Look carefully over the entire length of the wire for any puncture or crushed insulation. Cat teeth, especially kitten teeth, can exert needle-like pressure that could sever the wire without leaving easily visible damage. My rock-headed cat does this too.
Almost universally, a red or green colored wire is (+) and a copper colored wire is the ground (-). Make sure the same colored wires are soldered together.
The best way to repair headphone wires is to offset the solder joints of the (+) wire and the ground wire so that they don't short circuit. Inotherwords, don't have the solder joints opposite of each other so that they might touch together.
A good quality shrink tubing should go over the repair to relieve stress on the soldered joints. These wires, by the way, are enamel-coated and need to be tinned with resin-core electronic solder before joining and soldering the wires together.
Don't breathe the fumes when soldering and wash your hands after you are done handling the solder.
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