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Well, this morning as I went to play an album and my new cat was up on the window ledge right behind my turntable. A quick look at my turntable showed cat prints !!! (On a round plastic protecter that sits on the platter) My tonearm is in very grave danger now as it has no protection at all. The cat actually jumped a few feet and landed on my table.Does anyone have any tricks for keeping a kitty off a turntable? I may head for Home depot to see if I can find a huge plastic box or trashcan that can be set on top of my system.
Dam cat.
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....pain is a great teacher.......I'm joking of course ! Strangley enough they have thankfully never been interested in rotated vinyl, infact Megan loves to listen to records ( she goes away if I put a CD on and cats have good hearing....lessen there somewhere ! ).
Greetings from Rob in the UK.
Pavlovian Conditioning Your Cat 101:To keep my cats away from sensitive items in the house I train them using a simple compressed air can (the kind to clean computers with):
1) When the cat goes near your TT, etc, spray the can. The sound alone should scare the crap out of even the fiercest of beasts. Be sure your cat sees the can you are holding, as they will (with some brief training) equate the "can" with "acoustic pain". This is the same feeling I get with a poorly recorded vinyl.
2) After this, place the can near your TT. Eventually, they will learn not to go anywhere near this can (and the can-pain object conditioning should stick).
BTW - This method works great for those cats that are resistant to the water guns. Tested on my 30 pound Maine-Coone cat too!
why not just give Mr(s). Whiskers (an uncle named his cat "Damned Cat") his/her own turntable???With enough catnip, anything is possible!
Maybe your cat, like mine (alas, long since gone to the great "catnip field in the sky") would find it a "treat" to spin the time away while you spin some vinyl!
Show 'em, Muffin!
Go, Muffin!
Try one of these. Not to eveyones taste but should protect the TT.Its about 1/2 way down the page.
Keeps the Cat away from the turntable at least while you are there to shoot at it!
a B-B or pellet pistol usually works well for this . . . ;8^)Just kidding, sorta.
HenryMushrooms are the opiate of the mooses
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maybe there is another window you could put some sort of ledge next to.I have 2 cats and they have not broken any tt parts.
They like high spots too. if you see him near the wrong window and tt, gently tell him no as go near and pick him away.
take him to a preferred spot and praise him.
my cat knows "no" when she wants to go out a night and its time to be in.cats can be a very rewarding part of life just as music.
they grow on you ; been in my life for 30 years.
ditto for dogs and horses with other folks.
but there are obvious issues with that.Keep a soda can full of change near the table. When (if) you catch the cat on the table, rattle the can and yell loudly. Cats usually get the picture. I find that many cats have a good deal of respect for our stuff. Some don't of course. I remember a friend of mine's cat would get stuck on top of the entertainment center because it didn't want to disturb the decorations he had up there. It was very cute.
I wish I weren't so alergic to cats. I really love them. At least I'm not allergic to dogs. Man that would be horrible.
Nate
do something...they tend to do it again...no way to stop it EXCEPT:IF you have a dustcover, get a mousetrap, set it and cover it with a piece of paper to protect your cat (maybe put a couple pieces of tape on it so it doesn't slip off).
You may be able to do that with your platter, but I'd be scared of the direction of his reaction. When the traps snaps, it'll scare the bejeezus out of him...he won't return to that area again...EVER! I've used it on speakers, on furniture, almost anywhere you don't want a cat to get comfortable...but you MUST cover it with paper and use mouse type spring traps only, of course. Rat traps are NOT an acceptable alternative.
I just was thinking, I wonder if the glue traps would work...it would drive them crazy! But that glue is strong...it was gross when I tried to save a mouse and pulled off its tiny little feet!
Loves them mousies
Mousies good to eat
Bite they little heads off
Chew on they tiny little feet.Anyone remember Kliban?
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If I had more money I'd soon be broke...but I'd have more LPs!
the cat will be scared of the space forever. However, I would not do this with a recently adopted cat; only one who is comfortable in its surroundings.
I would get a cover of some nature,as you suggest, then apply fly paper or rat paper to the top surfa - sticky side up of course. Cats absolutely HATE adhesives/tape stuck to their feet. If the cat did decide to jump up there, I bet it wouldn't do it a second time.But be sure to secure the temporary cover in such a way it can't hurt the TT when the cat launches off it.
Scott T.
Sorry, I prefer to be proactive and solve the problem BEFORE it starts. :-)Of course, one of the two dogs I own would turn Puss into a tasty treat well before TT damage took place, anyway....
You know you go to Lost Wages
like burgler alarms? 100 db at 20 KHZ would be inaudible to men over 22 or so. Kids would object though.Not good if people can hear it. That reminds me of that recent inventiion from Britain to rid of young hooligans from storefronts.The adults couldnt hear it but the teenagers would scram. Kinda mean when I think of it. Something mean old men would think up.
Dennis
It probably wouldnt work too good.Dennis
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Our little cat Jello is extremely intelligent and sociable. He wants to be in the middle of everything I do, no matter what it is, and he's almost totally fearless. Yelling at his doesn't work, loud noises don't work.
We bought spray bottles thinking that a quick squirt of water would keep him in line, but he loves getting squirted and will actually hold the nozzle between his front paws and aim it into his mouth.
Listening time was the worst. He can tell the difference between LP and CD; he NEVER bothers me when I'm listening to a CD, but he knows damned well that I'll have to pay attention to him if he goes after the turntable.
In the end, I gave up and just closed him out of the room.
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There's no stoppin' the cretins from hoppin'
If he can't see out he may not be enticed to jump up there. This may work, however cats also love high perches. TT,s makes a great perch.
One thing to remember is cats do not like to get dirty. Therefore a substance that is unappealing to their clean nature may be an answer of sorts. IE, if they jump up on a platform that has "dirty" substance, that can dissuade them. However this may be dangerous to the TT, since the cat may not be so delicate if he jumps off in disgust. Still another good training device is a squirt gun. Our cat hated to get shot with it. So if I didn't want him on something, I could lay the squirt gun on it. He wouldn't go near it.
Use great caution when /if you see him/her on top of the TT. Generally they are very agile and gentle. When scared, they launch themselves with great force.
Another alternative is to move the TT.
Life has lots of trials and lots of music to help us through them.
Even the windows with mini blinds are no match. He just pulls them away enough to squeeze behind them. In my home theater I have long, thick velor curtains that go to the floor even though the window is 3 feet up and he just gets behind them anyways and jumps to the window. I'm just glad my empire tables have sturdy dust covers but unfortunately my Marantz SLT12u has none but at least the tone arm retracts out of sight. I usually try to remember to close the door to the room the stereo is in if I am not in there to keep him under supervision. Nothing like a bored 20 lb kitty...Dave
Luckily the cat stopped jumping on the turntable, but that doesn't mean I won't protect the stylus with its guard every time I'm done listening.If you can't figure a way to protect the cartridge, then make a cardboard box or anything to cover it all. Cats can do damage.
Kurt
Or both.Try for a nice fat Iguana . They don't move much.
JD
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~ Pat O'Malley
A year ago I brought home a very inquisitve kitten and now the TT area is one he absolutely knows to avoid. He enjoys free reign over most of the rest of the house. Stern verbal warnings worked for me. Good luck.Dave
I had a similar problem. Got to the point that when I was spinning the cat tried to capture the record! My solution was to always use the hinged dust cover. Eventually moved the rig so it was very difficult for Furball to jump up, not impossible, just difficult.
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