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That is a very bad accident waiting to happen.
I'm hoping this was a joke and not real. Hopefully they have blocked the corner or the cat is never actually doing that.
Yeah, this is a "train the cat to stay away with a spray bottle" type situation, not a "put up a sign and hope for the best" one.
I certainly hope so. Cats can be so quiet too so definitely hope this was just a constructed situation.
Nah, just duct-tape something flexible and non-scratchable over the gap. Attach this picture nearby for when people ask why.
In a situation like this it's better to discourage the behaviour entirely than to play a game of ever increasing barricades. Training the cat to not get into things it shouldn't is much more worthwhile than having to baby proof each individual thing.
Yup. Best solution I've heard of for stuff like this out climbing in the drier is to scare the ever living daylight out of them (without doing any actual harm).
In this scenario, I would "trap" their arm with something like a notebook, make a loud racket in the fridge, and maybe even shake the door a bunch.
For something like a clothes drier, I would slap the machine a lot and shake it all about.
Basically, scare them enough that they lose all desire to do it again. Sucks to have to do it, but it's not like you can sit them down and have a chat about the dangers of machines....
Yeah, made the hair on the back of my neck stand up a little bit. The fridge door would function here as a large lever, and a cat's arm is not particularly sturdy.