Conference misery::feline_v1

    
    	Giudi - Rosie likes photos, too....
    

    Yes, my altered, declawed male, Whiskey leaves teeth marks on photos
    where ever he can find them, particularly after my daughter leaves
    them on the floor.  I, too, cannot understand what the attraction
    is but he just seems to bit them; not eat them.  He doesn't bother
    with any other kind of paper left around, just photos.  He is due
    for his checkup and I intend to ask the Dr. about this.
    
    I always thought he was just "weird" and after having cats all my
    life know that they are as different as people.  It's good to know
    that he doesn't need a "psy'cat'ologist" since other felines partake
    of this unusual habit.
    
    

    I have the same problem with 2 of mine that like to lick the "linings"
    of trash bags.  You know when you put one in a wastebasket and have the
    top portion turned down and around the rim of the basket.  I can chase
    and scold them for it and two minutes later they're right back doing it
    again like they're addicted to the coating.  These are "Glad Trash
    Bags".
    
    

    I have the dim recollection that photofinishing chemicals are
    poisonous.
    

    Guess I'll have to keep the photos out of sight until I talk to
    the VET.  
    
    BUT she also goes after the covers of paper back books as well and
    likes to chew on nails and wire (oh boy)!
    
    
    Thanks,
    
    
    Giudi

    
    Giudi,
    
    Molly used to have a fetish for common pins (straight pins)  -I
    couldn't keep them away from her.  Made sewing tough!!!
    
    Lynn
    

    Yup, photos are fair game - and trash bags. 
    
    

    
    
    I remember meeting a cat who would snatch any kind of paper money that
    was left out and chew on it -- any kind of paper, actually, but the 
    trick was most impressive when performed with money.
    
    A cat that I used to have *loved* to chew on emery boards -- couldn't
    keep them in the house without finding them shredded.
    

    Lily (4-years, like a blue-point Birmin) and Sheba (1 1/3 years, 
    red Abyssinian) both love to lick photographs also -- then they 
    chomp them with their little teeth and leave little pointy marks.
    Sometimes I find part of a corner gone or only a corner left.

    I am sure it must be toxic else why would they do it -- just to 
    make sure you have enough to worry about?

    			Julie (Tasha, Lily, Sheba, <Dusty - soon>)

    Geez, I thought I had the only looney cat that liked to chew photos.
    Carrie has been doing this for a while now.  I put them away and
    she goes and digs them out again.  I can't tell you how many pictures
    I have with kitty teeth marks all over them.  Guess I'm going to
    have to start storing the photos somewhere else.
    
    Jan

    This isn't so much a strange taste as an excellent toy - tampons!
    Vitamin can sniff them out of any of my bags are they're great fun
    to rip apart, chew and leave small white bits of fluff ALL over
    the place. 
    
    Pam.

    
    	re: .8
    
    	My Sasha loves emery boards....I have been able to get them
    	away from her soon enough though so that she doesn't chew them
    	to pieces.  She'll sit there with it between her paws, sticking
    	straight up in the air with her teeth happily chomping on it..
    	I wouldn't imagine something that feels like sandpaper would be
    	much fun to chew on!
    

    
    	Missy comes running when I pull out one of those three-sided
    	nail buffers!! (one side is all grey, the  other is half pink
    	and half white). She won't let me do my nails - she tries to
    	bite it and if I put it down, forget it!! It's hers! I even 
    	give her the old ones instead of throwing them away...I really 
    	think she is attracted to the smell from buffing my nails...
    
    	Sherry
    

    In regards to emery boards.  The kittys are just sharpening their
    *fangs*.  The better to *bite* the hands that feed them.  Also, maybe
    they're filing their nails like mommy does.  I mean, how else do those
    nails get SO SHARP??
    
    Only kidding gang.
    
    Actually 2 of my kittys, Thunder and Lightning,  LOVE Vicks Vap-O-Rub
    and Bengay.  I put it on, they take it off.  Thunder even wraps her
    front paws around my arm or leg so I won't get away.  Thank goodness
    she doesn't have claws.  It's even more fun when I put it on my throat
    or the back of my neck.  She tickles me.   You can hear the both of
    them purring the whole time.  It definitely works better than catnip on
    those two.
    
    Strange kittys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    But I love them......
    
    
    Sandi, mom to Thunder, Lightning, Storm, DejaVu & Patches the Stray
    
    

    Sandi,
    
    I am relieved to hear that someone else has kitties that LOVE
    Ben Gay!  I put some on about a year ago before going to bed and
    Melody tried to eat through the sheet to get to it!  Then she
    started licking the sheet and blanket.  I freaked out figuring
    she would poison herself.
    
    In addition to Melody's would be addiction to Ben Gay, Brittany
    loves to lick Bruce's feet at night and we just figured out that
    it must be the remains of the Desenex he puts on in the morning.
    Brittany also loves to lick my hands after I have washed them
    with Ivory soap.
    
    Not only that, but Brittany's favorite toys are Q-tips and often
    after she's finished playing with them, she will eat the cotton
    off the end.  I keep hoping that, as a natural fiber, it will
    work its way out but natural means.
    
    With all the horror stories about stomach and intestine blockages,
    it's gotten so I will come out of a sound sleep at the sound of
    chewing.  The other night I did that and it was Brittany all the
    way down the hall chewing on a straw.  Talk about developing
    motherly instincts!
    
    Barbara

    Well, Pippin also loves emery boards.  One night while using one
    Gino hopped up on my lap and started going after it.  Well, I thought
    I would try rubbing it gently on one of his fangs and he went into
    estacy!  Started purrrrrring so loud it just about cracked me up.
    
    All three of mine also go after q-tips (why bother buying toys).
    After all of these replies I'm happy to find out that I'm not the
    owner of three certified nut cases.
    
    
    Giudi

    p.s. to 16
    
    Pippin also likes me to file her nails with an emery board.  Pedicures
    for cats anyone??
    
    Giudi

    I came home one day to a trail of Stay-free MP's!  Seems the bathroom
    closet was left open and everyone went shopping for toys.  They
    also found the emery boards, the cotton balls, and cleared the shelf
    of hair ties, tweezers, etc. onto the floor.  I have come home to
    a wet facecloth dragged down the hallway many times, the TV turned
    on, the roll of paper towels in shreds on the kitchen floor, the
    TP unraveled throughout the house, the bag of kitty litter torn
    open and spread throughout the basement, all with four innocent
    faces staring up at you.  These guys will make toys of anything!!
    
    Lynne (Casey, B.K., Pepper & Rusty)

    Gee, and all I come home to are five sleepy-head cats!  The only
    problem I've encountered is that Murdock is on a plastic kick, and
    managed to rip open every bag of dry food in the basement, plus
    several of the sample packages collected at shows.  All of the food
    is now stored in rubbermaid containers or placed high up on shelves
    where he can't climb to.  He even ripped open a bag of potting soil,
    thinking there would be food inside.
      
    [Urge to kill]!!!
    
    :^)
    

    Stitch loves to eat/play with dry pasta and will go to any length
    to open a package or box of it.  Nice to come home and find pasta
    strewn all over the floor, in various shapes and sizes.  You don't
    notice it until you walk on it and hear it CRUNCHING under your
    feet.
    
    Giudi

    re: 18
    
    Ah, sounds like home to me !!!!!!!