(fair warning, this is a long post, the first part is history, feel free to skip or scan to the end)
Well It looks like I got to do alittle work with Mai Sai. Since I got him he has been a very active cat, and one of the things he does is play with everything, like "attacking" a pen, or chip clip (or other hard object). I figured it was just kitten behavior and he would grow out of it.
Well today I came home to find that he had eaten half of my research paper I need to turn in tomorrow. This isn't as big a deal as it sounds, I have saved and can print it up again (thank goodness!). But Oliver (my cat I had to leave home with my parents) had a habit of eating not only paper, but books. This behavior is one of the reasons I couldn't take him with me, my room mate wouldn't put up with it (though to be fair, he has other behavior issues and there was the fact we knew he and Tess didn't get along). So given my history with Oliver, I started looking for other signs. I found that he had left bite marks in a bookmark (one of the nice ones, a photo covered in thick plastic) and bite marks on the blinds. Now I haven't seen him bite on paper or the blinds or whatnot, but I have seen him "attacking" the hard objects I've talked about before. I can only guess the rest happens when I'm gone.
I am 95% sure this isn't a teeth problem. He just went in to the vet for a check up about a month ago and I payed alittle extra for a indepth check up. I don't know what could have happened between now and then that he would get a problem, and not show any other signs, or do this in front of me or my room mate.
Clearly I need to start working on this. So I am trying to make a checklist, and I could really use some help. I would like to start with the "nice" ways first (those that would be the kindest on the cat) and work down if that doesn't work. I'm going to list the ways I know of to work on this. If I'm missing something, please let me know, and let me know what would be the best order to work down.
A can of compressed air, sprayed near but not on them
A can of coins, shaken when they are doing what they shouldnt
Double sided tape on things he shouldn't touch (though I dont think this would work with this problem as well)
Covering the area in foil (same as above)
Not alot, but its a start. I have set up a can of coins both upstairs and downstairs...
Well It looks like I got to do alittle work with Mai Sai. Since I got him he has been a very active cat, and one of the things he does is play with everything, like "attacking" a pen, or chip clip (or other hard object). I figured it was just kitten behavior and he would grow out of it.
Well today I came home to find that he had eaten half of my research paper I need to turn in tomorrow. This isn't as big a deal as it sounds, I have saved and can print it up again (thank goodness!). But Oliver (my cat I had to leave home with my parents) had a habit of eating not only paper, but books. This behavior is one of the reasons I couldn't take him with me, my room mate wouldn't put up with it (though to be fair, he has other behavior issues and there was the fact we knew he and Tess didn't get along). So given my history with Oliver, I started looking for other signs. I found that he had left bite marks in a bookmark (one of the nice ones, a photo covered in thick plastic) and bite marks on the blinds. Now I haven't seen him bite on paper or the blinds or whatnot, but I have seen him "attacking" the hard objects I've talked about before. I can only guess the rest happens when I'm gone.
I am 95% sure this isn't a teeth problem. He just went in to the vet for a check up about a month ago and I payed alittle extra for a indepth check up. I don't know what could have happened between now and then that he would get a problem, and not show any other signs, or do this in front of me or my room mate.
Clearly I need to start working on this. So I am trying to make a checklist, and I could really use some help. I would like to start with the "nice" ways first (those that would be the kindest on the cat) and work down if that doesn't work. I'm going to list the ways I know of to work on this. If I'm missing something, please let me know, and let me know what would be the best order to work down.
A can of compressed air, sprayed near but not on them
A can of coins, shaken when they are doing what they shouldnt
Double sided tape on things he shouldn't touch (though I dont think this would work with this problem as well)
Covering the area in foil (same as above)
Not alot, but its a start. I have set up a can of coins both upstairs and downstairs...