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This little monster chews cables. So, I ran power cords through water hoses.

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[–] TheEntity@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] jim3692@discuss.online 21 points 1 year ago

Margit, the Fur Omen

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I hope they call the cat carrier Margit's shackles

[–] Solitaire20X6@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

this is all I came here for and I'm not ashamed

…well, maybe a little

…Tarnished

Also stop chewin' them cables ya lovable fuzzy Omen! lol I hope the garden hose works

And he looks so happy! "Hey hey, how's it hangin', Tarnished?"

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

Playing as a Lord...

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hi Margit!

I spent a good 30 seconds trying to figure out if you had aquarium air pump wall outlets in your place before I read the text of your post. But now I have an idea for a new house feature to sell people with more money than sense... and, I guess, people with a lot of aquariums.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

hey look, it's the person who helped me figure out Voyager tags!
I know this because you have a big red "testing" next to your name lol
o/ friend

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

|˶˙ᵕ˙ )ノ゙

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago

Hi from one brain cell to one brain cell

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another option would be to smear a bit of hot sauce or mentholated petroleum jelly (Vicks VapoRub) on the cords. That might be a better choice, as it should help train against chewing on cords altogether.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

They actually make sprays for chewing. They're usually super bitter but some are spicy hot. The spicy hot ones you have to make sure that you remove their water source because otherwise they'll learn that they can drink water to remove the heat and then you'll have a cat that craves mexican food.

[–] binary45@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Meanwhile my cat chews the tubes for my nebulizer.

Maybe you need a nice big houseplant to put in the way. Nontoxic to cats, of course. Looks like not a lot of light there, so maybe a Cast Iron Plant.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Margit's expression has put a smile on my face, thank you for sharing, internet stranger

[–] Jimbo@yiffit.net 4 points 1 year ago
[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago
[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] jim3692@discuss.online 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This tube is the water hose that covers the power cable

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Thank you. That raises new questions. I have heard of Power-over-Ethernet but never water over power.

Does it prevent curious pets from biting the wires?

[–] Zidane@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I need to know too, OP plez

[–] jim3692@discuss.online 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This tube is the water hose that covers the power cable

[–] ScruffyDucky@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago