Alex
Savannah Super Cat
1. Ever since I brought my F3 kitten home a few months ago (he's now 5 months), he has been fascinated with wool. By fascinated, I mean he loves to bite holes in my favorite wool sweaters and pull them out of my drawers (not to mention wool blankets). Any ideas how I can teach him to leave them alone?
2. Also, I have a foam pad on top of my mattress to make it more comfy, and he loves to chew on the edges of that - even to the point of putting holes in my sheet! I love having him sleep with me, but I'll wake up to find him at it yet again. How can I make him stop?
... It's not that he doesn't have anything else to chew on - I got him a parrot branch at the pet store he loves to gnaw on, and he's ripped open his wrestling teddy bear and is in the process of pulling all the stuffing out ... I've also picked up small rawhide dog bones, which he enjoys
3. Another issue is plastic grocery bags. Anytime I bring groceries home he's fast at work wrestling and tearing holes in them. Last night (girls will understand this ... but maybe not guys) I was deep conditioning my hair and tied a bag on my head with him beside me. Bad idea. Very bad idea. He jumped for it, and now I have a small rip in the top of my ear (don't worry ... I'm fine and it seems to be healing well). I'm not made at him, it wasn't his fault - it was mine for not training him to leave plastic bags alone. Any ideas on how to teach that lesson?
4. "Love bites" ... as you guys seem to be calling them. He will start licking me when he's really happy and content, then, suddenly he bites, and if I ignore it, he'll bite harder. I have been tapping his nose, and he'll let go, but, it's not enough of a deterrent to keep him from doing it again.
Thanks guys!
P.S. Oh ... and the fun "toy" called toilet paper? Well, I now keep mine in medicine cabinet
2. Also, I have a foam pad on top of my mattress to make it more comfy, and he loves to chew on the edges of that - even to the point of putting holes in my sheet! I love having him sleep with me, but I'll wake up to find him at it yet again. How can I make him stop?
... It's not that he doesn't have anything else to chew on - I got him a parrot branch at the pet store he loves to gnaw on, and he's ripped open his wrestling teddy bear and is in the process of pulling all the stuffing out ... I've also picked up small rawhide dog bones, which he enjoys
3. Another issue is plastic grocery bags. Anytime I bring groceries home he's fast at work wrestling and tearing holes in them. Last night (girls will understand this ... but maybe not guys) I was deep conditioning my hair and tied a bag on my head with him beside me. Bad idea. Very bad idea. He jumped for it, and now I have a small rip in the top of my ear (don't worry ... I'm fine and it seems to be healing well). I'm not made at him, it wasn't his fault - it was mine for not training him to leave plastic bags alone. Any ideas on how to teach that lesson?
4. "Love bites" ... as you guys seem to be calling them. He will start licking me when he's really happy and content, then, suddenly he bites, and if I ignore it, he'll bite harder. I have been tapping his nose, and he'll let go, but, it's not enough of a deterrent to keep him from doing it again.
Thanks guys!
P.S. Oh ... and the fun "toy" called toilet paper? Well, I now keep mine in medicine cabinet