Lindy Mayfield wrote:
> What is the risk to the cats if they chew on a
> live wire?

Think about what could happen to you if you chewed thru the insulation on
the same live wire.  Depending on exactly what got touched to what, the
result could range from a nasty painful shock, to jaw muscle contractions
with teeth cracked and inability to let go until mouth burned off or cardiac
arrest after extended excruciating pain, to out of spec current thru part of
the brain resulting in convultion, loss of life support functions, and 9
lives used up within 8.3mS.

> Anyone know how to prevent this if it is a hazard?

Probably not too much of a hazard to your house.  A cat contains a lot of
water, and is probably hard to start of fire.  However the behavior is
self-limiting.  I'm quite sure it would not happen more often than once/cat.


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