Oh man, I'm scared of my pup sneaking and knocking down my monitors via stands or taking ugly poo poo's on my synths.

The only way to keep cats off things involves either a closed door or aversion--the easiest is spraying water but obviously that's a bad idea.

Your better bet is to alter your behaviour. Keep everything in the spare room and keep the door closed.

my 2 cents.. the walking on your gear is an attention thing. I have a cat thats part maine coon/alarm clock and this all sounds pretty familiar. I'm guessing the only reason he does it is cause he knows he'll get a reaction out of you. My cat does similar assholeish things, they're pretty complicated animals. Basically more like a bitchy, needy dog. Only advice I can give really is make sure the water and litter box are taken care of properly and take a brush to him like every day. Keep him active too, when my cat starts talking a lot I burn him out with one of those feather things and he usually shuts up. Again it's just an attention thing, I think they get bored easily. There's also this spray you can get that's supposed to deter pets, you could try spraying the desk or the floor around your gear. I haven't tried that though

Our cat rarely walks on my gear, but I keep my expensive synths covered by vinyl/cloth covers at all times when not in use. It protects them from dust, spills, cat hair, etc. I get mine from DigitalDeckCovers. You can order them for just about about any synth, or they will make a custom-sized cover for you.

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I'm pretty militant about powering down all of my gear and covering them as soon as I'm done using it. The covers aren't cheap, but it keeps the resale value pretty high, and makes it easier to sell it when potential buyers see that you've gone to this length to protect your gear, throw in the cover as a bonus, etc., in the event that you ever want to sell it.

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Sell your cat.

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Originally posted by cryophonik Our cat rarely walks on my gear, but I keep my expensive synths covered by vinyl/cloth covers at all times when not in use. It protects them from dust, spills, cat hair, etc. I get mine from DigitalDeckCovers. You can order them for just about about any synth, or they will make a custom-sized cover for you.

i came across a post on gearslutz asking the same question i did
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/moa...llent-gear.html

and somebody made an excellent suggestion, they said to cover the gear in double-stick tape cuz cats hate that stuff. a couple years ago we used double-stick tape on our bed's headboard because he's get up there and mess up the blinds, because of birds outside. the double-stick tape stopped him.

it seems like the perfect idea is to get one of those vinyl covers you linked then cover it with double-stick tape. i use cloth towels to cover my gear now to protect it from dust but i'll need to get a vinyl cover so the tape will stick to it. thanks for the idea!

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That is one gorgeous cat.