My Cat is a Freak

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:26am

He keeps on eating my earplugs. He chews on everything, but it is quite disconcerting to clean the litter box and see little orange pieces of foam in there. I am thinking, woah, Stoli might be sick, but then I realize, Nope - Earplug.

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Stoli is the big-ass grey one in the picture. Tonight caught him chewing up two tonight at once.

Damn crazy cat!

Any suggestions?

[Plum]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:28am

Um...put them in a drawer?

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:31am

I do usually, but sometimes I have them in during the day if I am trying to concentrate on work, and then the phone rings, and then . . . well, you get the idea.

I usually try to keep them out of his sight, because if he seems them . . . CHOMP. I seriously bought them in bulk just to save on expense.

[liotte]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:34am

Maybe he'd act more normal if he wasn't named after vodka?

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:37am

Nah, the behavior pre-dated the name.

He is a Russian Blue - what am I going call him - Boris?

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:38am

Maybe you can do something to the earplugs to make them less appealing. Soak them in alcohol or vinegar? I dunno, I'm grappling for straws here.

[Plum]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:40am

There's that Bitter Apple stuff, but I don't know how effective that is, or if you want it touching your ears.

Maybe if you got your cat a nother chew toy it would be distracted?

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:45am

He has toys up the ass - and out of the ass, and near the ass. The cat is more spoiled than Veruca Salt (which may be part of the problem).

He just likes to chew everything. One day I came home and he chewed through the plastic handle of the cat litter container.

Damn freakish cat - thank goodness he has no fondness for electrical wires!

Mybe I should just keep him perpetually stoned on catnip!

[Plum]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:56am

Um. I've heard startling the cat as it's performing the forbidden behavior can work. Like spraying it with water, or shaking a noisemaker at it.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:59am

****YWIW goes off to hunt for a spray bottle****


Pray for the future of my earplugs!

Have a great evening.
Updated On: 1/9/06 at 01:59 AM

[Celestial Entropy]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 5:43am

Russian Blues are smart, determined and freaky little kitties to begin with... *points to my avatar* mine has a mind of her own and she can drive me nuts. About your earplugs: scary situation... intestinal blockage would worry me to death.

Plum has suggested some good things...

Posted: 1/9/06 at 6:44am

My Russian Blue is freakishly smart, but he uses that great brain to think of ways to be adorable: He brings us a package of treats when he wants one, he sits on the computer desk and reads the screen when I'm working, he comes and tells me when there are deer in the back yard. He's also the single most affectionate cat I've ever seen and he dances when he is really happy.

I just had to say sweet things about him and defend his breed.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 6:50am

Miss Holly also likes to eat recently used foam earplugs. I'm not sure if it's because she likes the taste of earwax or she enjoys the enema-like experience when they emerge. Whatever it is, it's upsetting.

I'm glad you spoke up aboutPet Earplug Ingestion Syndrome. I feel like I've been silent too long.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:18am

One more thing we have in common PJ.

Stoli is a too smart for his own good, and a pig too boot. And, very friendly. I swear he is a dog somehow transplanted into a big ass cat.

Stoli is also quite affectionate and requires a decent amount of attention. He kneeds a lot, and the squeaks with distress when you make him stop. He took to the Siamese kitten when I got her like she was his own, carrying her around like a sock puppet and grooming her - ergo the picture.

He likes to sleep on top of me, and tries to lick me on my nose in the morning to wake me up and feed him, or he pummels me with his paws to wake me while braying in my face. I should have named him Audrey2 - FEED ME.

I love him to death, and think he is wonderful - just freakish about his desire to eat my earplugs. Last night he had two in his mouth at one time!

CE - I love that picture of your cat.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:28am

CE, that picture shows clearly that the cat is NOT amused to be wearing that tiara........if I even try to put a hat on my cat, a fight ensues, and I end up in the hat.....

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:36am

No one has come up with the idea of putting them in a drawer or some other out-of-sight, inaccessible place?

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:37am

Rath, that is where they usually are. But sometimes they are worn during the day when I need to concentrate on work, and the phone rings, and I am in the living room . . .

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:42am

mine is part russian blue (we think) and he chews on everything. maybe its a breed thing. he also picks things up in his mouth and carries them away. it's cute untill we cleasn the litterbox.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:43am

You just need to be more conscious of what you do with them when you pick up the phone...put them in your pocket or something.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:47am

Rath, my cat usually answers the phone.....he gets mad when I try

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:48am

Rath - You are of course correct. In a perfect world, I would. I usually put them in my pockets - sometimes I put on sweats and find pairs of earplugs in my pockets! He is just more persistent than I am consistent!

Abba - My Snowshoe Siamese is the tricky one. She carries off rings, earrings, everything and hides it under the rug in the kitchen - which is much better than the Litter Box.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:50am

LOL Elph.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:52am

Elphaba - that explaings those toll calls on my phone - Stoli and Sweetpea have been chatting - Stoli has been using the speakerphone in the bedroom!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 10:53am

They're probably online when you're out too.

[OddExoticCreature]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 11:01am

My ferret used to chew/eat everything he possibly could. Whenever I found foam bits on the carpet I'd freak out and feed him vaselin lol because I'm sorry I cannot afford thousand dollar vet bills. One time I heard a loud pop and heard him FLY under my bed. I was like "what the hell?" and got him and his furry little nose was blackened and some of his whiskers were crispy and crimped. It was really quite hilarious once I knew he was okay other than that. Bastard chewed through the very thickly coated wires to my space heater and I hadn't even known because they were hidden. He learned his lesson...and I learned mine.

Updated On: 1/9/06 at 11:01 AM