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Conference misery::feline

Title:	Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
Notice:	purrrrr...
Moderator:	JULIET::CORDES_JA

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1079
Total number of notes:	28858

848.0. "Cat bites plastic wires/tubes" by LASSIE::WHITE (Only buy tuna-safe dolphin products) Fri Jan 06 1995 08:45

	How do I stop my cat from biting through the tv cable (without
increasing the voltage (-8 ). She has bitten thru the insulation on two of them
causing the need to replace the wire 'cuz reception gets terrible.  She also
bites the air tubes on my aquarium, and I don't need 27 gallons of water on my
living room floor.
                                                  Thanx,
                                                   Dan

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
848.1	Cover them or make them taste bad!	LJSRV2::FALLON		`Fri Jan 06 1995 10:22`	6
	Two things I can think of are: Rubbing Bitter Apple on the wires/tubes Getting those large plastic tubes witha slit so so you can place the good wires inside of it! Hope this helps. Karen
848.2	Real apple juice?	LASSIE::WHITE	Only buy tuna-safe dolphin products	`Mon Jan 09 1995 08:45`	7
	Thanx, Already have the plastic tubes ( )-8 ). The cat bites the part between the wall and the TV. I see you put Bitter Apple in capital letters, (like maybe it's a product or something?) If you mean actual apple juice, that seems pretty temporary. Please elaborate. Thanx, Dan
848.3	TRY ALUMINUM FOIL	ICS::GROEZINGER		`Mon Jan 09 1995 09:25`	12
	I'd try wrapping the wires in aluminum foil. I know Andie hates even the sound of it! My darling Cassie would chew through telephone/answering machine cables. I kept after her with the spray bottle. Eventually, she quit, thank God! Good luck! Judie
848.4	Good Luck!	LJSRV2::FALLON		`Mon Jan 09 1995 12:11`	4
	Bitter Apple is a spray which you can buy at pet stores. The idea is that it tastes real bad. It can be used for birds who pick their feathers too! Karen
848.5		QE010::ROMBERG	I feel a vacation coming on...	`Mon Jan 09 1995 12:50`	15
	Sounds like your cat is related to my late Rebecca (fang-kitty). I can't count how many telephone cords, tv power cords and clock cords I replaced. I also have many paperback books that have those distinctive puncture marks along the edge of the cover. She seemed to think that everything she could get into her mouth was intended as dental floss! What finally worked for me was to run the phone cords (not the coil cords, but the wall<->phone cords) through slit plastic tubing. I purchased the amount of tubing I needed at the local hardware store and just threaded the phone cord through it. The trick is to get the entire cord within some sort of protection, no ifs, ands or buts. kathy ps. If I got the tubing wide enough, I didn't have to slit it.
848.6	Reynolds wrap forever	LASSIE::WHITE	Only buy tuna-safe dolphin products	`Tue Jan 10 1995 08:36`	6
	I think I'll try foil first. Then go on to the other ideas if that doesn't work. Hope Lucy hates it. She's already on special food that she hates (unfortunately forever )-8 ). Thanx, Dan
848.7	Careful.	BPSOF::EGYED	Per aspera ad astra	`Wed Jan 11 1995 02:42`	8
	Just my 2 cents: 1. Be careful - biting a power cord through can electric hazard shock the cat to death in worst case. (forgive the awful grammar) 2. Ask your vet if the cat has a teeth/gum problem: mayhaps something irritates her mouth and that is the reason for biting wires (and everything else) Nat
848.8	Bitter Apple	TNPUBS::WIX	Jack Wickwire	`Thu Jan 12 1995 11:11`	7
	Bitter Apple also comes in a tube as a paste. This would be a lot easier to apply to the cord. I tried using it to make the ends of my magazines less palatable for Malcolm who likes to lick clay-coated (shiney) paper. It worked but I gave up because it would get all over my hands making me anathema to the cats. Sigh. .wIx.