One of my cats will eat my used pink foam earplugs. Then a day or so later will do this loud catpuke wretching noise and vomit it up. I have to make sure I put my earplugs away, but somtimes on accident I’ll leave one out and sure enough, a couple of days later, I’ll find it in a pile of catpuke. You’d think a cat would stop eating something that makes her feel so bad, but she doesn’t. I used to think cats were pretty smart, but lately I’m beginning to wonder.
I discovered last night that one of my cats likes to lick any part of my body lathered in Mineral Ice, and then, she seems to go awry. I imagine it’s something to do with the menthol or camfor? Makes catnip look like sunflower seeds the way she behaved.
Both my cats await eagerly every morning for me to brush my teeth and rinse with mouthwash just so they can lick my lips.
Both my cats love licking new peoples boots, but beware, after such lickings, they begin to sink their claws in and shred them to pieces.
SwimmingRiddles, I would like to rent your cat for a day. My blinds are dusty and the thought of cleaning them makes me cringe. I have a cat who is obsessed with batting the blinds. Maybe I can fit him with a little dust mitten.
my big red female, macavity, is also a plastic licker. she is also a lush. you cannot have any kind of alcoholic beverage anywhere near her. she WILL get it. i’ve never encouraged this behavior, and i’ve had her since she was 8 weeks old, more than 7 years. we recently had friends over, and i had made bloody mary’s for everyone. dear friend set his glass down on the floor out on the porch, looked down a minute later and macavity the mystery cat had her WHOLE head in the glass, drinking like crazy.
my little no-tailed girl is not into plastic, but she loves cantaloupe. so much so that she (and she is my good girl) will open the cupboard door, knock over the trash can and drag the cantaloupe skins out of the garbage. she will then sit in the middle of the floor and lick them until they are dried-out husks.
i have asked them both about these habits, but they are too busy being effanineffable to answer me.
Mr. Kitty likes to chew on plastic. He especially likes to crunch on the plastic trash bag of the bathroom trash can. We’ll get up in the morning and find these little twisted strands of plastic coated in cat spit. Ick.
I also woke up some time in the night this weekend and found Mr. Kitty laying with my on my pillow. All the way on my pillow - my arm was flung over my head and that little nook it created between my face and my arm was perfect for a mid-sized, soft, fuzzy black cat. At least he thought so. I woke up to find a purring mass of fur in my face. Fine with me - cat fur smells good.
Mmmmm…kitties.
You can take him, but keep in mind, he is a little fellow,and can only reach the bottom 6 inches. In fact, my other cat, Tiki would apprechiate it a lot if Chang were rented out. As the official Bringer of Food, however, your duties will include, but not be limited to: Food Bringing, Water Providing, toy thrower (for fetch), belly rubber, and picker-upper-and-carrier when he feels lazy.
So far the plastic fetish is the most promising answer, although he never bites the blinds, just licks. Chang is as found of playing with the occasional plastic bag as the next kitten, but he doesn’t EAT them. To my knowledge, the blinds are the only thing he licks… I dunno, it confuses me and disgusts Tiki. The two of us have to take a nap now while Chang stares at the ceiling and mews for the spider to come down so he can eat it, already.
I swear, if Tiki had thumbs, she’d point to Chang and say “Do you BELIEVE this guy? Oy. He’s so frustrating, I have to bathe myself again.”
My cat licked the blinds, too, but I found they were crawling with bitty spiders on the back side.
A good dose of windex with amonia D chased the spiders and put the cat off the licking routine as well.
Oh, lord, this is too funny. One day when my boyfriend was puppysitting my 12 week old puppy, he (boyfriend) had to “do God’s work”, and sure enough, Sigge crawled into his underwear and curled up and fell asleep! He’s one odd little guy.
Zen is the Empress around here. If she feels you are not paying enough attention she glares at you in an imperious fashion, or makes angry meaaowws! Of course, being an Empress she has to take security precautions, so she insists on sniffing your hand quite thoroughly before you pet her to make sure you aren’t a spy or doppelganger, even if she’s sitting on you. She is always close at hand to supervise any activities, whether cooking or reading or building shelves or f- well, anything. She also has a strange habit of chewing big holes in boxes so she can put her head through.
Moonshadow seems to be part dog. Despite Zen’s lectures, Moonshadow comes when called and doesn’t keep up on her gromming. She screeches quite ingidnantly if you pick her up. We haven’t had her for very long, but I’m sure she’ll develop some weird habit or another.
We used to have a cat named Pixie, but she died a few years back. She was extremely rambunctious. If she found anything that made noise, like a bottle cap or a Christmas tree bell, she would bat it around the kitchen floor until one of us woke up in the middle of the night and took it away.
My cat licks the plastic bags too, (the thicker and crinklier the better), and also likes that pseudo-cheez from the “cheez and crackers” snacks. He just loves that crap, and I don’t know why.
My cat is somewhat inbred.
I can’t help you as to why your cat likes licking the venetians. Maybe it’s just a texture thing; she likes the way it feels.
Now, can someone tell me, what’s the deal with my cat and alcohol? You can’t leave beer, scotch or brandy alone, or he’ll be in it up to his ears. Any other booze is safe, but he does love those three.
And (not to suggest that I’d ever do anything illegal) but if you have certain vegetable matter lying around, he’ll have a go at that too. I’ve decided that, what with the booze, the weed and the fact he appears to love Jimi Hendrix music, he’s a reincarnated hippy who won’t be happy until I take him back to Woodstock.
Max The Demon Kitty[sup]tm[/sup] will lick the damnedest things. Walls, venitian blinds, suitcases, plastic bags, nylon cloth (this is an especially good thing, he thinks), cardboard boxes, and pretty much anything else he can get his tounge on. The other two look at him like he’s lost his mind, but seeing as he’s a big(!) black atavism of a cat, they don’t actually bug him about it. Neither do I: I like my hands in one piece, thankyouverymuch.
No clue why. I guess it’s one of those Cat things, never to be understood.
Today I caught him licking the plastic box fan. Luckily, it wasn’t on.
I think my cat is a plastics junkie. Oy.
my cat …named baby girl or baby cat has a bottle cap fetish this started becuase she likes to play by her self and will ignore anyone elses existence
So one day I tossed a bottle cap past her by accident and she ounced on it and was playing hockey ( we have hardwood floors so this is easy for her to do )
This seemes to be somehting she had fun with and it was so cute when thed take the cap in her mouth drop it slam it back down the hall and go fetch it
tge fub has its down fall tho as she will howl if she cant find one when she wants to play usually at 2 am the clacking sound of it bouncing when she finds one usually at 2 am and me forgetting she has 30 around theh ouse and sliding on one
also my male cats will spray anything wiht plastic and this is diffrent cats but weve had to tosa 3 or 4 bean bag chairs cuase of it is that odd ? note they only spray the plastic
We had to get rid of our bean bag as well. My cat that died this last summer also had a thing for laundry in a hamper. After he slept there he sprayed so no one else could sleep in it.
Missy also likes to play hockey, but she uses dog food. Purina Dog Chow is the perfect size for her!
Pooh used to play tag with the rat when we had one.