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If I place him on my lap he'll immediately walk back onto my desk and lay down in his favorite spot. I can't get any work done; send help.

Edit: Sometimes in response I'll reciprocate by laying my head on him and listening to him purr while we snuggle; he's the perfect therapy cat I love him so much. powercry-1 meow-hug

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[โ€“] sloth@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think you can get a life-size, human fist and forearm, made of silicon, (can't remember where I've seen them). Maybe you could microwave one of those for 30 seconds and put it in a shirt, might get an hour or two of respite.

[โ€“] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hmm... a decoy. soviet-hmm

Sometimes I try to move the mouse really slowly so I don't wake him. I think the easiest setup would be a second mouse or touchpad I can use with my left hand.

[โ€“] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

You could probably do what the lap cat people do and just stuff a glove and shirt sleeve as a decoy. (They stuff a pair of pants, Iโ€™ve done that and it works well until they wise up so use sparingly!)

As long as itโ€™s in the right place, itโ€™ll probably work. For a bit. Might need a decoy mouse attached to it - have any old dead ones?

Unless what the cat wants is those slight movements and the โ€œaww cmonโ€ instant attention it gives :)

[โ€“] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

Ooooh Simon you are so silly, I smooch you

[โ€“] FanonFan@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lol mine does the same thing

[โ€“] hmmm@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

cute :) uncritical support to knifecat to sabotage work

[โ€“] huf@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

mine likes to rub her head into my mouse hand and make me click in random places

I have a small round table that's large enough for my cats bed that I keep next to my computer chair, but mine only gets up on the desk when it's the middle of the night and knows walking across the keyboard will turn it on to blind me with the monitors.