Square cat traps work as well as circular ones

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This seems cruel to the untamed eye.

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I don’t believe the particular geometry is relevant. I hypothesize irregular cat traps would be just as effective.

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Knowing my cats they would go well that is litterbox shaped. Here have a present.

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Witchcraft!

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Cats will sit on anything I’ve been paying noticeable attention to. I could tape a paisley shape on the floor and they’d probably sit on it because I was on the floor carefully looking at & touching it, and now they have to see if it’s interesting, and if it isn’t they want to divert my attention to their lovely selves.

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My kitties looked at me like I was nuts when I tried the circle trap.

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It’s weird that no one has tried a pentagram, or if they have, they weren’t able to upload the video afterward for some reason

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I think I’ll add a nice red square to my doorway demon trap tonight.
Just in case.

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It’s the black candles and bowls of sheep entrails that do it. Every time.

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I wanted to see more fascinating footage of the guy putting tape on his floor.

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My entire apartment is 11" square tiles. There is one area where a concrete wall was removed, leaving a 6" wide line across the floor. My cat Ruby is always careful to sit on this line.

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I’m pretty sure that’s how a mage says “hold my beer and watch this”…

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So the same reaction they have to everything we humans do…

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My first thought was this old Threadless tee, but actually, someone has:

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You’re gonna need a bigger trap.

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The trick is to create the shape before the cat can exit it.

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Have you considered some sort of tape maze?

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