If you have an area with many cables such as an entertainment center or 
computer desk / workbench, you could run the wires through a 
wiremold-type trough that would have the side-effect of making the place 
look organized. I have one at my workbench.
--
Martin

Gus S Calabrese wrote:
> There is no yucky tasting treatment that will work.
> My friend has tried them all.  ( and I mean all of them )
> Your best bet is to armor the cables.
>
>
> There are many products that will work.
> My friend used aluminum tape to wrap her cables.  That stopped the
> cats and looks ugly.  There is spiral armor tat will work.
> metal is best.
>
> see www.oh-god.com/kittyarmor
> 1/2 emt flex conduit is cheap
> AGSC
>
>
> On 2006-Jul 23, at 11:59hrs AM, Lindy Mayfield wrote:
>
> Please accept my apologies if this should be OT, I wasn't sure.
>
> In the past my cats have chewed through a few network cables which  
> aren't cheap.  And yesterday I just noticed they chewed up a Nokia  
> charger (wall wart) and rendered it completely useless.  Those are  
> only DC a few volts.  I'd stick my tongue across the wires if I  
> didn't have a Voltmeter.  (-:
>
> For their water supply they have a little fountain that filters and  
> pumps the water.  This is connected directly to mains (220VAC) and I  
> noticed it had been chewed a bit so that a little wire was exposed.
>
> Then I started to get worried.  There are many things plugged in all  
> the time in my house.  What is the risk to the cats if they chew on a  
> live wire?  I've seen National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation where the  
> cat chews through the Christmas tree cord and gets fried.  I'm hoping  
> that is fiction.
>
> Anyone with experience with this?  I love my cats, could one of them  
> actually die from this?
>
> Anyone know how to prevent this if it is a hazard?  I've tried  
> cayenne pepper before on the network cable but it didn't help much.   
> Just guessing, but maybe make a paste of cayenne and water and then  
> paint it on the wires?
>
> I've been 3 years with one cat without any incident with mains wires  
> and 1 year with 5 cats since kittens without it, but seeing bare wire  
> on a wire direct to mains scared me.  My cats are my family and I'd  
> never forgive myself if something happend that could have been  
> prevented.
>
> Thanks very much in advance for any help you might share with me on  
> this matter.
>
> Best regards,
> Lindy
> <winmail.dat>
>   
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