Please help! Cat won't stay off keyboard

[dbljj]

I may have the wrong forum but I have a question. New tortie will Not stay off my keyboard, I hold her, rub her , she gets out of my lap and trots right back across my keyboard. she is NOT hungry has a big brother and toys to play with but if I am on the computer all of a sudden she wants my complete undivided attention. She has hauled off my ink pin plus thrown  photos on the floor.now she is perched wi4th her pa2w on my hand (as you can see0 wanting to type..what to do??

 

[margd]

Cats are famous for sprawling across keyboards for some reason. However some of your cat's insistence on helping you type might be because she wants attention. If you actively play with her, that might help fill some of that need. Interactive play is a great way to bond with your cat, too. Try a wand toy like Da Bird - most cats love this toy. They chase it and leap up in the air and have a fine old time. Finish a play session with a treat - playing activates the prey drive so you need to follow up with a "catch."

 

[misterwhiskers]

I have a computer on a desk. My cat shows no interest in that darn table--until I want to use the computer. So I hear ya!
You might want to give up, push your monitor and keyboard over, and put a throw or towel down. My cat nests on my table and will leave me alone if I give him a little space...doesn't hurt that this way I can maintain eye contact, and pet him too. I have a lamp there so he's warm, engaged, and content.

But cats can be brats lol they really can be.

 

[ruaryx]

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• ruaryx
• Dec 8, 2015

 

[tallyollyopia]

We have a cover that we got at Best Buy. It's designed so that the keyboard and the monitor take up less space on the desk, but there's enough room to type while the keyboard is under it, and it prevents the kitties from walking across it (because it's tucked in). Maybe you could look into something like that?

 

[detroitcatlady]

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• ruaryx
• Dec 8, 2015

I really should try this LOL my cats love to lay on my laptop keyboard especially when I am watching a video or something. It wouldn't bother me except they hit all the keys and this causes the computer to open and close programs and sometimes they will even turn it off while I'm in the middle of using it.

 

[misterwhiskers]

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• ruaryx
• Dec 8, 2015

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[sassie lassie]

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• sassie lassie
• Dec 9, 2015

my Logan is obsessed with my keyboard, laptop, tablet, phone, etc....& the mouse of course!

 

[kntrygrl256]

Computers, books, newspapers.......

Anything that takes attention away from them, even for a few minutes. Greedy little cusses they are.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

~puts nose in air~  Why,  my Hekitty would never think osdhae rgoietmrth ing across my keyboard!

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Cats!

 

[margd]

~puts nose in air~  Why,  my Hekitty would never think osdhae rgoietmrth ing across my keyboard!


Welcome to the Wonderful World of Cats!

Ha! Ha! Ha! [emoji]128514[/emoji]

 

[donutte]

Oh, as far as Lucky was concerned, my laptop was just an extension of my lap, which meant he could lay on it. I gave up trying after awhile. Or, would push the laptop out over my knees to make room for him. Because Lucky always got what he wanted, lol.

 

[handsome kitty]

Eclipse has been sitting on my laptop all week.  I don't know what he did but I no longer get emails from TCS.

 

[stewball]

I had two kittens who would try to play with my laptop in the days i used one. Now I use my phone. Any case I'd tuck each one under my arms and type like that.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

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• Mamanyt1953
• Dec 12, 2015

"Nuff said.

 

[misterwhiskers]

Do you think if we called them c-mails, they'd stop doing this?

 

[sabca]

A little off topic but I found my husband's magic keyboard on the floor this morning and the batteries strewn across the floor.  Guess the kids wanted something different to play with during the night.

 

[tallyollyopia]

"Nuff said.

Been there, Done that! 

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Do you think if we called them c-mails, they'd stop doing this?

~mutters morosely to self while scraping cat off of desa;lgjak yet again~  Prolly not.  They are, after all, cats.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

 
Been there, Done that! 

There's another in my files, but I can't quite remember where.  I'll look for it.  Hek's a bit better now that she's a grown lady of seven years.  But just a bit.