about building up
onto the walls you're thinking will my
cat like going on to a shelf start with
a shelf one shelf don't go all cat
superhighway until you find out if your
cat is a tree dweller a bush dweller a
beach dweller find that out before you
invest you know these are really great
ways to make sure that you don't start
harboring a resentment the third thing
and one of the most important location
Location Location
if you really pay attention to where
your cat likes to lay one will be on the
vertical axis do they more enjoy being
on the floor do they more enjoy being up
here about this height or would they
rather be on top of the fridge in any
case try putting beds in those different
areas and see if your cats respond to it
another hint is to remember that cats
are like sundials cats follow the Sun
around your home they're always looking
for that one little sunny spot and in
multiple cat homes these tend to be the
areas that are of the most social
significance to your to your cat family
and sometimes you'll see them even argue
about being in that spot at that time of
day they work it out but the best thing
to do is to put beds in those sunny
spots of course that changes as the
seasons change but that's the great
thing about beds man just you know deal
them out like a deck of cards man just
like here we go we're playing five bed
Monte right about here and that's
perfectly fine and that's how you can
use these four different beds four
different locations up and down and
everywhere in between now a hint about
location we have the sunny spots we have
the vertical axis one of the things that
would be careful about if you have dogs
and kids you want to make sure that
you're not putting a bed in an area
that's going to be in in competition
with the other beings in the house
your cat's just gonna walk away from
that if there's something that they can
own peacefully and solo they're gonna do
that finally the one thing I would tell
you June is don't give up and start just
changing locations when your roof
springs a hole and you're just running
around with a bucket as opposed to
putting a few buckets down and keeping
them there and that's what I would do
with the beds
sometimes it takes cats quite a while to
settle in to the idea of what this new
thing is they have to try it out and
then they go for it and then sometimes
they stick with it sometimes they don't
but give them the time to learn the new
facets of their territory and to embrace
it if if a cat hasn't used a location in
a month maybe okay now it's time to
start thinking about a different place
to put it I've known people to take a
beautiful cat tree that they bought and
just move it all over the house never
giving the cat any kind of a reason nor
an inclination to settle on it because
the next day it's gone and don't forget
cats really want to own territory so if
you have a bed or condo or whatever in a
socially significant spot and then a
week later it's in a different spot and
then a week later it's in a different
spot they're not gonna be able to
embrace the ownership of that chunk of
the world now of course I have advised
you in the past as you establish a base
camp and you move that base camp out
into the rest of the house
that you do move furniture out just let
it sit let it marinate in the space and
let your little bug marinate along with
it so there you have it June again so
glad that you have invested the time the
energy and the love behind that money in
your little bug but let it sit look at
different locations textures sizes and
shapes you may only have to invest in
this kind of financial heartache once
but then you're gonna know something
about bug for the rest of his or her
life that will take you a long way
cat mojo comes from ownership of
territory and that ownership comes from
the availability that you provide to
that territory so you were absolutely
doing the right thing just hang in there
and don't hang it from the ceiling that
probably wouldn't be such a hot idea but
try everything else okay
all right Jun thanks for asking again
all my love to Brooklyn and to your
little bug
yeah Jun thank you for loving bug so
much wait a minute June bug June bug
June bug
