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Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far
three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? thanks Jonathan |
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Jonathan wrote:
Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? High voltage cables?  Another Jonathan |
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Jonathan wrote:
Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? thanks Jonathan We have that problem too and the only way we found was to shoot the cat, no no only joking, we just have to keep the cables out of the way of the cats. They don't seem to go for the ones anchored to the wall. One day one of them will chew a power cable though  ( |
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:25:37 -0800, Jonathan wrote:
Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? We have that problem with a nine month old cat. The only thing that seems to deter is grabbing them and blowing in their face! A good substitute, and what I use if I can't get to them, is a blast of air from a can of Air Duster! -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On Jan 5, 8:59*am, Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:25:37 -0800, Jonathan wrote: Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? We have that problem with a nine month old cat. The only thing that seems to deter is grabbing them and blowing in their face! A good substitute, and what I use if I can't get to them, is a blast of air from a can of Air Duster! -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: *http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor He seems to do it at night - I don't often catch him trying it. Luckily he doesn't seem interested in high-voltage cables. Jonathan |
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... On Jan 5, 8:59 am, Bob Eager wrote: On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:25:37 -0800, Jonathan wrote: Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? We have that problem with a nine month old cat. The only thing that seems to deter is grabbing them and blowing in their face! A good substitute, and what I use if I can't get to them, is a blast of air from a can of Air Duster! -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor He seems to do it at night - I don't often catch him trying it. Luckily he doesn't seem interested in high-voltage cables. Jonathan Once a cat is thoroughly deterred it won't do it behind your back. Don't credit it with such intelligence. Teach it to associate touching the wires with some sort of shock - be consistent for a while and it will be trained. |
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On 05/01/2011 08:25, Jonathan wrote:
Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? What about spiral cable wrap? Colin Bignell |
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"Jonathan" wrote in message ... Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? Angle grinder on its teeth. |
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On 5 Jan, 08:25, Jonathan wrote:
Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? thanks Jonathan Possibly you need a similar approach to protecting young trees from rabbits - some kind of wrapping that it can't chew through. Cheers Richard |
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On Jan 5, 3:25*am, Jonathan wrote:
Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? thanks Jonathan I'd suggest a tiny bit of citrus oil, lemon or orange, cats absolutely hate it, but dont know what it might do to the cable. NT |
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 00:25:37 -0800 (PST), Jonathan wrote:
Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? thanks Jonathan Buy the poor thing some Cat5E - it's suffering from a dietary deficiency. -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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On Jan 5, 9:25*am, "John" wrote:
Once a cat is thoroughly deterred it won't do it behind your back. Don't credit it with such intelligence. Teach it to associate touching the wires with some sort of shock - be consistent for a while and it will be trained. If you look on youtube (Slug on Electric Fence pt 2) theres a two wire electric fence which means both wires have to be touched to get a shock. It would get helluva surprise but not as much as 240v. On a similar subject theres an interesting show on Thursday BBC4, 9pm The Brain: A Secret History. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xccs9 Dave. |
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On Jan 5, 11:19*am, Tabby wrote:
On Jan 5, 3:25*am, Jonathan wrote: Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? thanks Jonathan I'd suggest a tiny bit of citrus oil, lemon or orange, cats absolutely hate it, but dont know what it might do to the cable. Paint them with chilli sauce. Dave TMH |
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In message , John
writes "Jonathan" wrote in message ... On Jan 5, 8:59 am, Bob Eager wrote: On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:25:37 -0800, Jonathan wrote: Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? We have that problem with a nine month old cat. The only thing that seems to deter is grabbing them and blowing in their face! A good substitute, and what I use if I can't get to them, is a blast of air from a can of Air Duster! -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor He seems to do it at night - I don't often catch him trying it. Luckily he doesn't seem interested in high-voltage cables. Once a cat is thoroughly deterred it won't do it behind your back. Don't credit it with such intelligence. Teach it to associate touching the wires with some sort of shock - be consistent for a while and it will be trained. My youngest daughter, when little probably (12 -15 months) soon learnt not to put cables in her mouth after she put the LV plug end from a wallwart (live) in it once. I tried it afterwards and it gave a fairly painful tingle. -- Chris French |
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In article e04234b7-3604-4cc3-986d-2c623194908d@
32g2000yqz.googlegroups.com, says... Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? We've always taught cats not to do things by shooting them with a water- pistol. Seems to work best if you do it "nonchalently" so they don't see that it's you who's done it. -- Skipweasel - never knowingly understood. |
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On 05/01/2011 08:25, Jonathan wrote:
Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? Kevlar braided sleeving? or apply 'bitter apple spray' which apparently they don't like. -- Adrian C |
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jgharston wrote:
Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? High voltage cables? Ha Ha Ha Ha! Outstanding! :-D And: PeterC wrote: Buy the poor thing some Cat5E - it's suffering from a dietary deficiency. Applause! :-D |
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:18:37 +0000, Skipweasel wrote:
In article e04234b7-3604-4cc3-986d-2c623194908d@ 32g2000yqz.googlegroups.com, says... Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? We've always taught cats not to do things by shooting them with a water- pistol. Seems to work best if you do it "nonchalently" so they don't see that it's you who's done it. Yes, we taught a cat not to enter the kitchen by dumping half an eggcup full of water on him (the eggcup was always visible by the door). Soon we didn't need the water! Not so good for cables though! -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:05:16 +0000, "Nightjar \"cpb\"@"
"insertmysurnamehere wrote: On 05/01/2011 08:25, Jonathan wrote: Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? What about spiral cable wrap? That could be worse - the spiral "texture" is likely to be more attractive to a gnawing cat. -- Frank Erskine |
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On 05/01/2011 08:43, jgharston wrote:
Jonathan wrote: Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? High voltage cables? Another Jonathan Probably won't have any effect. Daughters dog chewed the mains cable feeding the central heating a few years ago. It blew the fuse but had no effect on the dog apart from depositing the contents of its bowels on the floor. Didn't even deter it from going back and stripping off about 6 inches of insulation afterwards. -- Mike Clarke |
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"Jonathan" wrote in message ... Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? thanks Jonathan A bowl of antifreeze works very well. |
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Sisal rope with catmint (napeta) on it, spelt wrong, but give the cat
something to chew on. If the cat continues chewing, check its teeth, there may be a foreign body or damaged tooth and the cable has the right consistency to provide temporary relief hence it keeps returning to the cable. |
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"Mike Clarke" wrote in message ... On 05/01/2011 08:43, jgharston wrote: Jonathan wrote: Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? High voltage cables? Another Jonathan Probably won't have any effect. Daughters dog chewed the mains cable feeding the central heating a few years ago. It blew the fuse but had no effect on the dog apart from depositing the contents of its bowels on the floor. Didn't even deter it from going back and stripping off about 6 inches of insulation afterwards. -- Mike Clarke Had this problem with my cat - ruined a pair of really good earphones! I'm just very, very careful where I trail cables now, tuck them away, cover them over, and she's gradually grown out of it mostly. It's the thin, dangly black wires she likes. But I'm still careful. For example, I have some big wine fermenting vessels with immersion heaters in the kitchen where she sleeps. I bought a big roll of gaffer tape cheap from Wickes, and taped off all the wire which trails down the sides of the vessels, and drape/wrap a towel over the extension lead, so, basically, she can't see the interesting thin black wires. As for the back of the PC - which is an electrician's nightmare - she gets squired with a compressed air can "EVERY" time she goes anywhere near it - so she's fairly hesitant to go behind there now. She's not allowed in the lounge or my study unsupervised. Too many wires. Combination of disguise, tucking away and hard discipline, I'm afraid! Good luck! Barb |
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On Jan 5, 8:13*am, Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:18:37 +0000, Skipweasel wrote: In article e04234b7-3604-4cc3-986d-2c623194908d@ 32g2000yqz.googlegroups.com, says... Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? We've always taught cats not to do things by shooting them with a water- pistol. Seems to work best if you do it "nonchalently" so they don't see that it's you who's done it. Yes, we taught a cat not to enter the kitchen by dumping half an eggcup full of water on him (the eggcup was always visible by the door). Soon we didn't need the water! Not so good for cables though! Loop each cable round an eggcup on edge of worktop etc, with water in. Might work after a few goes, they really hate water. NT |
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On 5 Jan 2011 13:13:00 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:18:37 +0000, Skipweasel wrote: In article e04234b7-3604-4cc3-986d-2c623194908d@ 32g2000yqz.googlegroups.com, says... Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? We've always taught cats not to do things by shooting them with a water- pistol. Seems to work best if you do it "nonchalently" so they don't see that it's you who's done it. Yes, we taught a cat not to enter the kitchen by dumping half an eggcup full of water on him (the eggcup was always visible by the door). Soon we didn't need the water! IME most cats are too stupid to learn. I regularly spray the neighbours' cats with a high powered water pistol but they still come into my garden. And then there's the cat that used to sleep in the road. It didn't last long IIRC. -- (\__/) M. (='.'=) Due to the amount of spam posted via googlegroups and (")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking some articles posted from there. If you wish your postings to be seen by everyone you will need use a different method of posting. |
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On Jan 5, 8:25*am, Jonathan wrote:
Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? thanks Jonathan You can get electric fence controllers in various outputs. The smaller ones are intended to deter cats. Connect each lead to each lead of a cable and leave it out. They learn eventually. It certainly taught my dog not to go near the rubbish bin after I wrapped the top with ally foil and left it energised. John |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Mark saying something like: And then there's the cat that used to sleep in the road. It didn't last long IIRC. My previous moggy had the anti-survival habit of crashing out for a good kip in the middle of any open space, which included the road. It didn't last long either, once the new neighbour's dogs got at it. |
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"Jonathan" wrote in message ... Our two-year old cat keeps chewing through low voltage cables; so far three telephone chargers and a radio power cable. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to protect them? thanks Jonathan http://cat-chitchat.pictures-of-cats...at-poison.html |
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