My Cat made my AMP his scratching post!

[havik180]

Well, my next suggestion was going to be to chain a pit bull to your amp.

Won't work ! I have a pit ,Brutus, and 3 cats .Brutus gets punked by all 3 ! Anyway my cat scratched my amp and I just draped a beach towel over it (covering the top and sides) she's left it alone since. Do you have a "real" scratching post for the cat to use ?

 

[SethD]

It isn't just that. If your cat ever strays, It will not be able to defend itself or to hunt for survival. A clawless cat outside has a really tough time of it and is less likely to eventually find it's way home safely.

With all due respect that isn't always the case. My wife and I have a cat who was declawed in the front before we adopted her at the age of 8. She dominates the neighborhood cats and has no problem catching and killing mice. My father-in-law's cat is also decalwed, an excellent hunter, and she has roamed the woods of downeast Maine for 15+ years.

 

[slugworth]

A nice scratching post rubbed with catnip for the felines, and TukiCovers for my cabs...

http://www.tukicovers.com/

Slug

 

[Aziandoll]

Won't work ! I have a pit ,Brutus, and 3 cats .Brutus gets punked by all 3 ! Anyway my cat scratched my amp and I just draped a beach towel over it (covering the top and sides) she's left it alone since. Do you have a "real" scratching post for the cat to use ?

Yes, it's upstairs. and there is one downstairs where the amp is. So for now, I had draped a towel over it.

 

[Aziandoll]

All I have to say is that "My Cat made my AMP his scratching post!" is a hell of a lot better in comparison to my dilemma:

"My Cat made my AMP his liter box!"

OMG are you serious? It's not crapping on top of your AMP is it? Maybe it's angry at it?

 

[von buck]

My cat did that to my little GK kickback amp. I keep to practice, so I let her. It makes up for leaving her alone when I go away on road trips.

Andy

 

[Rob Martinez]

Um... ok... yeah, my cat made my AMP his scratching post. So, I've had this amp for less than 2 months and now it looks fine with black fuzz around the casing. Has anyone else had this problem? Can I just replace the casing? ARGH. I can't believe this. I never noticed it until now. Any other cat owners out there?

I love cats, they are so CUTE!!!

 

[thumpbass1]

I have three cat and I use tarps or amp covers to cover what gear I have in the basement that they could get to. A thick plastic or vinyl painter's tarp can be had
cheaply enough. It's helped me keep the peace with my cats.

 

[Pilgrim]

Speaking as someone who has spent hundreds of hours volunteering at various humane socities: If you come down to the choice between declawing the cat or dropping it off at the local pound, just have it declawed. I can't tell you how many hundreds of cats I have seen sent to their deaths because they were destroying the owners house, but the owner was to "sensitive" to have it declawed. There were times I would see two or three come in on a single Saturday.

THERE speaks a voice of experience, and a gent with perspective. I have had cats de-clawed in the past when the alternative was a one-way trip to the animal shelter. Never bothered them, didn't really change their behavior either, but when they clawed the furniture there was nothing to claw with. Much the best solution for us and for the cats.

Would I PREFER to do this? No. Is it better for the cat than a one-way trip? IMO, Yes.

 

[bassguppy]

one probable solution is to get your cats a multitude of scratching posts. I have a large cat tree that they love to hang out in by a window that has scratching areas and also have a scratching post in the living room, bedroom, and office. Getting one post will not always work cause if the cat has the urge to scratch he's not going to go across the house to do it. Use the spray bottle with water or compressed air canister also.

I don't know, I could NEVER bring any of my 4 cats to a kill shelter. There are a number of shelters (if people put the time in to look) that will take in unwanted pets and find them a good home and DO NOT euthanize them because they are not pretty enough, not a kitten, or because someone wanted a pet but not the responsibility. The first thing people do is call the humane society or county shelter and to me that would not be an option.

 

[Revvv]

Just take the cat to the nearest Chinese restaraunt. Problem solved.

Mmmmmmmm Chinese food.

 

[ulrich]

shoot the piece of $hit cat and buy a dog!

Just don't use a 44. It's real messy. Or so I hear.

Wrapping the cab in chicken wire is effective, if rather ugly.

If it's the rat fur the cat is after, tear the carpet off, sand, fill, paint with bed liner paint, or similar.

 

[Andrew Jones]

The cat is "marking" the cab.


Get a scratching post.

Put a towel over the cab where the cat is marking it.

Put the post in front of it as close as possible.

wait a week or two. gradually move it away.



Aj

 

[peterbright]

Make sure they have a scratching post, rub some catnip on it, spray them with water if they screw up, please don't declaw them.

 

[Entre Nous 2007]

i hang/tuck two coats on each side of the cabinet with my rack/head over top and they haven't gone near it since.

 

[kebbs]

Seal the little turd in the speaker cab and crank it up.
That should do it.

I agree. But on a serious note, just close the door to the room, if you can. I gotta put up with my girlfriend's cats... Keep the door closed all the time! Yay.

 

[Risen Ashes]

Yup I agree get a pitbull

 

[Dan Knowlton]

A few observations based on my personal experience:

* A cat will likely overcome her aversion to the deterrent spray stuff. Same with aluminum foil and every other similar tactic I have ever tried.

Well, my cat has responded well to unintentional aversion therapy - dumb thing crawled through the rear port on my old SWR Silverado and went to sleep. I turned on the amp, plugged in my bass and started slapping - heard some REALLY weird noises coming from the amp and it was not until I saw the cat come out and over the amp that I knew the cat was there.

Funny thing, she does not go near bass gear - no matter where it is in the house. Other than the normal cat psychosis, there seems to be no long term harm.

Dan K.

 

[bobyoung53]

Um... ok... yeah, my cat made my AMP his scratching post. So, I've had this amp for less than 2 months and now it looks fine with black fuzz around the casing. Has anyone else had this problem? Can I just replace the casing? ARGH. I can't believe this. I never noticed it until now. Any other cat owners out there?

I bought one of the last B-15N's made brand new in 1980 (left over in the store), let my little niece use it a few years later to learn how to play bass with and their cat scratched the krap out of the grill cloth, was I PO'ed especially when I found out she hadn't even been using it.

 

[bobyoung53]

I have not tried this yet but am going to: a friend said he read somewhere to put blown up balloons anywhere your cat is not wanted, like couches, tops of stereos, amps, turntable tops, etc. His cat had started scratching his new 2200.00 couch, he taped balloons all over it one day and came home and all the balloons on the couch had burst and the cat has not gone near his couch to this day.