The younger the cat the more playful they will be.
Cat chewing blind cords.
I gave my cat a drop of liquid minerals trace minerals in its wet food 3x day for the first day and within 24 hours she wasn t chewing on a single thing.
Cats love to play with household items.
As a pet owner one of your most important responsibilities is to protect your feline companion from preventable illness and injury.
Some of these are perfectly safe while others like plastic bags venetian blind cords curtains and rods and electrical cords can be downright dangerous both to you and to your cat.
And after two years of having the blinds in our home i would give them two paws up for being cat proof too.
Cats usually find cords and wires to chew on especially if left alone during the day.
There are cats who bend and break aluminum blinds trying to squeeze behind them and cats who love blinds cords more that catnip.
Your cat chewing wires is one of the most dangerous and yes preventable habits that must be avoided at all costs.
Accidents do happen of course.
Cords are commonly mistaken for cat toys so be sure to keep them out of reach whenever possible.
Comfortex makes a high quality environmentally friendly blind that also looks modern and stylish with clean lines and none of that pain relief fussy rustic blind look with strings and cords dangling everywhere.
Have seen the same in turtles.
For this reason cat teeth are built for almost any level of chewing and rarely get harmed via this behavior.
No wood chewing no plastic chewing no metal chewing no mini blind chewing and no plant chewing.
One theory is that the cord resembles another animal s tail and that basic feline instinct compels the cat to attack anything that looks like a tail although this reasoning doesn t address why the cat would continue to chew the cord once it discovers there s no animal attached.
Sadly when it comes to cats chewing on cords this old cliché can ring far too true.
There s some mystery surrounding why cats choose electrical cords to chew on.
Reasons for chewing.
Risks of destructive chewing in cats.
As with plastic bags cats can find the oral sensation of chewing on cords pleasant.
Kittens in particular can chew cords as part of their exploratory development.
Chewing on cords is a dangerous activity that should be actively prevented as it presents a choking hazard as well as the possibility of injury and death from.
A dangerous household item cats often chew is electrical cord and wire.
My cat was chewing and it reminded me of pica behavior.
And kittens in particular like to chew on things.
Roller blind cords are one of the biggest temptations for a cat as this swinging piece of cord is essentially a massive bit of string for them to play with.
A cat s teeth are much sharper than a dog s or ours like a scalpel compared to a butter knife jones says.
My cat will do anything to get access to the window cats are natural observers who find the world of birds and squirrels much more interesting than you sitting like a lump on the couch.
More common are concerns about what your cat is chewing and what she may.