How To Keep Cat Off Stereo Equipment?


We adopted a long-hair, one-eyed stray kitten. She is a very lovely cat, however, she likes jumping up on stereo equipment - tube preamp and mono block amplifiers. Am I right in thinking that cat hairs that fall inside the equipment can eventually fry things? Assuming so, I can't be the first person to have a cat AND hifi equipment. How do you keep the cat off? For the record she only jumps up there when she is alone in the room, so I think she gets that we don't want her up there, but just hasn't filed under "relevant info." I would greatly appreciate suggestions!

sid-hoff-frenchman

I was at a friends house recently. There were snakes on his car outside! Well, it turned out they were rubber snakes that he placed there. He said he read that they keep squirrels away and it worked! (Squirrels did $3000.00 worth of damage to one of our cars years ago). I have no idea if inside cats would be deterred but it's worth a try. Let me know if anyone tries this with good results. Joe

@ltmandella-

     Rabbits may be, "smart", BUT- not enough to avoid eating AC cords and electrocuting themselves, as my daughter’s did decades back.

     They’ll munch on anything they can get their teeth around (from experience/observation).  Not good for any cabling within reach.

 

 

 

We have found that a couple of strips of packing tape, sticky side up, solves the problem very quickly. And it is entertaining to watch when the cat gets their paws stuck on the tape. Just make sure it is loose so they can bail out, and they will. 

       Adopt (or borrow) a constricting reptile (ie: either Boa or python, preferably over six feet in length) and don't feed it.

                    Within a day or two: your cat will be well, "trained".