Jan 20, 2010 11:47 pm ive heard cat stew is great.
Roomate brought home a friggan' cat. How do I preserve my studio?
Posted on Jan 20, 2010 09:16 pm
Quincysan
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So my room mate brought home a 25 lbs barn style tabby and while I'm not interested in having a cat in the house I'm also not too keen on sending cats to be euthanized.
We're having our "what the #&$@ were you thinking" talk tonight which is likely to result in me allowing him to keep this loudmouth, attention starved, shedding-like-crazy feline.
My studio sprawls across our entire downstairs. I could ask that he keep the cat in his room; but that's almost as cruel as sending it to a shelter. What should I do to minimize the effect this will have on my equipment.
I like cats a lot...but I am not sure this is the time for that kind of responsibility. Anyone have suggestions for preserving a studio that may have a cat wandering through it. Kelly's best friend is deathly allergic to boot...
How often should I request that he wash it is the predominant question looming in my mind...
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Jan 20, 2010 11:47 pm ive heard cat stew is great.
Jan 21, 2010 12:18 am Start sneezing a lot - "Gee - I didn't realize that *I* was so allergic to cats before..."
Jan 21, 2010 12:50 am 25 pounds!!!!!!!!
You sure that's a cat?
Jan 21, 2010 04:03 am thats one big *** stew baby. yeeeaaaaah.
Jan 21, 2010 12:42 pm Only thing I would worry about is the cat using your soft fabric wrapped cabinets as a scratching post. I have cats, and they did. Thankfully my room has a door, I just have to remember to close it. Not so much an issue any more since my new mesa cab has that harder pleather coating.
Jan 21, 2010 02:26 pm As delicious as cat stew sounds; preparing the animal might result in the death of my humanity and significant self loathing for years to come, haha.
I know when I used to repair computers the number 1 killer of mechanical components was cigarette smoke, followed closely by pet dander. I really am concerned about best practice for maintaining cleanliness...
@ Cpt: Thankfully the cat is neutered and declawed...but he sheds like crazy. Twenty five lbs in the morning; twenty pounds after he slides his fat *** down the stairs, leaving a trail of hairy shame.
Is once a week too much to bathe a cat? Would making sure my roomie brushed the cat before releasing it from his room work good enough?
Inquiring minds want to know...
Jan 21, 2010 02:38 pm make the roommate brush that cat nightly...cat hair sucks.
I would personally endorse the "Furminator" brush...friggin awesome brush.
Jan 21, 2010 06:21 pm 
^Ya, +1 db. thats kind of gross actually. Lot of fur. Hmm. Crapload of fur. Tube of super glue. Annoying roomate. I think you have yourself some decent payback if "Fluffy" ever decides to make your guitar amp her scratching post.
Jan 21, 2010 06:27 pm hahaha, awesome.
The Furminator is an incredibly brush, it really gets the hair and undercoat out...during heavy shedding seasons it saves my wife's sanity as I use it every couple of days, or try to, it really keeps the mess down like no other brush we've used.
And no, I don't have stock in the company...
Jan 21, 2010 07:48 pm look how hapy they look afterwars. now you cant tell me thats not from being brushed.
Such happy little vegemites.
Jan 21, 2010 07:50 pm Haha thanks for the tip. I'll see that the Furminator is employed liberally every day.
Jan 21, 2010 07:55 pm Well, at least with a weight like that, the cat probably won't be long for the world. ....
Er on a more (less?) serious note, the cat will be too heavy to jump up on much. Seriously, cats seem to WANT to be in the highest place they can reach.
We have 2 of em, and the black one seems to like to sleep on top of the fridge....sometimes in the cabinet over the fridge even.
Luckily I have enough obstacles in the way to keep him from getting on my desk, or the speakers or anything like that. And they don't shed much which is a pretty big plus. The downer is that they both still have their claws, but we've trained them to use the floor-cardboard scratching things....long as they get a treat after scratching at least. :P
Jan 21, 2010 09:26 pm I'd say that finding something to cover your mixer, interface, keyboard (computer keyboard and MIDI/synth keyboard if you have one) would be helpful. Basically cover anything that has moving parts like keys or sliders or knobs. Those things like to jam up a bit if too much junk settles in them.
You might want to find a way to conceal any permanent/semi-permanent cables like power cables and patch cables. Like one of those rubber strips that goes across the floor and hides audio cable. That would prevent any chewed-up cables.
And keep all of your instrument/mic cables put away when not in use, to prevent any chewing there as well. I use a simple plastic coat hanger to store all of my coiled-up instrument and mic cables and hang it in the closet of my little studio.
Jan 22, 2010 01:57 pm That's another good point Tad...I'm terrible about cable management. I don't have a closet available though. I'll probably get one of those spoolers and daisy chain the cables onto that thing when they're not in use. My house will look a little more organized that way too.
Jan 22, 2010 06:35 pm The way I see it, you have two options:
cover all of your equipment in some sort of plastic...
or kill the cat.
I like the latter of the two options, personally.
Jan 22, 2010 08:29 pm Quote:
That would prevent any chewed-up cables
Who here WASN'T thinking of National Lampoons Christmas Vacation =).
Jan 23, 2010 12:30 am you have one option, cover the cat in plastic.
Honestly, though, i wouldnt worry man, the cat will be fine.
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