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⌈ Secret Post #4769 ⌋

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Cat advice

[philstar22]

Is there a way to get my cat to stop trying to chew my headphones (and other cords)? It doesn't seem to matter how many toys she has or how often I play with her, the headphones seem far more interesting. She'll climb up on top of me to get at them. She'll climb on my computer and jump up on things to try to grab them. "no" doesn't work. Distraction doesn't work. She still would rather play with the headphones.

Re: Cat advice

[(Anonymous)]

Bitter sprays are probably your best bet; Grannick’s Bitter Apple is my tried-and-true, works for dogs and cats both and stops them from chewing your stuff, haha. Just hope you don't have a habit of mouthing at your earbud cords like I do. That stuff is not messing around with the bitterness.

Re: Cat advice

[rosehiptea]

I had the same problem with my cat. Nothing seemed to help except always keeping stuff out of his reach, though if you want to use your headphones that's obviously not going to be helpful. I wish I had known about the bitter stuff.

Re: Cat advice

[tabaqui]

Keep them put away, etc., when you're not around, and when she goes for them, so 'no', loudly and flatly and give her a little squirt of water in the face from a squirt bottle. Or flick some water from a cup.

Alternately, put some pennies or rocks (or both!) in a tin can, cover the top, and shake it, hard and loud and close to her, while saying 'no', when she goes for 'em.

It'll take a few tries, but it should work.

Also, a treat *after* 'no' and when she's stopped trying to get them can't hurt.

Re: Cat advice

[(Anonymous)]

Have you tried wrapping the cords in tinfoil, or a substance she isn't fond of? I used tinfoil to keep my cat off the kitchen table, cords don't usually hold much heat to them, but check first to see it your kitty is willing to bite through the foil on a decoy cord (wrapped, but not plugged in) just in case.
Really though, I'd go with a bitter solution safe for cats to spray on your cords, like the above anon mentioned.

My cat would do a lot of things like this on purpose because she knew she wasn't allowed to for attention, she hasn't got into the habit of biting cords though, so I hope she doesn't learn! If you find anything that works, let us know if you don't minc!