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How do I keep my cats off my amplifier?

Since my amplifier is too large for an equipment rack, I keep it on a seperate amplifier stand. There is nothing above it to keep my two cats from climbing on top when it is turned on, which they always do, attracted by the warmth. At first I didn't mind until my Rotel RMB-1095 Amplifier shorted due to a build-up of cat hair falling inside. Now my front right channel is gone. I just bought an Integra Research RDA-7 to replace it.
Is there a good way (short of the cat pound) to keep them off?
blakjava
readster
241 posts
 
take them outside and shoot them.
slipknot1
1,423 posts
 
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.
alexanderj
139 posts
 
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.
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rooze
578 posts
 
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.
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
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!
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