he chews on laptop, headphone, and everything else cords. We've tried blowing in his face, making loud noise, and coating the cords in hot sauce to make him stop, to no avail. Anyone have a good idea to get him to stop?
2007-06-30 09:28:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
Try showing him what IS a toy. Get alot of toys and distract him as soon as he goes for the cords. I have a 3 month old kitty right now and once you throw her toy mouse she's occupied for hours on end. I have to lock the office door when I'm not home though, cat's are too curious, lol. I'm trying to get her to see that the cord is not a toy. Don't worry though when he gets a little older he'll stop. Everything that moves or looks wiggley is a toy. We have to sleep with 2 sheets because our kitty wants to jump and wrestle our feet when we're sleeping. She's stopping slowly, and the cord is slowly becoming boring for her. Also try getting a piece of like PINK or PURPLE yarn and play with him, he'll know that bright colors like that are good to play with where as white, black or orange cords are a no no! Good luck with your baby!
2007-06-30 09:35:26 · answer #1 · answered by ppL L0ve 2 hAt3 m3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This can be dangerous for more than one reason. The cat may be prone to liking the texture of chewing on rubbery materials. I had a cat who did, and he started by chewing on electrical cords. He then chewed the rubberized backing off of new bathroom carpeting, so that a 6 by 9 foot rug was toast. Then he chewed up and swallowed the rubbery flip flops everyone in the house owned. We had to hide them in tight closing drawers or cabinets, and never leave them out. One day, he became very ill, and ended up in the animal e.r......he had swallowed something, and it caused an intestinal blockage. They could net detect exactly what it was, except that there was metal in it, which did not fit his chewing problem scenario. Upon surgical removal, we found it was a four inch length of curly telephone cord from the guest room which was the only corded phone we still owned. Since then, we have totally Rosco-proofed our home.....and no more corded phones for us! We have never been able to stop him, and the vet says there really is no way to prevent him from doing so. So, we had to adjust to him. Gosh....seems like that's what we all do anyway with all our pets. Who belongs to whom?
2007-06-30 16:51:10 · answer #2 · answered by Hope J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hid the cords when my kitten was small and I also bought the foam pipe covers and cut them to size for cords they could get to, I also played alot of games to distract the kittens Also make good string toys they can drag around the house use a heavey cage cotton string make knots on one end and leave about a foot of string loose, they love them. Also firmly use the word HOT when they do anything that will hurt them, that's my danger word for anything and the cats/kittens learned it quickly. Good luck
2007-06-30 16:36:14 · answer #3 · answered by Pearl N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sell this stuff at pet stores called 'Bitter Apple' it is a taste deterrent. You can spray it on the cords and spray a little in her mouth- once she gets the idea that that smell is associated with the taste, she won't chew on cords anymore.
2007-06-30 16:53:20 · answer #4 · answered by Melissa N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cord covers are a good idea. Get some bitter apple at a pet store and put that on any cords that you cannot cover.
2007-06-30 16:35:02 · answer #5 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the commercial covers were expensive for all the cord covers we needed. Go to Home Depot or Ace Hardware and buy meium to heavy weight weight plastic tubing (3/4 " to 1", depending on the thickness of your electric cords).
Cut each length of plastic tubing to fit each electri cord length .
Have someone with a pocketknife or similar plastic-cutting device (I used sharp scissors) cut a slit all the way down one side of each cover.
Wrap each cord in the cover and voile! The cat will not be able to chew the flexible plastic!
2007-06-30 16:42:29 · answer #6 · answered by Autumn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Office supply stores and pet stores sell cord covers that you can buy to cover all of your cords. I would highly recommend this because not only will you spend lots of money replacing your stuff but your cat could seriously hurt himself.
2007-06-30 16:32:15 · answer #7 · answered by altaira 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
electronic stores and/or computer stores would have those cord covers that you can get to keep cords away from pets and keep them from being tripped over, etc. Also, get a squirt bottle to squirt him.
2007-06-30 20:10:49 · answer #8 · answered by Araiha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try unplugging all the cords you can and spraying the cords with pet repellant...yes it exists lol ask for it at petco they dislike the smell but it may not work for all pets
2007-06-30 16:39:19 · answer #9 · answered by caramellovely 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats don't listen to anyone. If he doesn't stop the electricity will stop him. Try using a spray bottle with ice cold water.
2007-06-30 16:45:08 · answer #10 · answered by luckford2004 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋