Our 12 year old large picture tube style TV died Monday night and now we've finally upgraded to a large LCD TV. BIG PROBLEM now. A few of the cats used to climb the back of the old TV to either sit on it or to get up to the mantle over the fireplace. The way it sat on the stand they couldn't get up the front of the old TV, just that big picture tube back.

Now with the new very thin LCD they wouldn't be able to sit on top but I'm sure that won't stop them from trying so we tried to anchor down the base of the TV to the stand - problem solved on that one I pray but now we have a whole new problem. The cats can get in front of the TV on the stand and try to jump up there possibly scratching and ruining the delicate TV screen. ARGH!

We don't have a cabinet or armoire with doors for it, it just sits on a stand and that is all that will fit there because it's in a corner next to a large rock hearth. There is no space for a cabinet to sit there and there is absolutely no other place in the room to put the TV. Last night I covered it with a large piece of cardboard folded over the front and back but that looks horrible and won't last, especially with my curious cats.

Any suggestions? Has anyone else run into this problem before?

Things have been going so rough here lately with the cats that I'm afraid if anything happens to that new TV Richard will evict us all.