Keeping the kittens out of the organ!

About a month ago, my 2 kittens discovered they could climb inside of the organ. The kittens, which are about 7 months old now are about the size of full grown cats now.  There is an opening big enough for a cat near the expression pedals.

The kittens liked to climb inside a play.  They have so much energy! There is divider between the expression pedals and the inner contents of the organ. I still didn’t think it was a good idea for them to be playing in there.

Our 2 oldest cats went into the opening when we brought the Saville home. To prevent them from getting inside I stuffed a fleece blanket into the opening. Eventually, they forgot about it and we no longer needed to use the blanket.

The blanket didn’t work with the kittens. It seemed like it did a first, but then we noticed they would use their paws to move the blanket aside. The little stinkers!

My husband came up with a plan. He cut a piece of wood to size and then clamped it over the expression pedal opening. For the first week or so the kittens tried to move the board. But they seem to be losing interesting. Now when I practice, I remove the board.

We still hear them walking on the pedals sometimes. Clunk, clunk, clunk. I have not captured this on video yet!

Violet, the mother of the kittens, has not tried to enter the organ as far was we know. She much prefers to sit on the organ speakers. Some mornings she will sit on speaker and look out the window for hours.

I’ve added a “The Cats” page if you’d like to read the story of how I came to have 6 cats.

If you have an organ at your home, do you have difficulty keep your cats or other pets out?