"remember this word son...
...CATcryonics" |
1. Get a tube amp.
2. Velcro: in strips or a sheet of it. Attach to top of amp. Cat will be seriously annoyed.
3. Get a squirt gun, then for for solution #1.
seriouly, velcro is your answer. Cats hate the stuff. |
Hey Allegro12....lighten up. We are having fun. Besides for those that hate cats, logic would prevail that they wouldn't want to own them.
After hearing what cat fur can do to electronics, I will definitely be buying from non-pet owners. |
forget pet scorpions...I found this site where the guy that lives in Bangladesh has a pet king cobra...sleeps with the damn thing...go a surf for "cobras as pets"....different people, different customs
Don't forget to check the garbage disposal prior to using it if you cannot locate your cat; makes quite a mess |
Get a dog!!!! What a stupid question for an audiophile string. |
I have 4 cats myself and a Class A amp so I know the problem. Real easy. Put something on top of the amp when its not in use. Artificial plants or some decorations should do. Something that easy to take off when the amps in use. Just put it back on when your finished listening.
Cats always look before they jump on top of something. If there's something in the way and no where to land they won't try to jump on it. |
Ok, I see by reading your post again, your cats are real stubborn jumping on the amp when its in use. You still may be able to find some pattern of putting decorations at the edges of the amps that still allow the vent to be unobstructed. If the top of the amp is above kitty eye level they probably won't try to jump on it believing theres no where to land.
If that fails just let the cats have their way and find some type of nylon mesh that will allow the amp to vent but keep the cat hair out. |
If it is a traditional box you can set a couple of mouse traps on top. the trick is set them upside down so when the cat jumps up on top of the amp they go off but they don't get caught in them. It should to the trick! |
Try urinating on the amp, avoiding the electronics, of course. The cats won't dare usurp the alpha. |
Gunbei, I love your maceball and porcupine heatsink idea.
Anyone ever try a switcth to lift the ground on their amplifier to keep the cats off? |
This is one of my favorite threads of all time. |
sand paper-cats hate it under there feet |
even worse than sand paper cats hate a sock in the mouth. |
Get a can of dust off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My cat goes to the other end of the house when I take aim!!!!! |
Put some catnip on your turntable |
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Can you afford hiring Halle Berry? She's catwoman. She can reason with them 8^) |
I once accomplished this by putting a small cactus, in a heavy base, on top of the amp. |
Sorry Blakjava,some good laughs here though. |
Surround the amp with Venus Fly Traps. |
take the amplifier of the seperate amp stand and put it on the cats. your just messing with us, right? you dont have cats. best thread ever. |
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Here's an idea: dig a moat around both of your amps and fill them with water. Next, stock them with pirhanas, lion fish and great white sharks. If the water isn't enough of a deterrant, the contents should prove effective in eliminating the problem.
If that is not an acceptable solution, you might try a flame thrower, razor wire, a small mine field or you could just gently nudge them away with an Abrams tank. |
Ignore the amp and so will the cat! |
My cat used to sit on my Proceed AVP for months upon months. I kept gently ushering her off, but she'd always return due to the warmth. Fast forward one year and I had to send it in for service. They called me and said: "What the #@*! did you do to this processor"?
It had one inch of cat hair piled up and in the circuit board. The hair went through the drilled vents in the top.
I also have a German Shepherd who still gets the cat scurrying to higher ground, so that is not a solution. That air bazooka is clearly the way to go. And to all the people with bats and rusty nails, would that be a suggestion for raising children? One should never harm animals, even if you don't like them. |
Forgot to mention; serial killers start with torturing cats at a young age. I suppose you can call it a Gateway torture form. Many people have the urge to inflict the pain on the cat, serial killers give in to the urge and act on the impulse. Quite disturbing to see so many suggestions of poison, guns, bags with rocks, bats with rusty nails, etc... Live and let live guys. |
Aw, c'mon Adidadi, I seriously doubt any of those suggestions were meant as anything more than for the sake of humor. Can't recall the author of the comic books published a few years back (was it B. Kliban?) titled "The I Hate Cats Book" or something like that. It was a hilarious depiction of some of the scenarios described here. I love animals myself. Not a cat fan myself. Would never raise a hand to an animal though, feline, canine or otherwise. Have donated money to non-kill animal shelters, and have owned some sort of pet most of my life..yep, even three cats among them. I am also posessed of some semblence of a sense of humor. For my own comments, I am sorry if they've offended you. I realize that you must not share the same sense of humor, but obviously some folks do. I seriously doubt we have any serial killers among us. They're all over there in a special ward on AudioAsylum discussing their latest victims ;-)!
Marco |
I completely OVERDROVE my point. I do see the angle of humor. I was just surprised at how MUCH of it was here. It is like the cat killer convention. I am not much of a cat person even though I have a cat I took in 10 years ago since it was abandoned. It is just freaky how cats instill a desire in so many humans to inflict harm on them. I was merely cautioning people to not go overboard with their hatred of cats.
I am NOT suggesting Socratic deductive reasoning: Serial Killers kill cats, people here kill cats, therefore people here are serial killers. NO. Just pointing out that it is not the healthiest thing to have a LONG forum thread unfold about ways to kill or dispose of cats.
I appreciate your considerate response. I am not offended, I just typed my immediate thoughts. Did not mean to ruin the party, just meant to rein it in a bit.
Sometimes group collective reinforcement instills acceptance of certain behavior inadvertantly, then maybe one day someone winds up in a situation where they have a BB gun and see a neighbours cat in THEIR yard and subconsciously remove the hesitation to refrain from the impulse to shoot it with the pellet gun. I still have the image of the German Shepherd with the crossbow arrow in its snout.
Anyway, I am not offended. I have had to deal with the EXACT same situation with my amps and preamps and I'm sure cat lovers would have been shocked with some solutions I pondered on in my head.
My point was a little harsh, so also, take no offense guys. |
cats taste just like children, uh, i mean chicken. |
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Attach a few small balloon to the amp. When kitty tries to have a nap BANG.Cat naps will be taken elsewhere. Works well for cat molested speakers. |
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Anything that sits on my system DIES! |
Leave a small saucer of anti-freeze out for them. |
foohead,i thought i had a mean streak haha!!!! |
Cats hate white noise. If you have a tuner, de-tune it (so to speak) and crank it the next time the cats get on the amp. It's how I trained my cat to stay the heck away from my Maggies!
Dean. |
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Hi,
Seems like there are a quite a few non-lovers of cats out there! There is a spray called bitter apple which can be purchased in any pet store. When sprayed on a surface or area, both cats and dogs will avoid the area as they find the smell offensive. The good news is that it is not harmful to pets and the smell is impervious to humans. Most people use it when their cat decides to use the furniture as a scratching post. It's inexpensive and should do the trick when sprayed in the area of your equipment. Of course, you will probably need to repeat the process as time elapses. Good Luck! |
