Mar

Top 10 Tips to Stop Your Kitten From Chewing on Electrical Cords

It is dangerous to allow your cat or kitten to chew electrical cords.

Cats can do a lot of damage to cables, and themselves.

Kittens seem to have a fascination with electrical cords. Their sharp teeth and mischievous behavior can easily ruin them, as well as power to your equipment. However, chewing on cords not only causes problems for you, it could kill your kitten.

Here are my favourite methods to stop your cat or kitten chewing your cords.

Use masking or electrical tape and tape your cords to the wall to stop your kitten being able to access them. You could also tape over them the way they do in public places.

Use strips of contact paper, sticky side up near your cords. Cats hate walking on something sticky.

Make it hard to for your cat or kitten to get to cords by storing them under or behind the furniture. Out of sight is out of mind.

Cats love dangling things, they think they are toys. If it’s not possible to stop your cords from hanging, wrap them into a bundle too thick to fit into your kitten’s mouth.

Try wrapping your cords in foil. Cats don’t like the feel of this and it will taste strange.

Paint your cords with bitter or unpleasant tasting substances. Things such as mouthwash, lemon juice, toothpaste, menthol etc. Experiment with what you have in your pantry to see what works best. There is a product called Critter Cord which is a cord cover with a deterrent infused in it. Be careful to check that it is the one for cats as there are similar products available to kill rats.

There are many other things you can rub onto your cords such as soap, hand cream and strong smelling products such as creams for sore joints. Use your imagination and find what works for you.

Each time you notice your kitten or cat heading for the electrical cords, simply pick it up and place it elsewhere. It will take time, but this method of training will work.

Distract your kitten by offering it something else to do. Play with it. Their attention span is not huge, and by diverting their attention they will soon forget about the cords in the excitement of playing with you.