Pablo showed absolutely no interest in my yarn until a few weeks ago. But all of a sudden is obsessed with dragging my yarn all over the house in his sharp little teeth. I could kill him.
I finally relented and gave him some scrap yarn to play with, but no, he insists on playing with the expensive stuff.
Up until he developed this new pasttime, Pablo and I have gotten along famously. While this isn’t as bad as my old cat Wilson’s habit (humping at stuffed animals and fabric like a dog humps a leg), I could certainly do without this behavior.
My cat blogging totally beat out yours this time. :P
Umm…vets recommend you don’t allow the cat to play with yarn, string, whatnot. If they swallow it, it can have life-threatening effects on their “innards”. fyi
I’m trying, G, but haven’t found a successful way to keep it out of his kitty grasp. I’m working on him.
gots the same problem with my beastie, Ms. Lauren – & since beastie & i both live with my love the weaver-spinner-natural-dyer, the problem of potential fiber ingestion & the twisted guts that result is definitely a problem
one thing that can help if Gato is bent upon munching yarn – add dollops of vaseline to his food. sounds weird, but it’s recommended by vets. it aids the passage of non-digested material through the intestines. it’s actually good for cats in general, even non-yarn eaters, as most cats eat all manner of weird crap…
and the reason he goes after the expensive stuff is the same reason why when one is reading in a large room, full of many comfortable accoutrements, a cat will come & sit in the center of one’s book
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