Animal damage to system

My parrot likes to perch on turntable record. during landing he's able to make cuts with his paws that may cause skipping and loud pops. I always keep my cartridge secured for that reason.
Can't hurt or punish the one I love though.

a few weeks ago a smell that was,,,well take my word for it,,BAD, filled my listening room. a mouse had crawled into the velodyne port and died and was rotting. at first i blamed it on my 13 year old....haha. had to throw away all the inner materials, spray in fabreze and leave a wicks stick in there for a week. finally replaced with new damping materials but it was awful. better now.

Cover them with a steel flex cable.
or with Tabasco sauce.
My Cockatiel used to chew on a standard extension cord, until he got a good ZAP! i saw him take the hit. He never chewed on zipcord again.
And not because he died then..

Liz, if I cover anything with Tabasco or Habanero, my Severe Macaw will shread it to pieces. That's one of the important moves to cover his toys so he'll love them. He likes capcicine like we all love sugar. In fact we're both spicy food freaks.

the tech guy at velodyne told me i wasn't the first one to have this happen.....