It has happened more times than I can count… and all I can say is Thank God for that restart button. Because otherwise Geek Squad would be my BFF.

My cat has walked across my keyboard, and when my husband leaves the lamp by his lap top on and walks away for the day, you can pretty much put money on the fact that she WILL be on top of that lap top. If it was open, she is inside it and if it was closed, she’s on top of it (not so much harm there).

So we’ve learned to turn the heat lamps OFF when leaving the office since it’s the warmth that seems to be attracting our cat there.

Laptops and all computers also get nice and hot which cats just seem to love. My husband elevated his from behind so it won’t get as hot on his desk. It seemed to do the trick by itself. And we now leave our laptops almost entirely closed if not completely closed when we aren’t using them or walk away for any amount of time if the other person isn’t there to keep a close eye.

My husband USE to leave his computer just barely open so that a download could be going but he wouldn’t have to worry about our cat laying on the keyboard. But then she started laying ON TOP and closing out his download…

Ut-oh…

So our way of cat proofing our office? We have heat lamps in between our desks we turn on to deter our cat away from the laptops. It’s the spot that’s hotter than the computers themselves and she can really sprawl out.

So to cat proof? Just find something they will enjoy even MORE!