I’m about to get a cat. I’ve never owned a cat before. The cat book I bought has a section on making your house cat-safe, and it suggests covering all electrical cords with hard plastic tubing or tape or whatever.

At first, that seemed logical. Now I’m realizing (1) that I have a lot of cords here and there in my house, from speaker cables to printer cables to lamp cords, and (2) that probably most cat owners don’t bother to do this. So…two questions for people with cat experience:

1. Should I bother to cover all the cords in my house, or will keeping them relatively out of the way suffice? If I should do it, do you recommend a specific product?

2. Have you had any problems with your cat damaging electrical cords? Has your cat been injured? What about your appliances?

Thanks!