ray@cs.rochester.edu (Ray Frank) (05/28/88)
My cat has developed the nasty habit of urinated or spraying (what ever male cats do) on my work bench in the basement. He's been doing this for about five months now and nothing I have done has stopped him. I want to put a battery operated circut on the bench that will shock the cat when he climbs up there to piss. I don't want to kill him just shock the shit out of him. I am at my wits end and may lose my temper enough to cause him grave harm, especially when he wets down my expensive tools. Just a simple circuit that will have enough voltage to zap him but not hurt him or me and will run for days on a few small batteries. Please, any useful suggestions may save my cat's life. 8-) ray
jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John M Adams) (05/28/88)
Question: Is this cat "fixed"?
That usually cures spraying...
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) (05/28/88)
Neutering or spaying a cat at age 6 to 8 months will ususally supress it from learning the spraying behavior. Female cats usually only spray while they are in heat (yeech!). Male cats, once they learn, will spray just about any time. Neutering the cat once it has begun to spray will often not stop the behavior. If the benchtop where the cat is spraying is metal, three 9-volt batteries connected in series will probably be enough to discourage the cat. As the cat stands on the bench, the circuit will be completed though its ... while it sprays on the tools connected to the other end of the batteries. Using anything higher than about 30 volts might induce a siezure in the cat. -- Alternatively, use a constant current source limited to 3 mA. I run a cat training program that uses an avoidance paradigm. A 3 mA shock is a definite discoragement! Don't use high voltage on your pussy. One disadvantage of training the cat to not spary the benchtop, may actaully teach it to spray somewhere else. Like you bedroom for instance (double yeech!). --Bill wtm@neoucom.UUCP
todd@uop.edu (Dr. Nethack) (05/29/88)
In article <10117@sol.ARPA>, ray@cs.rochester.edu (Ray Frank) writes: > Please, any useful suggestions may save my cat's life. 8-) Have him fixed, and close the door to the workroom. Also, pick up your tools when you are done!! Cat spray can be mighty corrosive! (and it smells so wonderful too) ;-) Failing that, a piece of window screen on the top of the table would (if wired up) give your cat a jolt. Another trick is to put something akin to punji sticks on top of the counter.. not too easy to get a good grip on.. cat jumps down. This is behavioral though for males, did you just get another cat? Maybe a neighbor? He feels threatened, bored, claustrophobic, and is simply staking out his territory. Beating the sh*t out of your cat will only further his nervous behavior. So you might figure out what new thing has been added to his realm, that causes him to do this. Failing that, get a pit bull, and put him in the basement when you go to work.. that should do it. Or come to think of it, maybe if you have a tape of a doggie barking, it would scare your cat off the bench.. provided it was LOUD and went off when he jumps up.. I can see it now.. wife comes down, throws mail on table... ;-) "Not all men are stupid, some are still single" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + uop!todd@uunet.uu.net + + cogent!uop!todd@lll-winken.arpa + + {backbone}!ucbvax!ucdavis!uop!todd + -----------------------------------------------------------------------
jeffw@midas.TEK.COM (Jeff Winslow) (06/01/88)
In article <10117@sol.ARPA> ray@cs.rochester.edu (Ray Frank) writes: >My cat has developed the nasty habit of urinated or spraying (what ever male >cats do) on my work bench in the basement... >I want to put a battery operated circut on the bench that will shock the cat >when he climbs up there to piss. I don't want to kill him just shock the >shit out of him. Hmm - wouldn't that smell just as bad as the spraying? OK, ok, I never could resist being a wise guy. :-) Jeff Winslow