Get some habanero based hot sauce -- the kind only intended for masochists
or sadists, for example "Dave's insanity sauce".

Put it over the cords.  Wash your hands extremely well afterwards.

Coat cords with Grannick's Bitter Apple.

blkcatgal wrote in <S8idnVjeRpCGgdnZnZ2dnUVZ_uWdnZ2d@comcast.com>:

I've found cats generally don't take well to being corrected.  Best I
can manage is thwart, rather than correct.  Years ago, I inherited a
nine year-old Siamese who had that habit--chewed all sorts of cords,
not only electrical ones.  She lived with me eight years and died at a
ripe old age of causes unrelated to cords chewing.  Only way I could
get her to stop chewing cords (which are plentiful in my house) was to
tuck as many as possible into spots unreachable by the cat, place
sheets of Plexiglas to block off areas where there were tangles of
cords behind appliances that needed ventilation (such as stereo
equipment and computers), and wrap in cut up ribbons of plastic bin
bags all cords that couldn't be hidden or made inaccessible (cat
wasn't interested in chewing loose plastic, only the firm stuff). Lots
of work went into this thwartery, but I loved my cat, and took
seriously my job of protecting her from herself.  Good luck with
yours.

While I have used hot sauce in a pinch to keep the cats and dogs from
chewing cords I found the best thing it to buy a bottle of bitter apple
spray.  You can find it at Petco or your local pet supply place probaby even
carries it.

It taste awful but is not toxic and once they get a taste of it won't touch
the item again.  I use it regularly and spray the cords in my house once a
month because I have a dog who likes to chew.  She hasn't chewed a cord in
over a year since I started using it but I don't like to take chances and
give them a spray anyway.

Celeste

Wow, that always scares me. I have bad memories of the sound of a
halogen lamp falling over -- looking over just in time to see sparks fly
and smell smoke as Licorice (cat) ran into another room. I couldn't get
her out of the closet for a long time. She had no visible burns but I'll
bet that hurt.

One thing you can do is put clear vinyl tubing over exposed cords (like
aquarium tubing.) You can split one side with a razor and wrap it
around. You can also try a plastic spiral wrap.

Good luck,

Rhonda

You can get plastic automotive tubing from hardware stores (it's used for
covering wires under your engine).  I used this on my cords as my cat was a
cord chewer when she was younger.

9 months old?

bust his tail with a rolled up newspaper and be done with it

sneak up on him... WHAM!!! and YELL when you do it.

all these sprays and stuff... they are not teaching the cat what you
want
they are just thwarting him

suppose the bitter apple wears off.. suppose you buy a new lamp
and "forget" lol, to put bitter apple on it.. after all, Jr hasn't
tried to chew on the chords in months... bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzttt he'll be 6
feet under

so sad, just come on back, im sure one of us will reply with rainbow
bridge thingy
(if it makes you feel better)

if there is any bitter apple in the house YOU be the bitter apple

GOTCHA CAT REEEEOOOOOOWWW

oh let him puff up for a couple hours

you should, kick his tail, half kill him, throw a can of tomato sauce
at him, turn the table over and chase him with a broom and really try
to flatten him out

use anything within reach, if you got a glass in your hand.. throw it
against the wall.
tear the mutherfocker down and he will never THINK about biting another
chord.
I would.

bring me the cat, ill engrain you're wishes upon his little 9 month old
tender mind.
when you come back to get him, we will both be walking around on a
crutch with our limbs bandaged, little surgical tape x's here and
there; he'll probably try to get one more lick in on the way out the
door. #$%#$%^$#^%^

Friend, don't think for one minute that you can't train them. you can.
you can train them to do all sorts of things, they have the capacity.
for example, I can look at Jupiter when she's CLAWING my sofa, all I
gotta do now is clear my throat and she stops...
the other night she was doing it again, I gave her a look...she stopped
AND went over to the scratcher to finish the job. (I bout ate her up
afterwards, it was so cute)...but they learn, they know.

With Jupiter, I've had to be a tad firm, she does have a preference
where she likes to scratch... when I was teaching her to use the
scratcher, I would go over, pick her up from the sofa session.. take
her over to the scratcher.. and tell her do it up her...Id give her a
little sample... cht cht cht... one day.. I repeated my lesson... she
jumped on it and gave it a fit like she was mad about it.. I think she
was making fun of me. why are you still reading this, why am I rambling
on...nothing else to read her, just some mad ramblings of a troll

Sue- forget the plastic tubing- too thin. Use heat-resistant automotive
vacuum hosing- the walls are much thicker.  You can buy it by the foot at
most automotive supply stores- the custom shops are the best choice.

Phil