Help with a cat that like to chew wires. Any ideas to make hime stop?

[jamesjones626]

Just like the headline says the fudger likes to chew up my computer wires and i have gone through many keyboards, speakers, etc etc etc.  I went to the pet store and bought some spray thats suppose to keep him away, but it doesnt work at all.  He has chew toys, a post to scratch and all things a cat desires.  Anyways its getting expensive to guy new stuff anyone have any ideas how to get him to stop? 

[Blanka]

Put chilli-sauce on the wires. Or dark chocolate (but that will kill him if he licks the cables).

[Vanguard]

Let him chew on the power cord?

[shmokes]

If he's a kitten he will grow out of it.  Block access and wait it out.  Few adult cats keep doing this.  If he's an adult . . . I guess block access and wait for him to die.

[EwJ]

Get a water gun and carefully spray him (heh, hopefully avoiding pc and wires) every time he does it...or better yet give him a watering every time he even looks like he might be approaching the pc.
Other than that, route all wires through conduit or something he can't chew through...15 layers of duct tape?

[jamesjones626]

If he's a kitten he will grow out of it.  Block access and wait it out.  Few adult cats keep doing this.  If he's an adult . . . I guess block access and wait for him to die.

yeah he is full grown....i have the weirdest animals......this cat loves elecrical wires, my other cat is cross eyed with extreme long hair between its paws and has awful breathe, my pitbull loves to eat trees and that about it.

[polaris]

Get a water gun and carefully spray him (heh, hopefully avoiding pc and wires) every time he does it...or better yet give him a watering every time he even looks like he might be approaching the pc.
Other than that, route all wires through conduit or something he can't chew through...15 layers of duct tape?

+1 i remember hearing that cats don't associate you with the water so they don't get pissed off with you but do stop cos they hate water

[Edwards80]

You have to spray them with water whilst they are still doing what you don't want them to. . so with it being electrical wires, probably isn't a good idea.

Try wiping a bit of Garlic down the cables for a short while, Cat's hate Garlic.

One of my cat's chewed through the cable of my £80 earphones. . . don't fancy covering them in Garlic though so I just keep them out of his reach now 

[jimmy2x2x]

Garlic is a good idea, or get some concentrated lemon juice - they dont like that much either.

No need to soak the place, just a few drops each day in the problem areas , maybe get him some toys as a distraction, catnip mouse, scratching post - something like that - he wont like the first two toys you buy, they only like the third one, so make the first two cheap ones

[Malenko]

have you tried hitting it?

[gryhnd]

Route your wires through some wire loom or conduit that it can't chew through?

[Thenasty]

TABASCO sauce will keep it the cat away. 


If you want, PISS on the wire (marks that it's your Territory and he will keep away). 

[shmokes]

I'm not sure that works with human piss.  It does work with fox piss, though.  Which you can buy. 

[AtomSmasher]

Route your wires through some wire loom or conduit that it can't chew through?

Thats exactly what I did.  My cat still occasionally chomps down on it, but he no longer does any damage (of course I still discipline him every time I catch him doing it, but he never learns).

[shmokes]

Thats exactly what I did.  My cat still occasionally chomps down on it, but he no longer does any damage (of course I still discipline him every time I catch him doing it, but he never learns doesn't care).

I fixed your post to better reflect feline psychology.  

[HaRuMaN]

This is the answer to your problems:
http://www.amazon.com/MultiVet-SSSCAT-Cat-Training-Aid/dp/B000RIA95G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1284047676&sr=8-1

[knave]

Get him a magnetic collar that shocks him when he goes near your cables.

[Samstag]

Route your wires through some wire loom or conduit that it can't chew through?

That's like step one in the rabbit owner's handbook.  Get the plastic conduit that's slotted along the length like this.  If it can protect against rabbit teeth it will definitely work for cats.

As for sprays and other nasty-tasting substances, I've tried many and haven't found any that didn't just attract more attention and become "condiments" for the stuff you don't want to be chewed.

[shmokes]

Wires aren't the problem for me.  It's the corners of my sofa and, to a lesser extent, table legs and cabinets and walls (particularly next to doors).  Does anyone make a sofa loom?    (actually a big sheet of double-sided sticky tape will deter them but it doesn't look much better than the damage the cats do   )

[ark_ader]

Get rid of the cat and get a dog. 

[shmokes]

That's an awesome idea.  Dogs don't chew on anything!

[Mikezilla]

I'm not sure that works with human piss.  It does work with fox piss, though.  Which you can buy.

Holy hell you can really buy fox piss!?! 

[Endaar]

Route your wires through some wire loom or conduit that it can't chew through?

That's the easiest thing to do, and the safest. I hope some of the posters were just being smart-asses, but suggesting hurting the cat in various ways isn't even remotely funny.

Endaar

[shmokes]

I'm pretty sure it's against the law to ship your bodily fluid.  There are special containers and procedures for that stuff, and I think only medical professionals are allowed to use them.   

[Samstag]

I'm pretty sure it's against the law to ship your bodily fluid.  There are special containers and procedures for that stuff, and I think only medical professionals are allowed to use them.   

And besides that, nothing beats "freshly squeezed".

[WhereEaglesDare]

I'm pretty sure it's against the law to ship your bodily fluid.  There are special containers and procedures for that stuff, and I think only medical professionals are allowed to use them.   

Maybe they have instant fox pee...  dehydrated stuff, you add water and shake it up and then there you go!

[knave]

If I can't ship a bottle of piss, then the terrorists have won.   

It's not piss it's "amonia sodium solution". 

[BobbyG66]

Switch everything over to 220.

[channelmaniac]

Animal urine can be purchased at many different sporting goods stores.

As for the cat chewing... Get a 48v AC adapter, plug it in, and leave the cord on the floor. After a couple of jolts that cat will learn to leave wires alone.

[jamesjones626]

think if i pee'd on everything the cat would leave the wires alone?  im a bit of a animal..........at times

[saint]

If I can't ship a bottle of piss, then the terrorists have won.   

Must... resist... setting... custom...title...

[protokatie]

If I can't ship a bottle of piss, then the terrorists have won.   

Must... resist... setting... custom...title...

Why? Just go for it! -Pissmeister

[Henrik68000]

I know a pro animal handler.(Sorry i don't know the American word for this).You need to make a very little cage  of 4 metal net (Or sort of, maybe you can get green plasticnet) walls. Put it on the grass or in the seller, at least in an solitary place. Cats are social animals. If you see it go eating away at your wires you give it a time out (20 min should work). The cage shall  be only big enough for the cat to just about move around and no food or toys in there. Everytime it chews it comes 20 minutes into this  cage and you move away for the 20 minutes (use a clock).   Soon it will  associate the wires with 20 minutes in a  cage where it bores it self to death ( well maybe not death but you get the idea). This is a recognized way of correcting behavior even on small people not yet grown up.( Without the cage !)
It works amazingly. It can take more time than say a rabbit or dog but it will work if you keep doing it. Be sure that it has enough food (not in the case). If you after the 20 minutes gives it a treat then DONT do this the first many times. You can however give it a good kind rub the way it likes it.


I love cat's. I'm allergic to the hairs. I feel let down by the higher powers....

Henrik, EC

[HaRuMaN]

I love cat's. I'm allergic to the hairs. I feel let down by the higher powers....

So get one of these:

[Ed_McCarron]

That's an awesome idea.  Dogs don't chew on anything!

Good sarcasm.  My pup is at the vet getting monitored to make sure the E-collar she ate isn't doing damage.  Ironic.  Put the collar on her to keep her from chewing a bandage on her leg and she eats the e-collar.   

[Benevolance]

Your dog simply turned adversity into opportunity. You should get her doing some motivational speaking tours.