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Cat Forum / General Topics / February 2004Best Cat Repellent
I have some new, expensive high-end stereo speakers that I don't want to see used as scratching posts by our 3 indoor furry cat children. What is the best, most effective cat repellent to spray on the floor around the speakers to guarantee the safety of the new speakers? Declawing will work >I have some new, expensive high-end stereo speakers that I don't want to see >used as scratching posts by our 3 indoor furry cat children. What is the >best, most effective cat repellent to spray on the floor around the speakers >to guarantee the safety of the new speakers? Oh sh.t.................did you say the "D" word? Got a valid email addy? -- http://www.picturetrail.com/christinamarie34 > Declawing will work > Declawing will work Yeah, if you're a bastard... Mar ------------------------------------------------ "I meant," said Ipslore, bitterly,"what is there in this world that makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. "Cats," he said eventually, "Cats are nice." -Terry Pratchett, 'Sourcery' > >I have some new, expensive high-end stereo speakers that I don't want to see > >used as scratching posts by our 3 indoor furry cat children. What is the > >best, most effective cat repellent to spray on the floor around the speakers > >to guarantee the safety of the new speakers? Um...........a 2 on the meter........no doubt. -- http://www.picturetrail.com/christinamarie34 > > Declawing will work > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > speakers > > >to guarantee the safety of the new speakers? > "Myra" wrote in message ... > > Declawing will work ...and for the suggestion of declawing ...well, how would you like it if ALL your fingernails were pulled out? Cool >> "Myra" wrote in message ... >> >> Declawing will work > >...and for the suggestion of declawing ...well, how would you like it if ALL >your fingernails were pulled out? > Declawing will work > >>I have some new, expensive high-end stereo speakers that I don't want to see >>used as scratching posts by our 3 indoor furry cat children. What is the >>best, most effective cat repellent to spray on the floor around the speakers >>to guarantee the safety of the new speakers? A clueless topposter as well. When you've had your last finger joint chopped off and learnt how to live like that then come back and pontificate. OP - Try double sided sticky tape on the floor - cats really don't like walking on that stuff. > OP - Try double sided sticky tape on the floor - cats really don't like > walking on that stuff. Besides being a good dust catcher, people really don't like walking on that stuff too. ruht-roh ! > Declawing will work > > >I have some new, expensive high-end stereo speakers that I don't want to see > >used as scratching posts by our 3 indoor furry cat children. What is the > >best, most effective cat repellent to spray on the floor around the speakers > >to guarantee the safety of the new speakers? >I have some new, expensive high-end stereo speakers that I don't want to see >used as scratching posts by our 3 indoor furry cat children. What is the >best, most effective cat repellent to spray on the floor around the speakers >to guarantee the safety of the new speakers? My cat does the same thing. If you remove the speaker's grilles, that might just do the trick. Unfortunately, my cat likes to scratch the textured woofer also. So, I turned the speakers around so that they face the wall. With the drivers firing onto the wall, the sound is now terrible. But at least the speakers are out of harm's way.. Alternatively, you can rub bitter apple onto the speaker's grilles. Dik Ah come on! ...don't be silly! Mount the damn speakers on the ceiling. > >I have some new, expensive high-end stereo speakers that I don't want to see > >used as scratching posts by our 3 indoor furry cat children. What is the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Dik OH, thanks for the best laugh ever. That's a great idea >Ah come on! ...don't be silly! Mount the damn speakers on the ceiling. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> >> Dik Hey Dik: This is not the first referance to "bitter apple" that I have seen. Can you please tell me what you are referring to. I have looked high and low for something called biter apple and never found it. What, where, and how much? Minus > Alternatively, you can rub bitter apple onto the speaker's grilles. > > Dik | I have some new, expensive high-end stereo speakers that I don't want to see | used as scratching posts by our 3 indoor furry cat children. What is the | best, most effective cat repellent to spray on the floor around the speakers | to guarantee the safety of the new speakers? Best solution: put them on shelves at a height that just makes it impossible for the cat to scratch there. Carola >I have some new, expensive high-end stereo speakers that I don't want to see >used as scratching posts by our 3 indoor furry cat children. What is the >best, most effective cat repellent to spray on the floor around the speakers >to guarantee the safety of the new speakers? One suggestion to try is washing the floor around the speakers with a citrus floor cleaner. Cats hate the smell of citrus, it is also harmless for cats. -------------------------------------------- "It took us 15 years to McGyver this thing." -------------------------Carter on Stargate To send me e-mail exorcise NO Spam from my e-mail address. > I have some new, expensive high-end stereo speakers that I don't want to see > used as scratching posts by our 3 indoor furry cat children. What is the > best, most effective cat repellent to spray on the floor around the speakers > to guarantee the safety of the new speakers? The speakers are still living in their original packing material except when being played. This isn't convenient. They are Magneplanar MG1.6/QR speakers. You can see what I'm dealing with by looking at them http://magnepan.com. Were talking solid grill cloth, both front and back, from the floor up to almost 6 feet. They will look to a cat like the most grand scratching posts that have ever been made and a gift from cat heaven. They cost me $1800 and I want to use something that is 100% foolproof and no cat in his right mind will come close to them. Is there anything out there that will work? >The speakers are still living in their original packing material except when >being played. This isn't convenient. They are Magneplanar MG1.6/QR [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >cat in his right mind will come close to them. Is there anything out there >that will work? Mount them on the ceiling or high on the wall? -------------------------------------------- "It took us 15 years to McGyver this thing." -------------------------Carter on Stargate To send me e-mail exorcise NO Spam from my e-mail address. I read somewhere a while ago about a motion sensor squirter that if positioned properly might work. I don't know how practical this would be for you. Bill > I have some new, expensive high-end stereo speakers that I don't want to see > used as scratching posts by our 3 indoor furry cat children. What is the > best, most effective cat repellent to spray on the floor around the speakers > to guarantee the safety of the new speakers?  SignatureIn Memory of Biggles www.1cooperfamily.com > I read somewhere a while ago about a motion sensor squirter that if > positioned properly might work. > I don't know how practical this would be for you. > Bill ...and a friend comes over and steps closer to examine your nice speakers ...and WHAMMY, they get a big squirt of whatever. Oh! I'm sure that squirt thing is programmed for just animals? Come on guy, get real. That's Rich, Might keep them away from the speakers too ;) >>I read somewhere a while ago about a motion sensor squirter that if >>positioned properly might work. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > ...and WHAMMY, they get a big squirt of whatever. Oh! I'm sure that squirt > thing is programmed for just animals? Come on guy, get real. SignatureIn Memory of Biggles www.1cooperfamily.com >I read somewhere a while ago about a motion sensor squirter that if >positioned properly might work. >I don't know how practical this would be for you. >Bill I'd venture a guess that *would* work if it could be rigged up as to be practical. Cats learn really quickly, but a cat is still a cat, and they're likely to do as they please when you're away. However, with our speakers, we scolded them in the usual way, jump up, clap our hands or yell at them whhen they showed interest in them. They don't bother them at all now, ever. (Of course, my speakers are considerably cheaper ones!) But I think the real reason is that they have two cat trees and a couplle of turbo scratchers they really love. It helps to give them something to scratch that they like. Sherry best cat repellent we've found is canned air. yes, the kind that you use that you use on your computers to clean them. don't hold it too close to them (of course), but a small blast of air will get them out of whatever they are not supposed to be in. :) ---julia >best cat repellent we've found is canned air. yes, the kind that you use >that you use on your computers to clean them. don't hold it too close to >them (of course), but a small blast of air will get them out of whatever >they are not supposed to be in. :) Best cat repellent I found is a DOG !!! I put up some new pics of my Furbabies taken this January. I re-did some of my pages but do not expect anything fancy. Still learning. Been working on it most of the evening and the babies are getting kind of rowdy here wanting attention!! :-) If find any boo-boos let me know. Hard to concentrate when you have four legged pests bugging you!! :-) The new pics are on Pages 2 & 3. http://members.aol.com/larrystark/ > I have some new, expensive high-end stereo speakers that I don't want to see > used as scratching posts by our 3 indoor furry cat children. What is the > best, most effective cat repellent to spray on the floor around the speakers > to guarantee the safety of the new speakers? Lemon peel works for me, or rather my cats. They hate the smell of it. Either grate the peel off or peel the skin off like you would an orange (I'd wear glasses for this), scatter a little the peel around the speakers. Try it around something a little less expensive first though to gauge how much it takes, too much & you might not be able to get the cats back in the house. Makes the room smell nice too. You could also . . . . wait by your volume control and give them a full blast of MegaDeath any time they approach, they'll soon learn not to go near. |
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