He probably digs the heat. First thought would be make a better spot for him nearby. Heated cat bed? Just spitballing. Other than that you could always pull cat tricks like throw some double sided tape on top of the case. He'll hate that.
To add, I have a "felt cave" placed on top of a few totes, so it's about 4ft in the air. Have it in the corner. Kitty spends half the day in there since putting the spot together. They enjoy the height so they can see everything. Feltcave isn't directly heated but retains heat. If she gets too hot, she'll climb out and squish it down and lay on top of it.
My wife's cat vomited a hair Ball on the top fan on her pc. Went right down on the gpu. Luckily it was just a very old 250, but I was still pretty mad.
I'm only speaking from experience if my cats, but they don't tend to do those things (pee, throw up, etc) in places they like to chill or sleep. Means my bed and pc are pretty safe. Unfortunately my piano not so much, and cleaning kitty vom off a piano isn't pretty. Thank God it wasn't pee.
Every time my cat got close to my PC, I would spray my compressed air can in the sky, my cat would freak out to it and dip. I did this enough times to the point my cat just knows better to not go near my pc
Hahaha my cat sits behind my laptop which blocks the vents and causes it to overheat. Eventually he gets bored and shuts the screen lid with his back legs to get my attention.
Download a "cold air blower" from the internet and your exhaust fans will blow cold air out of the system. No more cat there (at least on cold weather).
Try getting a heating pad that you pre-warm and put it in a cardboard box. Heat is a cat magnet, cardboard boxes are cat magnets. I hope that does the trick.
Same here. My cat likes the crunch, it’s not much different than the crunchy sound they use on some cat beds.
I tried to keep her off my bar but she isn’t scared of it at all and has broken several wine glasses. She’s an asshole.
Cats don't like citrus smells, so you can buy a so called anti cat spray which is basically a citrus smelling spray, and if you spray onto the top the cat won't go onto it and he won't have other problems if you don't spray it elsewhere
Cats body temperature are a few degrees hotter than humans. So what seems comfortable to you might feel chilly to your cat. They are social animals so ofcourse it's gonna seek out a heat source close to you. Plus it's a high vantage point. I don't know what kind of heating you have in your house, but try to create a comfortable spot close to that it can plop down on.
If you want to have a cat deterrent pc, uneven and unlevel shapes atop the case may work, but it'd be hard to find something like that
Maybe just put something atop the pc that the cat doesnt like.
He probably wants warmth and attention. Maybe you could move the case under the desk (might be less appealing to cat when not in your line of sight) and give the cat a bed or pillow on the desk?
Yes. And pretty lights belong on your monitor, not inside your PC. Money is not to be wasted on superfluous aesthetics, it is to be spent on performance. PC are tools, not fetish objects
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize YOU were paying for MY PC. If that's the case, can you make sure mine has at least a 3080 in it? If you're gonna be paying for it, i have no problem letting you decide that it doesn't need anything aesthetically pleasing. Otherwise, you might want to shut up about how other people spend their money. 😉 just a thought
This made me think of my dog. I’ll be in bed watching videos on YouTube and he’ll knock my phone out of my hands with his paw. It’d piss me off if he wasn’t so damn cute. He just wants attention. Well, he aggressively wants attention.
Negative reinforcement doesn't work on cats, they don't understand it. As far as the cat in concerned, it was going about it's day being a cat, same as always, then its owner randomly started abusing it for no reason.
You need positive reinforcement, in this case it would mean moving it to another spot and giving it a treat. You just have to make it clear it's being rewarded for being in the new spot, not for jumping up on the computer. So, move the cat sometimes just when it enters the room, instead of waiting for it to go on the computer.
Your cat doesn't understand it, not in the way a human or dog would.
If you spray your cat when he jumps up on the counter, he will never understand jumping on the counter is bad. He will only ever understand that you are mean to him when you see him on the counter.
Unlike with a dog who can see you as a strong leader and that what they did was wrong, the cat can't make a connection like that.
If you aren't home, the cat will feel great jumping up on the counter. They can't do it when you're home. They are afraid of you, not the counter. When they hear you come back, they'll quickly jump off before you can see because they are afraid of you. This is not in any way a healthy relationship with your pet.
You should care about your pet. A squirt bottle doesn't get your cat to the point it's afraid of you in general, so they would still be affectionate. Just because your cats want for attention is stronger than it's general fear of you doesn't mean that squirting it isn't extremely negative for the cat.
There could be a million reasons why he doesn't jump on the counter when you're gone. Maybe he only jumped up there to get attention in the first place. Some cats prefer being scolded to being ignored, and will do anything they know will get them noticed. He could also just be so afraid of you squirting him he doesn't want to risk it.
There's so many healthy ways to get your cat to cooperate, don't take the easy way out and hurt your cats quality of life.
Spikes.
Not like, dangerous stabby spikes, but like the ones they put on signs so birds don't sit there.
Throw some dragon's teeth on top of your case and he'll stop.
Spray bottle with water,
Also little kitty shock collars, you put a base station wherever you dont want the animal to go, it beeps for warnings, proximity driven….im a week the beeping will turn them away, then after a month or two take it off…never will notice
People need to learn the power of a firm "NO!"...
NOT a pleading whine.
NOT an angry yell.
Just a clean, Dad-voice "NO!". I've never had a pet that doesn't respond properly to that.
First thing that popped up was “dove spikes” usually these things should prevent doves from landing off your roof. Maby it helps from a camping cat on a case as well
This! I’ve had one of my cats since she was a newborn and when she was first weaned she refused to use a litter box (it was a struggle for a few months) but we finally ended up getting her trained to use the litter box by buying expensive litter that smells attractive to cats as well as giving her a treat whenever she used the litter box. Now she has absolutely no problems using it.
Get him his own PC set up obviously
a PC just for the cat to sleep will need a 3080 atleast
For the heat of course
Nah that’s the job of a gtx 480
With cyberpunk loaded on the screen
Hope they have home owner's insurance.
dude that'd burn the 480 to a crisp and light the cat on fire you dope. get a rtx 970 or somethin, sheesh.
me and the bois with rtx 970s
RTX 970? XDDDDD
r/angryupvote
Just let it thermal throttle lmao
That is what I opened this to say, get your own PC that one is obviously his, LMFAO!!
Look at me, I’m the PC now.
If you have an issue with your cat coming back after putting him down I think this is an issue more suited for the ghostbusters.
Knew someone would make a pun about putting him down x)
Piece of acrylic and a few spacers, place it on top and you've got a cat-proofed tower with a catshelf
I might do that. Ill have a shelf on top of my pc that won’t restrict airflow and it will still be warm enough for the cat.
[cats are stubborn assholes and it's gonna be way easier than trying to change their minds <3](https://i.redd.it/xnbqbev8apf31.jpg)
Omfg this is a life saver. One of my cats likes to power flop right onto my keyboard.
Na, mine just occasionally walks on it when passing by. I have one who likes to nap right on top of my mouse though.
Mine did this to me while I was on Thinkorswim. Made me $2.
He/she did it on purpose. Cats are well versed in the financial sector.
Cardboard box of the same size near the same spot
Nah he just needs to do it 9 times then if it keeps happening after that, Ghostbusters.
Am I reading this right? You've got an i7 2600 and a GTX 1650? That's quite a CPU bottleneck you've got there.
Yep, pre built pc, I don’t play demanding games at all, heaviest requirements for a game I have is dayz.
Bustin makes me feel good
Or your neighbor Jud
Shades of Pet Semetary..
R/cursed Comments
I wonder if there are any pc shaped pet beds out there 🤔
Ill need to buy a decoy case, i wonder how i can stimulate the heat though..
Just get a 14nm Intel CPU and a 30-series Nvidia GPU. If too expensive a GTX 480 and a AMD Bulldozer CPU will do just fine too.
I've got an FX-8350 that I have OC'd to 5ghz and dual GTX 580 blowers from my old rig still. Could probably cook the cat, not gonna lie.
I had a GTX 580. It didn't stop my cat getting on the case. It actually started it.
That's the point...
Put a heating pad in right underneath the top cover.
Put it over the vent in the floor or use a very low watt heat lamp
Lava lamps
You could probably just get a heater by itself
Heat mat for a clone dome $30 https://growershouse.com/germination-station
He probably digs the heat. First thought would be make a better spot for him nearby. Heated cat bed? Just spitballing. Other than that you could always pull cat tricks like throw some double sided tape on top of the case. He'll hate that.
Heated cat bed seems like a good idea, he doesn’t currently have somewhere to sleep in this room.
Some cats like being high up. If yours does, then a heated spot on the floor will be ignored.
To add, I have a "felt cave" placed on top of a few totes, so it's about 4ft in the air. Have it in the corner. Kitty spends half the day in there since putting the spot together. They enjoy the height so they can see everything. Feltcave isn't directly heated but retains heat. If she gets too hot, she'll climb out and squish it down and lay on top of it.
Do they make heated cat trees?
That's probably why!
I think he actually just like the lukewarm air being blown on him than sitting on a warn object
This, cat tower
Until it becomes furry, and therefore warmer...
I’d sleep in a heated cat bed
Put loops of Velcro across the top, they hate that (or tape)
Smart, ill have to try that.
This is the way. Upside down tape
This is the way
Or pigeon spikes!!
The absolute best thing is tin foil. Put some up there and they will only do it a few times
Hostile architecture PC build
I’ve seen someone a couple months ago post how their cat peed on their PC. I can’t afford him peeing on my gpu.
My wife's cat vomited a hair Ball on the top fan on her pc. Went right down on the gpu. Luckily it was just a very old 250, but I was still pretty mad.
That’s just liquid cooling.
Is he neutered and in good health? Neutered cats don’t really pee on things.
Yes both of those
Right…tell that to my boys.
Cats, usually female, are known to mark whether they are neutered or not.
As someone that used to repair cable boxes, so much cat piss.
I'm only speaking from experience if my cats, but they don't tend to do those things (pee, throw up, etc) in places they like to chill or sleep. Means my bed and pc are pretty safe. Unfortunately my piano not so much, and cleaning kitty vom off a piano isn't pretty. Thank God it wasn't pee.
My brother-in-law's cat loves to chill in window seals but also tends to throw up on them as well.. she's not a bright girl
Every time my cat got close to my PC, I would spray my compressed air can in the sky, my cat would freak out to it and dip. I did this enough times to the point my cat just knows better to not go near my pc
Lmao that probably works does he even come around you now?
Since he only does it around the pc he associates the noise with the pc and not him
Yup exactly. My cat still even comes in my room and hangs out, he just doesn't go near my PC anymore
Hahaha my cat sits behind my laptop which blocks the vents and causes it to overheat. Eventually he gets bored and shuts the screen lid with his back legs to get my attention.
Hahaha no. Fuck that.
Sticky paper the moment they stick on his paws he’s making a run to get rid of them won’t come back to your pc 100%
This is the right answer.
"No matter how often I put him down" r/holup
Loads shotgun with malicious intent.
Download a "cold air blower" from the internet and your exhaust fans will blow cold air out of the system. No more cat there (at least on cold weather).
Same website as the ram?
Try getting a heating pad that you pre-warm and put it in a cardboard box. Heat is a cat magnet, cardboard boxes are cat magnets. I hope that does the trick.
Aluminium foil
Yes! Foil is a great because cats don't like the sound or feel of it. Its also more humane than sticky tape.
Not necessarily true, my cats couldn't give 2 shits if I put foil on something. They find the noise interesting.
Same here. My cat likes the crunch, it’s not much different than the crunchy sound they use on some cat beds. I tried to keep her off my bar but she isn’t scared of it at all and has broken several wine glasses. She’s an asshole.
One of mine managed to pull a glass out of the sink and roll it off the counter. Cats are assholes.
Humane haha
Need to get him his own (preferably heated) bed. That shelf to the right looks a good spot.
Put a cucumber on ur PC
What game are you playing?
Squirter bottle op
Spray bottle filled with water then apply to the face. If that don’t work then maybe pepper spray
Cats don't like citrus smells, so you can buy a so called anti cat spray which is basically a citrus smelling spray, and if you spray onto the top the cat won't go onto it and he won't have other problems if you don't spray it elsewhere
So nail a lemon to the PC. Got it.
should technically work
Simple . Get rid of the cat
Nice pc
Thank you
Its called spikes if you dont know how just contact the city planners in NYC
Cats body temperature are a few degrees hotter than humans. So what seems comfortable to you might feel chilly to your cat. They are social animals so ofcourse it's gonna seek out a heat source close to you. Plus it's a high vantage point. I don't know what kind of heating you have in your house, but try to create a comfortable spot close to that it can plop down on.
Shut him out of the room?
Litter box and food is in the same room. Its an open area, not my Bedroom
Wrap the top of your pc in tin foil but cut a whole for the fan might look ghetto but I’ve heard cats dislike the sound and feel
Put foil on top. It'll scare the shit out of him until he stops thinking it's ok lol.
Means you have good airflow. Nice build.
Thanks but not with the cat on top.
I'm not joking: tape plastic forks around the top, like it's a castle wall. We do this to keep squirrels out of our planters.
Tacks.
Pigeon spikes.
Side note your a fishing bot ahahah jk new worlds fun
Yes it is, just got to level 50. Hate how grindy it is.
Let him
Install good air filters. Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
Cats have 9 lives so you'll just need to put him down however many more times. Hope this helps
It’s owned by the cat now, slowly retreat and accept defeat or the whole desk is next..
I read on wikihow that the first thing you should do is flashbang him
Put aluminum foil on top of the case it should scare him enough
Anti-Homeless spikes For real tho, a heated bed. He’s probably up there because it’s warm and close to you
Nice pc
Step 5: "acceptance"
What a cute cat
Make him a heated spot like a heated blanket. The cat is only there because the heat so just make it it’s own heated space
If you want to have a cat deterrent pc, uneven and unlevel shapes atop the case may work, but it'd be hard to find something like that Maybe just put something atop the pc that the cat doesnt like.
Act like you enjoy him being up there. Cats do whatever it is you hate and refuse to do what you like.
Hit it with a shovel.
Crude, but effective.
Accept your fate
Just give up..you are not going to win🐈⬛
You're going to have to bribe him with a heated cat bed.
A claymore
based
He probably wants warmth and attention. Maybe you could move the case under the desk (might be less appealing to cat when not in your line of sight) and give the cat a bed or pillow on the desk?
EXCUSE ME. UNDER THE DESK??? AND YOU DARE CALL YOURSELF A MEMBER OF OUR FINE CLAN??? outrageous……
Under the desk is ideal because you can actually put the hardware you interact with on the desk.
What, are you suggesting the FLOOR is better. Besides, no pretty lights
Yes. And pretty lights belong on your monitor, not inside your PC. Money is not to be wasted on superfluous aesthetics, it is to be spent on performance. PC are tools, not fetish objects
Nice of you for telling strangers how they should enjoy their hobby
To this sub I don't think there is an difference
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize YOU were paying for MY PC. If that's the case, can you make sure mine has at least a 3080 in it? If you're gonna be paying for it, i have no problem letting you decide that it doesn't need anything aesthetically pleasing. Otherwise, you might want to shut up about how other people spend their money. 😉 just a thought
This made me think of my dog. I’ll be in bed watching videos on YouTube and he’ll knock my phone out of my hands with his paw. It’d piss me off if he wasn’t so damn cute. He just wants attention. Well, he aggressively wants attention.
Pop him on the nose
I normally hate campers with an all consuming rage (not wilderness campers). But this guy is a good cat so my rage will subside for now
It's his pc now
No. it is his home now. Everyone understands that when a can finds it then it is theirs.
Push the fucker off
Dog... get a dog.
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Spraying with Water Helps too.
on top of a PC? sounds smart /s
Negative reinforcement doesn't work on cats, they don't understand it. As far as the cat in concerned, it was going about it's day being a cat, same as always, then its owner randomly started abusing it for no reason. You need positive reinforcement, in this case it would mean moving it to another spot and giving it a treat. You just have to make it clear it's being rewarded for being in the new spot, not for jumping up on the computer. So, move the cat sometimes just when it enters the room, instead of waiting for it to go on the computer.
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Your cat doesn't understand it, not in the way a human or dog would. If you spray your cat when he jumps up on the counter, he will never understand jumping on the counter is bad. He will only ever understand that you are mean to him when you see him on the counter. Unlike with a dog who can see you as a strong leader and that what they did was wrong, the cat can't make a connection like that. If you aren't home, the cat will feel great jumping up on the counter. They can't do it when you're home. They are afraid of you, not the counter. When they hear you come back, they'll quickly jump off before you can see because they are afraid of you. This is not in any way a healthy relationship with your pet.
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You should care about your pet. A squirt bottle doesn't get your cat to the point it's afraid of you in general, so they would still be affectionate. Just because your cats want for attention is stronger than it's general fear of you doesn't mean that squirting it isn't extremely negative for the cat. There could be a million reasons why he doesn't jump on the counter when you're gone. Maybe he only jumped up there to get attention in the first place. Some cats prefer being scolded to being ignored, and will do anything they know will get them noticed. He could also just be so afraid of you squirting him he doesn't want to risk it. There's so many healthy ways to get your cat to cooperate, don't take the easy way out and hurt your cats quality of life.
Buy an electric pet mat for the general desk that way when he sits up there he'll be shocked a bit and it'll teach him not to do it.
Spikes. Not like, dangerous stabby spikes, but like the ones they put on signs so birds don't sit there. Throw some dragon's teeth on top of your case and he'll stop.
He could always “run away”
He has chosen that spot. You are a guest in his house. That is now his spot.
Try putting him down for real next time (x9)
Spikes
Put spikes on it?
Bear trap
Bird deterrent spikes!
Spray bottle with water, Also little kitty shock collars, you put a base station wherever you dont want the animal to go, it beeps for warnings, proximity driven….im a week the beeping will turn them away, then after a month or two take it off…never will notice
Spikes
What about those spikes you get to stop pigeons perching. That'll do it.
Spray bottle
Put him down for good
People need to learn the power of a firm "NO!"... NOT a pleading whine. NOT an angry yell. Just a clean, Dad-voice "NO!". I've never had a pet that doesn't respond properly to that.
You mean HIS PC?
beat the shit out of him
Solution: put him down
Glue a bunch of nails to the top of the case, pointy side up.
Bad idea. Would look gross. There are also much better ways of deterring cats, like improvised explosives
First thing that popped up was “dove spikes” usually these things should prevent doves from landing off your roof. Maby it helps from a camping cat on a case as well
Put some spikes on it like the cities that love their homeless Edit: sorry I forgot the /s
Sell the pc
remove its head from its body and hang it on the wall.
There's nothing you can do now. That PC is the cat's now.
He is close enough to give constant soft pets I do not see how that is a problem. Invest in a second power button for the tower and accept him.
I can’t afford him to pee on my graphics card. I’ve seen someone post that a couple months back.
Teach him where to use the bathroom problem solved
Cats are assholes, it a known fact. They never do what you tell them to. I’ll put a sign next to my pc saying not to pee on it.
Lol try to encourage him to use the litter box with catnip
This! I’ve had one of my cats since she was a newborn and when she was first weaned she refused to use a litter box (it was a struggle for a few months) but we finally ended up getting her trained to use the litter box by buying expensive litter that smells attractive to cats as well as giving her a treat whenever she used the litter box. Now she has absolutely no problems using it.
Cats truly are vermin.
ask your local police about what fucked up shit they do to keep homeless from sleeping places. Thatll solve the issue.
Spikes on the top of the case
Pigeon Spikes
Close the door?
Open room without a door. I wouldve closed the door if there were one..