Hello good people!
I am a music producer with a lot of expensive electronics which are super attractive to a young kitten or even an adult cat. I wish I had another room so I could lock the cat out of it and know that unless I leave the room open, all the contents of that room are safe from the cat.
I thought of getting room dividers and cordoning off the computer desk with all of the electronics on it as well as my $700 Secretlab chair which I am worried about as well. I thought I would find a very smooth surface divider which he wouldn't be able to climb but I learned they can jump as high as 6-7 feet if they must... Let alone there is a sofa right next to the possible divider location. I found a couple dividers but I would have to buy 3 and they're like 150-250 dollars EACH let alone they are climbable.
I have a beautiful new Faux Leather sofa bed as well as a beautiful Real Leather recliner and separate leather foot rest and I am worried my kitten will scratch it all... I found some furniture protectors but they won't protect the sides and corners and technically the kitten can remove it or claw through it.
I know I can think about all of those valuables and knickknacks which should be removed from counters and other high spots where the kitten can knock it off of but I can't start moving and removing everything. What do you do in my situation?
I think I am going to get some decent plastic boxes for my hard drives and other electronics. I am going to have to cover my laptop every time I finish using it and put my musical instruments away. I am afraid my kitten might pee/poop on something or just knock it over or chew the wires or something... So I am also going to do some cable management and bunch all the cables together however possible and wrap them in cable protectors.
Maybe I can get some cheap but durable blankets and cover the sofa and recliner but how long will I have to live like that cause the furniture is real nice and I want to continue enjoying it and displaying it the way it should be displayed.
I am watching a lot of professional cat videos on YouTube and one of the people I started following is Jackson Galaxy. Let me know how I can safely cat-proof my apartment and also what do I do in terms of my new bed/mattress? I am afraid my kitten will pee on it and then it will stink so bad, let alone it's gross lol. My friend's cat peed on their bed and they had to buy a new mattress.
When is all this craziness over and I can just trust my kitten will be safe to be left alone unsupervised without ruining something? This is giving me anxiety and I want to make sure I am prepared for the day it gets here. Also the idea of the cat walking around on hygienic surfaces like where my clean dishes are or where I eat kind of grosses me out (I never had a cat or a dog before so I never got used to this) and I feel like I should be grossed out by it considering it walks all over its poop in the litter-box and then walking on all of those surfaces which I would clean MYSELF before I approach, so I obviously don't want a cat to make me eat his own feces lol.
I know I probably just need to grow up and be okay with most of this cause this is the reality of owning a cat but MAYBE JUST MAYBE there is a solutions so I am posting here.
I am a music producer with a lot of expensive electronics which are super attractive to a young kitten or even an adult cat. I wish I had another room so I could lock the cat out of it and know that unless I leave the room open, all the contents of that room are safe from the cat.
I thought of getting room dividers and cordoning off the computer desk with all of the electronics on it as well as my $700 Secretlab chair which I am worried about as well. I thought I would find a very smooth surface divider which he wouldn't be able to climb but I learned they can jump as high as 6-7 feet if they must... Let alone there is a sofa right next to the possible divider location. I found a couple dividers but I would have to buy 3 and they're like 150-250 dollars EACH let alone they are climbable.
I have a beautiful new Faux Leather sofa bed as well as a beautiful Real Leather recliner and separate leather foot rest and I am worried my kitten will scratch it all... I found some furniture protectors but they won't protect the sides and corners and technically the kitten can remove it or claw through it.
I know I can think about all of those valuables and knickknacks which should be removed from counters and other high spots where the kitten can knock it off of but I can't start moving and removing everything. What do you do in my situation?
I think I am going to get some decent plastic boxes for my hard drives and other electronics. I am going to have to cover my laptop every time I finish using it and put my musical instruments away. I am afraid my kitten might pee/poop on something or just knock it over or chew the wires or something... So I am also going to do some cable management and bunch all the cables together however possible and wrap them in cable protectors.
Maybe I can get some cheap but durable blankets and cover the sofa and recliner but how long will I have to live like that cause the furniture is real nice and I want to continue enjoying it and displaying it the way it should be displayed.
I am watching a lot of professional cat videos on YouTube and one of the people I started following is Jackson Galaxy. Let me know how I can safely cat-proof my apartment and also what do I do in terms of my new bed/mattress? I am afraid my kitten will pee on it and then it will stink so bad, let alone it's gross lol. My friend's cat peed on their bed and they had to buy a new mattress.
When is all this craziness over and I can just trust my kitten will be safe to be left alone unsupervised without ruining something? This is giving me anxiety and I want to make sure I am prepared for the day it gets here. Also the idea of the cat walking around on hygienic surfaces like where my clean dishes are or where I eat kind of grosses me out (I never had a cat or a dog before so I never got used to this) and I feel like I should be grossed out by it considering it walks all over its poop in the litter-box and then walking on all of those surfaces which I would clean MYSELF before I approach, so I obviously don't want a cat to make me eat his own feces lol.
I know I probably just need to grow up and be okay with most of this cause this is the reality of owning a cat but MAYBE JUST MAYBE there is a solutions so I am posting here.