I have two ornery little monsters. My solutions (note that I have multiple solutions as not every trick works 100% of the time):
1) Listening room has been walled off and a door is the only entry. This works 100% of the time when I am not at home.
The following are for when I am in the listening room and the cats have access because the door is open. If they stray too close to the audio equipment I do the following:
2) Spray bottle of water. At the precise moment the sprayed water hits the cat I yell NO!.
3) Yelling NO! And chasing the cat out of the room or picking them up and removing them myself.
4) Put a few coins into an empty pop can and seal it with tape. As silently as I can I toss it in the air as the cat get too close to the audio equipment. The loud crash next to them usually sends them running. If I toss it silently then they don't know it is me doing the punishing and the event turns into an "act of God"
5) Give them listening chairs of their own and reward them with affection when they come in to the listen room and hop right into the chair without "checking out" the equipment first.
6) Give them plenty of scratching posts and toys else where in the house. Good catnip is a diversion that will last for hours.
7) Be consistent. Be consistent. Be consistent.
Good luck.
1) Listening room has been walled off and a door is the only entry. This works 100% of the time when I am not at home.
The following are for when I am in the listening room and the cats have access because the door is open. If they stray too close to the audio equipment I do the following:
2) Spray bottle of water. At the precise moment the sprayed water hits the cat I yell NO!.
3) Yelling NO! And chasing the cat out of the room or picking them up and removing them myself.
4) Put a few coins into an empty pop can and seal it with tape. As silently as I can I toss it in the air as the cat get too close to the audio equipment. The loud crash next to them usually sends them running. If I toss it silently then they don't know it is me doing the punishing and the event turns into an "act of God"
5) Give them listening chairs of their own and reward them with affection when they come in to the listen room and hop right into the chair without "checking out" the equipment first.
6) Give them plenty of scratching posts and toys else where in the house. Good catnip is a diversion that will last for hours.
7) Be consistent. Be consistent. Be consistent.
Good luck.