   Any ideas as to how to keep a kitten...
  ... from climbing into a printer? I'm currently staying with some relatives, who got a new kitten recently. Being a playful little thing (which has an odd thing for biting my fingers), it likes to explore, and explore it does. A few minutes ago, I found her climbing up the business end of our printer.Is there some way that we can prevent her from doing this again without keeping her from the printer itself, or from the room entirely? Is it just a behavioral conditioning thing?   
  Obviously, you need a pet gator.;Quote:Is there some way that we can prevent her from doing this again without keeping her from the printer itself, or from the room entirely? Is it just a behavioral conditioning thing?No. And if you try to take her away from the printer she'll just climb in again. It's a cat. They do whatever they please :-)The only training method that I found semi-effective on cats is a squirt gun. And even that is usually only effective for a short time.   ;  And needless to say, squirt gun + printer probably isn't the best idea if you don't have the best aim.   ;  Fill a box with catnip and put it next to the printer? If the cat goes near it, I'd think the box of catnip would be more interesting than a printer.   ;  I bought a new printer recently, but luckily you can take the paper out and it has lids that close over all of the openings. I just keep the paper up on a shelf that I've taught the cats not climb on (which itself took 6 months of yelling at them...)Maybe you could just cover the printer with a sheet etc when it's not in use?   ;  >PUT DOG ON PRINTER   ;  I'd go with offering other distractions and generally making the printer as cat-proof as possible, although the kitten might see this as a challenge.Alternatively, just lie in wait and snap a photo. Post it here with the caption "I HAS FIXED UR PAPER JAM".   ;  Your printer is the worst thing? Strange. I personally try to keep my cat away from my open computer case, wires, telephones, food, trash, water cup, ashtray and plants. How to prevent it? Simple, just as you do when you find out it pooped on the ground, use some violence. You take it by the neck, put his face near what it did wrong, yell a big NOOOOOO and then throw him on the ground with a moderate-heavy force.   ;  Tap the kitten on the end of the nose with one finger, like a flick. They really don't like things in their face and this is a quick little way for the kitten to learn. Don't flick it hard, just as if you were trying to pick up bread crumbs from a plate.   