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RE: Questions about Plastic Chewing

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Posted by: PHKitkat at Thu Mar 22 15:38:07 2007  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHKitkat ]  
   

Hi There,

I have a plastic chewer here also. Timothy has also loved to lick anything and everything plastic and he has ingested some in the past. I have to be very careful about what I leave out. At least hard plastic cannot be ingested.

I think the best thing you can do is try to discourage this behavior is by doing something to stop him in the act. Either start playing with him with an interactive toy, or try clicker-training him. Usually the noise of the clicker will cause a cat to stop what they are doing, and this can be rewarded with a treat of some kind.

BTW, the worse thing you can do if something like a ribbon is sticking out of either end of a cat is pull it out. You can cause more damage than the foreign body already has. You should only trim whatever is sticking out and get the cat to a vet immediately.

Regards,
PHKitkat


   

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