Cat is chewing hole in wall
10-09-2010, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by DebsShelties
I agree, just made him a fast kick bag. Had seen them in catalogs for $6. Used scrap material, sewed up 3 sides and poured a bag of catnip into it, sewed the top and gave it to him. HE LOVES IT! Is going ga ga over this new item.
10-09-2010, 06:04 PM
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I got My puppie in June shortly after I got done school for the summer I went back in September and she is now chewing on the pillows Vet says she is lonely I said she has a dog , three cats, and a 91 year old mother in law for company until I get home at 2 she cant be lonely but he says she is He may be right she doesnt do it on the weekends Is something new for your kitty
10-09-2010, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by DebsShelties
Seperation from who? I got him just over a year ago, he is in with another cat and the 2 dogs.
He is funny about play.
He is funny about play.
I have 2 feral cats, 1- 15 yo and 1 - 10 yo., never chewed on anything, I found them both very young, inside cats, declawed all four feet. Not a problem with them, health or behavior.
10-09-2010, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by bjnicholson
Originally Posted by DebsShelties
I agree, just made him a fast kick bag. Had seen them in catalogs for $6. Used scrap material, sewed up 3 sides and poured a bag of catnip into it, sewed the top and gave it to him. HE LOVES IT! Is going ga ga over this new item.
10-09-2010, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Jingleberry
Originally Posted by DebsShelties
Seperation from who? I got him just over a year ago, he is in with another cat and the 2 dogs.
He is funny about play.
He is funny about play.
I have 2 feral cats, 1- 15 yo and 1 - 10 yo., never chewed on anything, I found them both very young, inside cats, declawed all four feet. Not a problem with them, health or behavior.
10-09-2010, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
To repair drywall..smooth the sides of the hole but let the fronts be a little bit wider than the backs. Cut a piece of wood or cardboard a little bit bigger than the hole, put two small holes in the middle of it. Put a strong string or shoelace in it and tie it in front.
Slide this behind the hole and put a long piece of wood or knitting needle through the string and tie it till it holds the backing in place. You could put some glue on the wood so it hits the wall around the hole it so it will stick.
When glue is dry, start putting on the glop of whatever you want or can buy to fix it up. Smooth it till it matches the wall, but just a little bit out from the wall. When dry, remove strings, sand it down, and if necessary to fill hole the string left, do this now and when IT is dry, repaint.
I've done it several times with our many years of large, powerful Dobermans who playfully ran thorough the house and knocked large pieces of furniture against the walls.
Slide this behind the hole and put a long piece of wood or knitting needle through the string and tie it till it holds the backing in place. You could put some glue on the wood so it hits the wall around the hole it so it will stick.
When glue is dry, start putting on the glop of whatever you want or can buy to fix it up. Smooth it till it matches the wall, but just a little bit out from the wall. When dry, remove strings, sand it down, and if necessary to fill hole the string left, do this now and when IT is dry, repaint.
I've done it several times with our many years of large, powerful Dobermans who playfully ran thorough the house and knocked large pieces of furniture against the walls.
I grew up around Dobies and Great Danes.
This is only my 3rd cat. My other cat is older, she was given to me when someone no longer wanted her at about a year old.
That was approx 7 years ago.
This kitty was left out in the cold, no food etc and I could not just let him die. He was covered with fleas, so he got 2 dawn dish soap baths, no more fleas and a gentle bath.
He seems to love to dig his claws into me when we play, ouch.
I tell him ouch no baby, no claws. Kitties.
10-10-2010, 02:41 PM
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Still have not located the drywall that supposedly came out of it. Not sure if he ate it (hoping not) or not.
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When she started walking, my youngest daughter uprooted and ate the roots from some of my pot plants (not THAT kind of pot plant) inside the house. The doctor called it Pica and said she must have some sort of vitamin or mineral deficiency, and to keep poison plants out of the house but otherwise sprout some wheat or food grains for her. At that time, 50 years ago, this old German doctor was against a lot of the other doctors' theories, but after letting her eat sprouted grains for a few months, she stopped ruining my favorite house plants.
Drywall is Lime, which my nurseryman husband used to put on the garden and all plants we have. I don't think it will hurt him.
Maybe your cat is the same, lacking some mineral in his diet?
You could buy him sprouted wheat in grocery stores, I get one for my cats every 10 days or so and they graze on it like goats!
Also, maybe a drop now and then of some kitty vitamins and minerals.
Should he continue this, besides checking with the vet, you could spray the area with Bitter Orange, the taste of which most cats hate.
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When she started walking, my youngest daughter uprooted and ate the roots from some of my pot plants (not THAT kind of pot plant) inside the house. The doctor called it Pica and said she must have some sort of vitamin or mineral deficiency, and to keep poison plants out of the house but otherwise sprout some wheat or food grains for her. At that time, 50 years ago, this old German doctor was against a lot of the other doctors' theories, but after letting her eat sprouted grains for a few months, she stopped ruining my favorite house plants.
Drywall is Lime, which my nurseryman husband used to put on the garden and all plants we have. I don't think it will hurt him.
Maybe your cat is the same, lacking some mineral in his diet?
You could buy him sprouted wheat in grocery stores, I get one for my cats every 10 days or so and they graze on it like goats!
Also, maybe a drop now and then of some kitty vitamins and minerals.
Should he continue this, besides checking with the vet, you could spray the area with Bitter Orange, the taste of which most cats hate.
10-10-2010, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by carolaug
One of my Cats is driving me crazy...he is usually so good...best cat I have ever had...5 years old...he wants to go out and is an indoor car, goes out on a leash...always has and does good...problem for the last week....including today he wants to go out all the time...woke me up at 1am today...no stop crying and digging at the furniture and rugs...he has never been like this. Hope he stops soon...love him to pieces...but he is tearing the place apart.
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