Cat scratch rat fur problems... Any easy fixes?

Painting it will add weight and be a mess. I think the trimmer is your best bet.

 

I'd get one of these...



... and put his bed and chew toys right next to your amp, once remedied.

 

And of course, welcome to TB!

 

Gen. Tsos Cat.........Cat Lo Mein........Cat Foo Young.

 

Yup.

Assuming cat is off the menu, you need a scratching post. Also a cover for the cab so cat doesn't think you are a big meanie for taking away its favourite new toy, or else you could suffocate in your sleep mysteriously.

 

Cathide.

Tom

 

Trimmer will work. They make ones specifically for this, well for 'sweater pills', but careful work with a hair one will work too

 

I've done the trimmer thing. Very sharp scissors will work too.

 

I trimmed mine up with scissors, then used a sharpie on the exposed particle board before selling it in favor of a tolex-covered plywood cab.

 

Yep... BL has a cat, and the cover goes on after every rehearsal. The amp exterior still attracts the hair, but that can be easily vacuumed.

 

Substituting something the cat likes better before a habit is formed can work.

My cat started using one of my recliners. I already had a scratching post, but the cat had freaked himself out and was afraid of it. He had come running and jumped on the top of the scratching post, and it fell over on top of him. I had started laying it on it's side and had started training him to use it again. When I saw him go for the chair, I would gently pick him up and place him on the scratching post and work his paws up and down. He eventually got the idea.

Later I bought a Purrfect Post and carboard angle scratcher from this company. How to Choose the Best Cat Scratching Post | PurrfectPost.com

The original scratching post was just carpet. Purrfect Post uses a material that cats like a bit more than carpet. The cardboard angle scratcher was a bust at first. Every once in awhile I would pick up the cat and put him on the cardboard angle scratcher and work his paws up and down and eventually he got the idea but it took a couple of months. Ultimately I think he came to like the cardboard scratcher best. He would come running and jump up in the air, landing in the middle of the scratcher; then bits of card board would go flying. Next he would run off, and come back and repeat.

I think if you can establish a good habit it goes a long way, but cats can be a bit psychopathic as well, so if you do something that upsets them, the may intentionally destroy something to get even.

 

Or, one of these.

 

That, is one cool dog. Check the pool... and Made in USA, too!

 

That dog might eat the cab.

And the cat.

 

You try listening to the 'Ishtar' soundtrack, more than once in a 24 hour period...

 

https://www.amazon.com/pill-shaver-furniture/s?k=pill+shaver+for+furniture

 

Let it be, cat will only do it again. Play it and enjoy it, man!

 

Foz beat me to it, the "pill shaver" is the way to go. You can also use a hair/beard trimmer. I've just accepted at this point that my cabs are going to get scuffed and beaten up from load in/load out, and so some cat scratching isn't the end of the world.

 

Didn't Ted Nugent write that one...?
Cat Scratch Rat Fur ??