cats and speakers - looking for clues

I had cats and fancy stereos for the past 40 years and was always able to control them by saying no as they approached within 2 feet of equipment and speakers . Teaching them no came in handy for many reason besides stereo. With a few cats, the word no had to be reinforced a few times with a gentle spritz from a squirt gun but they tend to learn fast 

Probably the best thing to do is to have carpet or put a tough rug by the speakers.  They’ll use that instead if they fail to use scratching posts. This will be better for room acoustics anyway.

You could also cut out and tape pizza boxes over the grill until they’ve become acclimated to ignoring the speakers. I generally use the most oily and ugly pieces just for kicks.

@kingbr 

I’d be more careful of cables

Excellent point that’s easily missed.

@erik_squires 

The one real issue for me is with speakers that are easy to tip over.

Another excellent point. I’ve have a number of busted tower + bookshelf cabinets and drivers.

I have 3 cats and have had as many as 7. Never had an issue with anything. We do have a scratching post that they use but other than that no special anythings.

I wouldn't risk it. We have a cat. Equipment is in closed off areas. Non-leather sofas are shredded. 

I was interested in a used pair of ML Aries a local guy was selling. This was a while ago.
Called and arranged for an audition and purchase if all was well. And it wasn’t. When I walked in, there were several loose parrots (don’t know the kind but they were decent size) flying around. The electrostatic panels were thoroughly covered in bird poop. One of the birds then landed on top of a speaker and dropped a healthy deuce right down the panel probably thinking that I couldn’t look more surprised.
This is probably the funniest audio experience I ever had.