Does your cat like to sit on top of the computer monitor?

My cat, Lily, is what I would call, uh, "Tons of fun"... she's large and in charge if you get what I'm saying. The past few days she has discovered that it's nice and warm on top of the computer monitor. How can I keep her off of it? It's driving me crazy.



I can't spray water on her when she's on the monitor... so that option is out.

Does your cat like to sit on top of the computer monitor?
Put something like lemon or orange peel on top of it. My cat liked to jumped on top of the tv and it started to make really worrying cracking noises....shes kinda large too. They don't like the smell of citrus peel so you can try that. Or put something else she doesn't like on top.
Reply:What about putting double sided tape up there. That might cut her enthusiasm.
Reply:Lemon/orange peels, they hate it. If that doesnt work, smack your cat, it'll learn. I know it sounds harsh. Or just put another object where the cat lays. Good luck!
Reply:Take a piece of cardboard and cut it to the shape of the monitor...cover the top of it in double sided tape. Lay it on the monitor - Cats hate the feeling of the double sided tape and will eventually not go on it - then you can take it off.
Reply:yes my cat has done that a few times. I am not so sure why.My cat is like so amusing. I don't do anything because she has only done it couple times so far. Maybe you could just try saying no in a stern voice then placing the cat down. If that doesn't work try a sharp tap on the surface with a rolled up newspaper. Just don't hit you kitty that's mean.
Reply:cats don't like the smell of lemon so you could perhaps get a lemon fragrance air freshener to place near the monitor.
Reply:put a picture up there my cat did the same thing.
Reply:my cat used to do that until i got a flat screen. now she likes to sit on the computer tower, but when it starts buzzing, i pick her up and remove her from it. an option to spraying the cat with water, is to blow in her face. they hate that, and it won't harm them, i use that technique when my cat's claws are a bit too sharply in my skin. it works wonders, but i haven't tried it in other situations.
Reply:Get a flat screen monitor. I love mine! They are very thin, can fit in spaces smaller then a CRT AND there is no way your cat can fit on it!
Reply:I have a laptop/notebook, and my kitten loves looking at the screen (especially when there is some movement, be it ads or music). She will sit behind me on the back of the armchair, with her head draped over staring. Then she jumps down, sniffs the screen, walks across the keyboard - more often than not changing the page/site etc, then sits down directly in front of the screen warming her behind!! I'm so amused at this, that I don't have the heart to tell her off, but just pick her up, give her a squeeze and put her on the floor whilst saying "No".



The citrus peel advice sounds like the best idea.
Reply:If she continues put something heavy on the monitor so you can't even put anything on top of it like some books or something, then she will quit my cat sits at the dinner table whenever my family has dinner and all we had to do was put magazines on the chair and he would'nt get back up (although it was pretty cute he would sit at the dinner table)
Reply:LOL I know the feeling. Our cats both loved it but when we got the new LCD screens, they couldn't do it any more.



You can get a spray that spells nasty to cats called "Cat Off!" See your pet store.



And one our cats is named Lily also. But she is the skinny one. Our fat boy is called LiLong which means pretty dragon in Chinese.
Reply:My grandparent's cat (she was thin and boney) used to do that a lot. They didn't mind because she wouldn't hurt it or anything. But, cats I think will eventually learn that if you take them off time after time that they shouldn't be there...at least when you're in the house. Cats are trainable so it might work.
Reply:only thing i can suggest is when you see her there take her off cats aren't exactly trainable animals when it comes to things like that my cat did the same thing for the longest time thne i got a flat screen lol the first day we got it she looked to see if she could jump on it and when she couldn't she went to the big old one jumped on it and started meowing cause she wanted it back on
Reply:UGH that is, was so annoying. I have pictures of our cat sitting on the monitor with her tail hanging down in front of the monitor. She also use to swing her tail back and fourth it was so annoying. I went out and bought an LCD monitor she has NO place to sit. She also likes to sit between the monitor and I just to annoy me.
Reply:I have two cats and luckily neither one does that, but one of them will run across the keyboard every once in a whgjdojref--when I'm typing......I mean while!........you see what I mean???...lol!!! and lets not talk about when the dog gets his paws up there!

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