Post #567533 by MrBaliHai on Sat, Dec 4, 2010 8:24 AM

For those of you with naughty kitties who like to break mugs, I suggest purchasing a length of clear vinyl carpet runner and placing it on or around sensitive areas, upside-down with the spiky side pointing up. Cats really don't like to walk on those little spikes, and they won't cause any damage to their paws. I placed some at the entrance to my basement bar when I found the cat had developed a fondness for crapping underneath my pinball machine, and he hasn't deposited any dukey in there since I put down the runner.

The only thing you have to be careful of it forgetting that the runner's there, and accidentally walking on it in stocking, or bare feet; it's very surprising and uncomfortable to step on the stuff.