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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / October 2003biting electrical cords
My cat, Trouble, who is 4 years old is still very much like a kitten...I guess that is due to my own playfulness with her. One issue I have and that is that she bites my electrical cords - teething like - she actually bit through my AC adaptor for my new laptop ;-( What can I do to stop this behavior? I'd appreciate any and all suggestions. bboomer@optonline.net Grab a roll of duct tape and have at the cat's head. Won't be biting a damn thing anymore. > My cat, Trouble, who is 4 years old is still very much like a kitten...I > guess that is due to my own playfulness with her. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > bboomer@optonline.net http://www.absolutelygolden.com/Products/Other/BitterApple.htm > My cat, Trouble, who is 4 years old is still very much like a kitten...I > guess that is due to my own playfulness with her. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > bboomer@optonline.net > http://www.absolutelygolden.com/Products/Other/BitterApple.htm > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > > bboomer@optonline.net I've heard paprika works, though I never tried it. Bill brett Berrie" <bboomer@optonline.net> wrote in message news:Lkljb.46840$Eh3.20080186@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net... > My cat, Trouble, who is 4 years old is still very much like a kitten...I > guess that is due to my own playfulness with her. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > bboomer@optonline.net Try rubbing eucalyptus (sp) oil on the cord , that is more off putting for cats than hot spicy things. Alison >in message >news:Lkljb.46840$Eh3.20080186@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net... [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >> What can I do to stop this behavior? Go to a hardware store and buy some clear plastic tubing, about 1 or more inches in diameter. Cut a length for as many feet long as the cord is. Then take an exacto knife and slit the tubing lengthwise. Stuff cords inside. That's what I did with my cord biter and it worked like a charm. Good luck, Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm > Go to a hardware store and buy some clear plastic tubing, about 1 or more > inches in diameter. Cut a length for as many feet long as the cord is. Then > take an exacto knife and slit the tubing lengthwise. Stuff cords inside. > That's what I did with my cord biter and it worked like a charm. Hmm. I wonder if your method is cheaper than mine? Sounds like more work, though. I recommend split flex tubing. > > Go to a hardware store and buy some clear plastic tubing, about 1 or more > > inches in diameter. Cut a length for as many feet long as the cord is. Then > > take an exacto knife and slit the tubing lengthwise. Stuff cords inside. > > That's what I did with my cord biter and it worked like a charm. Hi Sharon, The above is a spin-off of an idea I posted, years ago, of splitting thick-wall automotive vacuum hosing lengthwise and cutting it into various lengths to suit. Vacuum hosing is very flexible and extremly strong. Even though the OD is narrower than most plastic hosing, the walls of the hose are very thick to resist high engine temperatures and thicker than the lenght of a cat's carnassial teeth (the teeth cat's use to cut, "chew"). Vacuum hosing comes in different I.Ds from narrow to wide (1/8 to 1 inxh or more) which accomodates different thicknesses of wires and also allows you to group wires together that go to the same place. > Hmm. I wonder if your method is cheaper than mine? Sounds like more > work, though. I recommend split flex tubing. Vacuum hosing is certainly more expensive than flex or plastic tubing and takes a little more work to split. However, its much more flexible, stronger and more protective (for the cat and the wires) than plastic tubing due the thicker walls. Phil. > Vacuum hosing is certainly more expensive than flex or plastic tubing and > takes a little more work to split. However, its much more flexible, > stronger and more protective (for the cat and the wires) than plastic tubing > due the thicker walls. I haven't had a cat continue to worry at a line that has been sheathed in the split flex tubing except perhaps at the very end (which I then go on to cover in another way). I'll certainly take your method into advisement for the persistent beast that continues to chew, though. I wonder whether your method would even work for dogs and rabbits, who are avid chewers? Thanks, Phil, as always. Sharon Talbert Friends of Campus Cats > My cat, Trouble, who is 4 years old is still very much like a kitten...I > guess that is due to my own playfulness with her. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I'd appreciate any and all suggestions. My guy Hektor does this, he's 3 now. I spray Bitter Apple on exposed cords, and provide him with other chewing outlets. He loves to chew on the sisal handle of a doorknob-hanging scratcher that I laid on the ground. But what I think has made the most difference is providing him with a diet that he can really sink his teeth into, literally. He spent most of this morning working on his breakfast, ripping through a chicken drumstick, crushing the bone, and gnawing on the foot-end. -Alison in OH > > My cat, Trouble, who is 4 years old is still very much like a kitten...I > > guess that is due to my own playfulness with her. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > > > I'd appreciate any and all suggestions. I run vic nasal rub onto all my electrical leads that are exposed, the kitten hate it, but we have pipe covers over all our leads from the PC,'s, TV's, etc we are not 100% sure but we think one of the kittens may of got a shock from an outdoor arial lead, he was in shock we nearly lost him, took him straight to the vet! also try spraying antimate for dogs round the back of electrical appliances too.  SignatureLuv'n'Stuff *~*SooZy*~* New Pictures added every few days http://community.webshots.com/user/ragdollcatsuk Go to your local hardware store or Home Depot and get split flex tubing. Get enough for all your exposed electrical cords and computer wiring. It works. Sharon Talbert Friends of Campus Cats www.campuscats.org |
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