How do you work with a cat on one shoulder

[Kewcumber]

I have new(ish) cats 6 months old. Recently started working from home which the cats think is great. One cat it seems has aspirations to be a parrot - if I shoo him away he sits on the keyboard which as an accountant is a bigger problem.

I know you can get lion poo which is supposed to scare cats off you lawn. Is there and office friendly version?

about three years in, you forget that you are accommodating a cat on the shoulder,

If my DH rings, and the cat hears his voice she digs in her claws, so i have to check the number before I answer,

just remember to keep saving every few seconds, as inevitably, at some point they dismount onto a keyboard,

I find lighting a fire in another room helps, as then the cat has to guard it from the dog, because a cat can never allow the dogs to have front row position next to fire,it's written in the 187 D45.9L second section of the cat code.

SO the solution is not Lion poo but padded shoulders?

Ah interesting..we also have a parrot cat (or pirate's cat as we call him).

When you pick him up he goes straight up onto your shoulder and then leans down and head butts you. He's so lovely The problem is though that now he's grown up he doesn't half dig his claws in if you move. We've all got the scars to prove it.

We solved the problem with the help of Ikea!

DH has the Expedit desk and shelving system (joined together) and in two of the shelves/alcoves there is a cat on a cushion.

DH is happy the cats aren't walking across his keyboard and the cats are happy they are comfy in their own space and within sight of DH.

My office/sewing room on the other hand is considered a playground for prying paws!!

Very very carefully...

On reflection, parrot cat is preferable to "miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow" cat

I didn't have this issue in an office.

There must be a tax allowance I can claim to offset this.

my cat pats the cursor on the screen
and I've turned up at client offices innumerable times with muddy paw prints on the front of their files - thank goodness for cover sheets