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! |
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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. |
foohead,i thought i had a mean streak haha!!!! |
Leave a small saucer of anti-freeze out for them. |
Anything that sits on my system DIES! |
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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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cats taste just like children, uh, i mean chicken. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
Ignore the amp and so will the cat! |
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. |
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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. |
Surround the amp with Venus Fly Traps. |
Sorry Blakjava,some good laughs here though. |
I once accomplished this by putting a small cactus, in a heavy base, on top of the amp. |
Can you afford hiring Halle Berry? She's catwoman. She can reason with them 8^) |
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Put some catnip on your turntable |
Get a can of dust off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My cat goes to the other end of the house when I take aim!!!!! |
even worse than sand paper cats hate a sock in the mouth. |
sand paper-cats hate it under there feet |
This is one of my favorite threads of all time. |
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? |
Try urinating on the amp, avoiding the electronics, of course. The cats won't dare usurp the alpha. |
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! |
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. |
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. |
Get a dog!!!! What a stupid question for an audiophile string. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
"remember this word son...
...CATcryonics" |
I like the idea of going to tubes. Albert Porter has a great pair of VTL's for sell and their only $11,000.00 + shipping |
I hear they taste just like chicken! So it wouldn't be a total loss. (When you've only got lemons, make lemonade!)
Marco |
Yeah... What Gunbei said... |
"LIke the sands of an hour glass...these are the posts that turn the stomach".
Tra laaaa, la la laaa, la la la la la tra laaaaaaAAH. La la la laaa... |
Most of the responses to this post made my stomach turn. I hope, if you have
children, you don't teach them those demented values....and I certainly hope you don't own cats. |
Rcprince,
I've seen a family with kids on the TLC show Trading Spaces that had a pet scorpion, tarantula, and various lizards. Some even looked like Monitor Lizards. No Komodos though, I think, heheh.
When I was in college my friend's younger brother had a pet FEMALE black widow. One day my friend noticed that it had hundreds of babies which were escaping from the top of the OPEN JAR! Needles to say, my he hit the ceiling! |
Carefully place plastic sheeting on the floor around your amplifier. Glue pieces of broken glass all over the amp. The plastic sheet should keep blood off the carpet. When the cat dies, remove the sheets and sell the amp. |
My local pet supply store has a kitty bed with an electric heater that their cats will even use together. Your cat is only doing something it finds pleasing. If you give it a softer more comfortable alternative it may decide to leave the amps alone. |
I was thinking some sort of containment device on the order of the ones used in the movie "Ghostbusters": two in the box, ready to go. We be fast and they be slow. |
take them outside and shoot them. |
Sean...We had a cat that would climb up and sit on top of Magneplanars. True, they were the old ones with an oak frame about 2 inches wide. Cats don't mind balancing on narrow objects. |
I suppose you could re-wire the ground from your amp's power supply to electrify the chasis, but then you'd have problems turning the damned thing on and off! I like Sean's idea of the curved cover, a more humane way to do things.
Gunbei, who in their right mind would have a pet scorpion???? And how did he tie the damned thing up to his car? |
