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raeanna74 · 01-27-2005, 02:54 PM

Our cat chews. ANYTHING. We had cats in my home while I was growing up and they never exibited this same kind of behavior - at least to this extent. Our cat Catrina has always shown an affinity for our daughter's plastic bead necklaces and things. The cat will not just play and naw on them she bites them threw and tries to chew them up. I've seen her chomping furiously on a bead or beads that she's bitten off some thing. Of course she'll eat rubber bands but I've seen that before. She will crawl under my sink if I leave the door open and drag out my bag of scented trashbags. She's taken them numerous times (with several different scents) and hidden them under the table or in a corner where she'll chew on them. I found once she'd dragged a pencil out of the pencil can and chewed through the metal holding the eraser on. I caught her chewing on the eraser top. I had a bag of garlic on top of my fridge and she found it. After that I had to keep it behind closed doors because no matter where I put it she'd find it, drag it down off the fridge even, and take it under a chair to chew away at. She's torn her rubber/fur mice apart. My parents and aunt have the exact same mice for their cats and they haven't demolished them. Catrina though has bitten them in two and eaten the rubber insides out. I found bits of red foam (our daughter made christmas ornaments with it) in her litter box. I've watched her sit on a dining room chair and naw on the top of the spindles. I've watched her chew on my daughter's carboard and foam puzzles. She found my package of toilet paper and chewed all around the top of the package. I could go on. You get the idea.

Is this NORMAL?? Somewhat Normal? Or completely abnormal? She gets fed and seems happy otherwise. She's a very affectionate cat. About 1 1/2 years old. She plays well with the kids and knows where she can go to be left alone. She has her own places to sleep away from the kids and eat away from them. I feed her canned as well as dry cat food so she does get food she can chew. She was not taken from her mother too early. She's been neutered and declawed. I'm not sure why she does this or if I should be concerned about it beyond keeping things safely put away.

Any of you have things your pet does that's totally wacked? I know there was a thread about kwirks of your pet but I think this is a little off that exact subject. Share anyway - make me feel not so wierd about our cat.

01-27-2005, 02:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	My cat chews Our cat chews. ANYTHING. We had cats in my home while I was growing up and they never exibited this same kind of behavior - at least to this extent. Our cat Catrina has always shown an affinity for our daughter's plastic bead necklaces and things. The cat will not just play and naw on them she bites them threw and tries to chew them up. I've seen her chomping furiously on a bead or beads that she's bitten off some thing. Of course she'll eat rubber bands but I've seen that before. She will crawl under my sink if I leave the door open and drag out my bag of scented trashbags. She's taken them numerous times (with several different scents) and hidden them under the table or in a corner where she'll chew on them. I found once she'd dragged a pencil out of the pencil can and chewed through the metal holding the eraser on. I caught her chewing on the eraser top. I had a bag of garlic on top of my fridge and she found it. After that I had to keep it behind closed doors because no matter where I put it she'd find it, drag it down off the fridge even, and take it under a chair to chew away at. She's torn her rubber/fur mice apart. My parents and aunt have the exact same mice for their cats and they haven't demolished them. Catrina though has bitten them in two and eaten the rubber insides out. I found bits of red foam (our daughter made christmas ornaments with it) in her litter box. I've watched her sit on a dining room chair and naw on the top of the spindles. I've watched her chew on my daughter's carboard and foam puzzles. She found my package of toilet paper and chewed all around the top of the package. I could go on. You get the idea. Is this NORMAL?? Somewhat Normal? Or completely abnormal? She gets fed and seems happy otherwise. She's a very affectionate cat. About 1 1/2 years old. She plays well with the kids and knows where she can go to be left alone. She has her own places to sleep away from the kids and eat away from them. I feed her canned as well as dry cat food so she does get food she can chew. She was not taken from her mother too early. She's been neutered and declawed. I'm not sure why she does this or if I should be concerned about it beyond keeping things safely put away. Any of you have things your pet does that's totally wacked? I know there was a thread about kwirks of your pet but I think this is a little off that exact subject. Share anyway - make me feel not so wierd about our cat. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.