cats and speakers - looking for clues

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. 

Great stories.

Love the bird story about dropping a deuce, priceless.

I have a sample set of 2 cats. 1 (the current one) is a great cat; not at all a destructive cat. HOWEVER like all cats he is highly attracted to sparkly glinting metallic bits. And unfortunately, the central gold horn of a Tannoy Canterbury driver is especially tantalizing, especially when playing (cone movement causes the outer edge sparkle to waver & shimmer) and with sunlight hitting it. We had such an incident, where I was luckily right there to chase him off, but his claws gave the driver surrounds a good glancing blow. Fortunately the surrounds on these speakers are a VERY robust doped textile - so no harm done. But I know from experience that the usual butyl rubber surrounds MELT LIKE BUTTER when faced with cat claws. 

If you have a non-destructive cat like this, then always keep grills on while your cat is around - my cat has no interest in speakers without the shimmery bits that are so like his toys. If you have a destructive cat then all bets are off. In general this will vary a lot by cat.

The only speakers I had a problem with were Acoustat 1+1s, which the cats (when they were small kittens) used to run up and sit on the top of the speakers. Didn't continue once they had grown, and I just replaced the speaker socks before selling them a number of years later.

I got my first set of JBL in the late 60s. We had a cat. Saw him eyeing the grills. In those days grandmas had their furniture covered with clear plastic. I went to a maker and had 2 clear plastic flat bottom bags made of the correct dimensions. I turned them over and slid them down over the speakers.Cat scratched but due to the covers I had no fever.