Lindy
How about training a dog to keep them away from the cables?

I know at one time that "essense of tabasco sauce" was used to stop
animals eating fibre optic cables in Canada ?  but if the cayenne
pepper didn't work then I guess this won't.
Probably better to try & find something more attractive for them to play with.

Or maybe a dummy cable with a high voltage/low current (static
charge?)  on it would give them enough of a scare to stop them doing
it. (the electric fence effect). I used a homemade electric fence to
stop our dog from digging under the wooden one. Only had to use it for
about a week.

RP

On 24/07/06, Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> wrote:
> > Ever made a pizza at home on aluminium foil and had a bit of
> > it stick to the bottom of the pizza?
> > I don't know why but my teeth can sense the smallest amount of it.
> > Good idea!  I think the cat's teeth are probably similar.
> > Ugly wires are better than a deat cat (best friend, etc).
>
> IIRC they are not the same in what makes alu 'taste' so bad: they don't
> contain any lead (Pb)!
>
> Wouter van Ooijen
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