HELP! My 1 year old cat loves to chew on everything: paper, plastic, foam padding and even electrical cords that are plugged into the sockets! I dont want her to kill herself and end up like Granny's fried kitty in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation! What can I do to make her stop this????
2006-07-29 10:29:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
Rub dish soap on the electrical plugs. They hate the taste. Not sure about the rest of the stuff, maybe get her some chew toys?
2006-07-29 10:33:22 · answer #1 · answered by Path Girl 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Is your cat's diet complete? Could she be lacking in something? Can you add a good multivitamin to her diet? I also had a kitty who 'ate' everything, including half of a bedspread, several corners off my bottom window ledges, shreds of carpeting, and stereo speaker wires! But she had been injured as a tiny kitten, and the vet suspected possible brain injury, so...
All you can do is, cat-proof one room of your house and confine her to that room when you are not right there to supervise her. She'll need to sleep there at night, also. Find some toys which will be 'safe' for her to chew on--most likely anything made for small dogs should be perfectly safe, for her. Rub some tuna oil right out of the can, on new toys, to give her the idea.
Electrical cords can be wrapped with tubing so she can't get at them; there is double-sided sticky tape to put on large items you don't want her to chew on. I'd say keep paper and plastic things put away. There is Bitter Apple and other similar liquids made that taste nasty which you can douse forbidden items with; I had no luck with it personally but it usually does work for most. Good luck!
2006-07-29 17:56:30 · answer #2 · answered by no1kn0smi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the dish soap thing. I did that and it worked like a charm. The cat WILL foam at the mouth the 1st time she bites the cord w/the soap on it.
2006-07-29 18:14:58 · answer #3 · answered by JOEYSMOM2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you could get something for your cat to chew on. petextras.com has freeze dried stingray tail called Ocean Chews. My cat loves them. The small ones come 5 or 6 to a pack. They look like a rawhide stick, but are really healthy. They recommend soaking in water for kitties, but mine never gives me a chance!
2006-07-29 18:10:53 · answer #4 · answered by Sharingan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An oral fettish, huh?
You got some good advice on how to handle it. I also advise keeping a spray bottle around, give her a squirt when she starts to chew on the "wrong" things.
She will probably grow out of it.
2006-07-30 11:01:48 · answer #5 · answered by starrzfan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is some plastic tubes you can put around your electrical cords. and you can put bitter end spray on it. and you can spray bitter end on other things as well, works well.
2006-07-29 17:41:41 · answer #6 · answered by macleod709 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apple bitters at pet store
2006-07-29 17:32:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a product called chewstop at Petsmart. I never used it, though.
2006-07-29 19:00:44 · answer #8 · answered by littlebit449 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well there's not rly alot u can do i have the same problem with my dog but the only thing u can do is when ur cat goes to bite any of those things u will have to move ur cat away..........
2006-07-29 17:36:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yell and put dish washing liquid on the cords and stuff they will learn. it wont hurt her
2006-07-29 17:38:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋