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Cat jumped on turntable

OK, I know the obvious response about this but moving past ditching the cat . . . I was playing my VPI Scout 'table with a Dynavector Karat cartridge when the cat (Jack) leaped onto the 'table.  The tone arm slide across the record and the platter stopped.  After addressing the situation, I didn't see any obvious problems (but I have an untrained eye) and dropped the needle.  The tone arm immediately slide across the record to the center.  Upon reflection, it seemed like the tone arm was light since it moved pretty effortlessly.  Before taking it, I thought I would solicit some thoughts here.
scarlson
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uberwaltz
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I am so thankful all my TT have dust covers that I keep on while not playing music.
With 2 Savannah, 2 Bengal and 2 rescue moggies it's a lively place.
I have found them sleeping on the dust covers more than once.
Touch wood only once did I catch a Savannah about to leap onto a playing record.
My 115 db scream persuaded her to change direction fortunately!

Interestingly not one of them has shown the slightest interest in the covers on the Maggie's which are right there.
Hope that did not doom them......
scarlson OP
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Thanks everyone (again) for your input, and cleaver and entertaining responses!!  I do have a Gingko cover but am a little . . . let's say skittish about dropping that bad boy over a spinning record.  Uberwaltz, he previously did some damage to my Maggies but as mijostyn noted, the socks can be replaced.  They are now wrapped in a plastic "barbed wire." 

Oh, and schmitty1, it was Zeppelin IV.

Jack also says "thank you" for not being too harsh.


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asvjerry
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@scarlson, y’know that feline language was finally translated...most of it boiled down to:

"Feed me Faster!"
&
"All of this...is Mine."

The last is usually delivered with a obviously irritated tail twitch...
Having been owned by multiple cats in the past, generally that which you pay the most attention and care to is considered either a prime place to be....or a rival for attention.

One cat = You will have ’issues’.
2 cats = Conspiratorial behaviours
3 cats = They Own Everything..including that dumaz dog...;)
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mijostyn
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ASV, one wife is enough.
tlong1958
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Cat jumped on turntable =
Cat buried in back yard
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