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28-07-2008, 03:26 PM
This has happened a few times, maybe four or five (that I've witnessed) but it seems Darcy has a taste for plastic shopping bags?!
It is quite worrying. Occasionally he's just kind of licked or nibbled them and I've shooed him away but one day I just put a bag down, then sat on the sofa, and heard some rustling - I looked over and he had half the plastic handle torn off and in his mouth, and he was trying to chew it!! I grabbed him round the neck and and pulled it out but he didn't seem phased.
I don't have loads of them lying around but occasionally he might just find one. I'm really really worried that he may swallow some plastic which would NOT be good.
I thought maybe he's looking for something to chew, so I'm going to invest in some cat grass that I've heard about. He is a REALLY inquisitive cat, I know most cats are but the moment something or someone new comes into the flat, he goes into full purr mode and investigates for a full 20 minutes. So it is really hard to hide every bit of thin plastic in the house!
Is it just him being inquisitive, is he wise enough not to swallow the damned stuff, any one with any similar experience? I have now de-plastic-bagged the house, so hopefully there's NONE for him to find. He doesn't do it every time, in fact quite often there's a few sitting out after I've been shopping and he ignores them. But once he gets started, it seems hes on a mission!
It is quite worrying. Occasionally he's just kind of licked or nibbled them and I've shooed him away but one day I just put a bag down, then sat on the sofa, and heard some rustling - I looked over and he had half the plastic handle torn off and in his mouth, and he was trying to chew it!! I grabbed him round the neck and and pulled it out but he didn't seem phased.
I don't have loads of them lying around but occasionally he might just find one. I'm really really worried that he may swallow some plastic which would NOT be good.
I thought maybe he's looking for something to chew, so I'm going to invest in some cat grass that I've heard about. He is a REALLY inquisitive cat, I know most cats are but the moment something or someone new comes into the flat, he goes into full purr mode and investigates for a full 20 minutes. So it is really hard to hide every bit of thin plastic in the house!
Is it just him being inquisitive, is he wise enough not to swallow the damned stuff, any one with any similar experience? I have now de-plastic-bagged the house, so hopefully there's NONE for him to find. He doesn't do it every time, in fact quite often there's a few sitting out after I've been shopping and he ignores them. But once he gets started, it seems hes on a mission!