Comments | ohlaughingcat: kittens and wires.

ohlaughingcat

kittens and wires.

Aug 28, 2002 11:11

oh dear.

the kittens seem to like chewing on wires. a lot. this is not good. anyone else had this problem? there's an awful lot of wires in here.

crap.

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beckmermaid August 28 2002, 09:07:26 UTC

My dog chewed thru the 1/2 " cord to the treadmill.. while it was plugged in. We used electrical tape on the cord (don't know how safe that is...) and keep a spray bottle with water around to squirt her with when she's doing something bad. It just startles her enough to stop doing whatever... however, mixing water+an animal+live wires MAY not be the best idea...

ohlaughingcat August 28 2002, 18:30:10 UTC

yikes!

i imagine the electrical tape is safe... but the water? hrm... :)

snowblind August 28 2002, 09:18:07 UTC

I had to replace a thin power cord to my slide scanner after a kitten had been chewing on it. As I recall, it was expensive - $35 - $50 range.

It resulted in my bundling the cords with cable ties to get them high off the floor beyond a kitten reach.

annalytical August 28 2002, 09:54:32 UTC

I had to tape all my wires down to floors/desks with thick duct tape to keep my kittens from chewing on them. Some I bundled together with the tape as well.

ohlaughingcat August 28 2002, 18:31:21 UTC

i thought of that... but i have to move stuff around too much to be taping stuff down.

Re: annalytical August 28 2002, 18:37:53 UTC

Yup. I had to move stuff and crawl around under stuff to get it all done. It was a pain but it saved my wires ... and my kittens! =)

ohlaughingcat August 28 2002, 18:41:14 UTC

i bet! i have a couple of things to try, if i have to, i will be taping stuff down. most definitely. i *heart* my kitties too much not to. :)

shelleyfox August 28 2002, 11:11:15 UTC

lol I think 50% oh my cords have at least 1 set of kitty teeth marks on them. I just tried to block them from Sophie getting at them...eventually once she got her adult teeth (yes dogs and cats lose baby teeth too) she stopped trying to chew on them. Good luck :)

gravity August 28 2002, 11:35:50 UTC

I recently heard an interesting solution to this problem. Get some liquid soap and rub it on the cords. It will dry and won't hurt anything but when they taste the soap it will break them of the habbit very quickly.

Wouldn't work for me meck13 August 28 2002, 14:04:27 UTC

I think my cats actually LIKE the taste of soap....
I discovered little teeth marks in my guest soaps that were shaped like sea shells!
I can't believe Sam Cat would want to sink his teeth into little bars of decorative soap, but there is no other explanation for the teeth marks.
Oh, and by the way....your icon has cracked me up from the very first time I ever saw it!
Flare those nostrils! hee hee hee!
Cindy Kaye

Re: Wouldn't work for me gravity August 28 2002, 14:20:23 UTC

That is truly weird.

I am glad you like the icon. It is definitely one of my favorites. =)

Re: Wouldn't work for me ohlaughingcat August 28 2002, 18:34:15 UTC

hahaha! and i thought my cats were weird. the boy kitten likes to take a shower with me. no, i'm not kidding. he is fascinated with getting wet. but i can't imagine they would eat soap!

(and i like that icon of yours too by the way... you should make the kitty's nostrils flare!)