Cat likes drivers.

cokewithvanilla
cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
edited December 2010 in The Clubhouse
I just moved back into the parents house for the winter break and I moved the LSi's out of storage. My parents have a kitten, he seems to like to destroy mesh things, so I have removed all the grills. Problem is, he seems to like messing with drivers (scratching at them). He hasn't gotten to the LSi's yet, but I'd like to avoid any problem. Does anyone have any working methods to stop cats from messing with things?
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  • gimpod
    gimpod Posts: 1,793
    edited December 2010
    A Shotgun or put the grills back on, your choice.

    Sorry I couldn't help myself.
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited December 2010
    I don't hold with cruelty to cats -.-

    Well, he destroyed the right sub grill... so I removed them. I guess the drivers are more expensive than the grills, but still. I kinda want to stop him from doing it.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited December 2010
    de-clawed....seriously.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,389
    edited December 2010
    cokewithvanilla wrote: »
    I don't hold with cruelty to cats -.-


    I don't hold with cruelty to speakers. In my house soemthing would have to give, and the cat would be the first to go. Fortunately, my cat is terrified of my speakers. Every time my animals got to sniffing around them, I would crank the volume until they got the message.:cool:
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited December 2010
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    de-clawed....seriously.
    Yep can you say miter saw. Take off a little more than you think is necessary and fluffy will be good to go.:wink::biggrin:
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited December 2010
    It should fit in the garbage disposal :mad:! Nah,JK Try to put some aluminum screen material if front of the grill cloth or soak something with ammonia and put it in front of the speakers.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,219
    edited December 2010
    Really??? You have to ask???

    De-Clawed. My wife got a cat and the first thing I said is it gets declawed or it goes!! It got declawed and I like the cat...
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,067
    edited December 2010
    Get a bunch of pointsetta plants for the little darling. Tasty treats they say. :biggrin:
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited December 2010
    I hate cats......
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited December 2010
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    Get a bunch of pointsetta plants for the little darling. Tasty treats they say. :biggrin:
    Then he/she will just want to vomit....on your speakers.:frown:
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  • starkiller
    starkiller Posts: 2,723
    edited December 2010
    A little extreme maybe but you can get one of those small shock mats they use to train cats and dogs and lay it in front of those cones, he/she will get a harmless shock when they step on it and that should take care of that.
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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited December 2010
    Try an electric fence, It seems to work well keeping critters out of my garden:smile:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,752
    edited December 2010
    yeah, I lost a not-exactly-easy to replace Allison paper dome midrange to a curious Zappa-teh-kitteh one Saturday... reparable, but not quite a trivial repair.

    ZappadamagedMR.jpg
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2010
    Electric fence around the system.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,708
    edited December 2010
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    I hate cats......




    sorry cat.jpg





    Now don't you feel bad ?
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,708
    edited December 2010
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    yeah, I lost a not-exactly-easy to replace Allison paper dome midrange to a curious Zappa-teh-kitteh one Saturday... reparable, but not quite a trivial repair.

    ZappadamagedMR.jpg


    Allison One's ?

    Parts site (from an older CP post).

    http://www.allisonacoustics.com/parts.html
    Sal Palooza
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited December 2010
    Edit ... Double post
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited December 2010
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    sorry cat.jpg





    Now don't you feel bad ?


    Awwwww.... Daddy sooooo sorry. You can scratch my new speakers if you like.:smile:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,752
    edited December 2010
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    Allison One's ?

    Parts site (from an older CP post).

    http://www.allisonacoustics.com/parts.html

    Yeah. I found a pair (sans one woofer) at the dump, and very inexpensively acquired another pair to serve as organ donors so I made out fine. The driver in the photo was restored by a local fellow (another AK member) to use as a replacement in a later Alllison (CD6, IIRC) that he was restoring.

    The Allison Ones are nice, nice sounding loudspeakers, by the way...

    EDIT: A mug shot of the culprit.

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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited December 2010
    I like the idea of the shocking mat... as long as it isn't too hard on a 6 pound cat. I'm not gonna declaw the poor thing... that's cruel. The cats are my family, I treat them as such.

    How could you be mean to this face?

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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited December 2010
    Get a dog...
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  • starkiller
    starkiller Posts: 2,723
    edited December 2010
    Yeah, i don't agree with de-clawing either which reminds me of another idea...i have the vet attache what are known as "soft-claws" which are plastic sheaths which go over a cats claws..no more scratches, you have to go back 4 times a year to redo them but.....
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    edited December 2010
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I don't hold with cruelty to speakers. In my house soemthing would have to give, and the cat would be the first to go. Fortunately, my cat is terrified of my speakers. Every time my animals got to sniffing around them, I would crank the volume until they got the message.:cool:

    This reminds me of a time much earlier in my life when I had a pair of Cerwin Vega AT-15's, which have a large port in the back......

    I had a cat that loved to go into the port and sleep in them......And when I caught it in there, it was time to crank the system up. Needless these speakers had some very serious bass. It would take the cat several seconds to make it's way out and I can't describe the look in her eyes:eek::eek:

    Mix some strong drugs and alcohol and you may come close to the look. The stupid cat took a while to learn, but she finally caught on and left them alone....

    Maybe not the best thing to post, but it was funny at the time.:biggrin:
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  • jinjuku
    jinjuku Posts: 1,523
    edited December 2010
    cokewithvanilla wrote: »
    I like the idea of the shocking mat... as long as it isn't too hard on a 6 pound cat. I'm not gonna declaw the poor thing... that's cruel. The cats are my family, I treat them as such.

    How could you be mean to this face?

    Got a tuxedo cat also. I keep her claws clipped. That mitigates a ton of problems. Also sour apple spray.

    I don't think declawing a cat is necessary. You just have to put in a little more effort. I believe in the EU it's illegal.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited December 2010
    Got my first cat declawed because I didn't know better. Read into it for my 2nd cat, and realised it's essentially cutting them off at the first knuckle. My 2nd and 3rd cats have both retained their claws. The 2nd cat liked to scratch the grills, and I couldn't get her to stop. Luckily, she went with the ex. 3rd cat has had no interest in scratching the speakers. She does like picking at the carpet and also at one old armchair in the house. I tolerate that, as long as she doesn't go after the speakers.

    If you keep their nails trimmed, they can't do as much damage. Even once a week just to keep them from getting a tip on them is enough. Don't have to take much; just square them off.
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  • wz2p7j
    wz2p7j Posts: 840
    edited December 2010
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    I hate cats......

    They don't like you as well :eek::eek:

    And either do I :rolleyes::rolleyes:

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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited December 2010
    Have a cat's front claws removed saves your furniture, and does no lasting damage to the cat. I had both of my cats declawed and they lived long HEALTHY INDOOR lives. Tami made it to 20 & Oscar made it to 13.

    What's cruel is letting them wander outside to possibly get into fights with other animals, get run over, get fleas, etc. It generally shortens their life spans a great deal.

    They can still jump, they have no problem catching mice, I lost count of how many Tami brought me.

    This is the best solution to keep your gear safe & your cats.
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  • greyford1979
    greyford1979 Posts: 749
    edited December 2010
    My friend's cat decided to knock over one of his new monitor 50's, he found it laying face down when he got home from work. After scaring the s#!t out of the cats with the new sub I built for him, he said the cats haven't been back in that room lol.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited December 2010
    Lasareath wrote: »
    I love cats, I have 4 in the house and 10 I feed outside. plus two dogs.

    We just had a bunch of work done to the house and the dogs and the cats except one have not been allowed back into the main living area of the house. we have them locked up in our laundry room which is heated and has windows and a couch with all their beds.

    One cat, Jackie is allowed around the house with us because he's very good but at night he gets put back into the laundry room.

    So either lock away the cat or close the door to the room with the speakers. I have done the later for years and I am tired of it.

    So you're not a pet owner, you're a pet warden?
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,956
    edited December 2010
    Really, If your going to keep all the pets locked up in the laundry room, why have them ?
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