Chew toys for cats

[koshkabegemot]

So I have a 7 month old tabby who will chew the living hell out of anything within her reach. In other words, everything. She's already eaten the plastic/rubber/whatever around the wires on two of my chargers (which were NOT plugged in, thank God). She will chew on plastic bags and paper towels and . . . pretty much anything that has the

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[margrock]

They definitely do! They're not rawhide, I would worry about the safety of that for cats. We've had luck with chew toys like these: http://www.amazon.com/Petstages-Dental-Health-Chews-pair/dp/B0009YF3KY

We also spray all wires with Bitter Apple Spray to discourage our chewer. We use this kind: http://www.amazon.com/Grannicks-Bitter-Apple-Bottle-Ounces/dp/B00028ZMEO/ref=sr_1_1?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1406715744&sr=1-1&keywords=bitter+apple+spray

We've had a bit of a flare up with this behavior, I've told hubby we're going to tidy up his cables - he's a computer guy, looks like a rats nest under his desk. I've read recently that keeping the cables tied down, perhaps to the leg of the desk, it will pose a less attractive "dining" option. Good luck!

[koshkabegemot]

lol I have the Pet Stages ones. Er, had. They got chewed up by my vacuum.

I've heard about the bitter apple stuff & will probably buy it tomorrow once I get paid.

[flameelf]

Don't count on the bitter apple stuff, though. I had a cat that continued to gnaw on anything I put it on, as if it wasn't even there

[flameelf]

P.S. I really think they just love the feeling of their teeth going through the material.

[chaos_is_beauty]

One of my cats sometimes steals rawhide from the dogs and chews it, if it's the skinny twisted kind, so you might try that.

[koshkabegemot]

She seems to prefer chewing hard plastic stuff (straws, my electrical cords, this plastic small turkey baster looking thing I use to refill my oil lamp, etc.) so rawhide would probably be ideal for her. Or maybe I can see if they have uncooked fish spines or something at the butcher that she can chew on. I bet she'd go nuts on those.

[saintvictoria]

I had a cat that would chew iphone cables, just them, something they are made off I guess. He also chewed plastic bags, actually they all do. They get catnip chew mice, it helps.

[koshkabegemot]

I think she chews partially because she's bored and partially because she's a kitten and is orally fixated like a toddler. I just don't want to come home one day to a cat with half her face electrocuted/burnt off.

[sarpo]

My previous cat was a chewer. Her favorite was iphone headphone cords - she chewed through 3 pairs! She also chewed the corners off throw pillows and a dozen other things. (No helpful advice - just commiseration!)

[koshkabegemot]

Commiseration is fine with me! lol

I keep all my stuff that needs to be plugged in--all the wires get tucked away into this record player cupboard thing that I have pushed all the way against my wall. The only way she can get to them is if she moves the cabinet (she can't--it's heavy).

She ate the plastic covering around half of one of my Kindle chargers, chewed through/ate my only phone charger, went to work chewing on the head of the micro-charger I just bought last Saturday to charge my phone and my Kindle . . .

I come home every day to a roll of toilet paper or paper towels completely mauled on the floor of my kitchen/bathroom. I'd lock all them up, but I live in an ollllld building and none of the doors actually shut properly so . . .

Edit: Oh, forgot the headphone cord she ate. Part of it, at least. Eh, they were shitty headphones anyway, but still.

Cord covers

[kailen]

Regarding cords, if you have a bunch of them, you can try covering them with a plastic tube. I have a rabbit and there are various methods for covering cords to make sure rabbits don't chew them. See this post: http://www.longislandrabbitrescue.org/bunny-proofing.htm
This is probably more helpful if the cords are for desktop computers and the like that you don't need to move the cords around, not a laptop.

Re: Cord covers

[koshkabegemot]

:DDD That actually helped a lot. My laptop is my main computer, so it doesn't get moved around a lot (unless I'm travelling).

All that will work just fine! Thanks!