Cat on Desk…

[shishylo]

My cat just LOVES jumping onto my desk while I’m working. Although it’s cute and I love petting him while I work, it starts to get annoying when he chews my wires and presses random stuff on my keyboard.

How do I train him and tell him not to jump on my desk?

 

[Furballsmom]

Hi
Try bitter apple spray on the cords, or hard plastic cord covers. Also try placing a cat tree near the desk, or a small bed or even a little box on the desk, and put him in/on that place every time he gets to where he's interrupting you .

 

[maggie101]

How old is your cat? Cats any age like chew toys.

 

[game misconduct]

its a losing battle giving the lil guy a better spot to hang out by you might help or you can just pick him up and place him else where off the desk each time tell him stay offer a treat but theres a risk of getting worked over then for treats.far as the cables go lowes sells cable /wire wraps that are pretty cat teeth proof that are in inch in diameter that will easily hold the thick powercords from you rmonitor/ desktop and router cables etc.

 

[daftcat75]

Cats will be cats. It’s easier to train the human than the cat. Baby proof the wires (there’s cable wraps and such for that), and provide him an acceptable hangout on your desk. A Chewy/Amazon box with a T-shirt of yours makes for a cheap starter solution. You can intermittently seed that box with a treat to make the box, not the computer, the most appealing part of the desk.

 

[neely]

its a losing battle

Cats will be cats. It’s easier to train the human than the cat.

I agree with both of the above posts. I guess it depends on how much it interferes with your work but as you can tell from my pic below she just wants to be near me. Too bad she can't do my work for me.

 

[daftcat75]

My favorite kind of pop-ups! Krista loved coming onto the desk. She just wanted time with me. I called the space between the keyboard and the operator her filling station. She would pull up and park and she wasn’t moving until she had her fill of loving. About five, ten minutes later, her tank was full up and she’d head off to her next order of business for the day.

 

[game misconduct]

I agree with both of the above posts. I guess it depends on how much it interferes with your work but as you can tell from my pic below she just wants to be near me. Too bad she can't do my work for me.

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a losing battle

 

[mxphs]

Hahha, this was a really annoying issue for me as well when my cat was a kitten. Thankfully he's grown out of it now. Fingers crossed your kitty will get the hint as they grow up (if he is a kitten, not sure from the pics!)

 

[D_H]

Small box will do wonders
That's not to say that it'll be hassle free, but this way your working days will be different