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I think that Bastian, although he is indoors-only, has developed some sort of kitty cabin fever. Either that or he has a brain tumor or chemical imbalance, I'm sure of it. For the last week he has spent every waking moment trying to destroy my house!
The kitchen garbage can is his favorite new project. We got a new one with a lid to prevent him from stealing trash out of it, but he has now learned how to pry the lid off, or sometimes he actually manages to PUSH THE BUTTON to open the lid! So we started keeping a heavy object on top of the lid (which does make actually USING the trash can somewhat inconvenient). This has slowed him down, but my boy does not give up: he is convinced that he will be able to get the trash out by grabbing the edge of the liner bag that overhangs the outside and pulling it out. So far, he's only succeeded in shredding the bag into a zillion pieces, but he is not a quitter!
Last night he decided to drag my dirty laundry out of my hamper and all through the house. I was in the living room, and suddenly I hear him howling. He howled all the way down the hall and trotted into the room, dragging a towel like a lion would drag a gazelle. I had to chase him through the kitchen to get it back!
And last night I got very little sleep because I was awakened multiple times by crashing objects that he was knocking off of counters and shelves. I finally shut him in one of the bedrooms, where he howled for several hours. When I went to let him out, I discovered that he had drug a giant bag of aspen bedding (for my snakes) out of the closet, ripped a giant hole in it, and scattered aspen all over the carpet.
I think I need to get him some new toys.
The kitchen garbage can is his favorite new project. We got a new one with a lid to prevent him from stealing trash out of it, but he has now learned how to pry the lid off, or sometimes he actually manages to PUSH THE BUTTON to open the lid! So we started keeping a heavy object on top of the lid (which does make actually USING the trash can somewhat inconvenient). This has slowed him down, but my boy does not give up: he is convinced that he will be able to get the trash out by grabbing the edge of the liner bag that overhangs the outside and pulling it out. So far, he's only succeeded in shredding the bag into a zillion pieces, but he is not a quitter!
Last night he decided to drag my dirty laundry out of my hamper and all through the house. I was in the living room, and suddenly I hear him howling. He howled all the way down the hall and trotted into the room, dragging a towel like a lion would drag a gazelle. I had to chase him through the kitchen to get it back!
And last night I got very little sleep because I was awakened multiple times by crashing objects that he was knocking off of counters and shelves. I finally shut him in one of the bedrooms, where he howled for several hours. When I went to let him out, I discovered that he had drug a giant bag of aspen bedding (for my snakes) out of the closet, ripped a giant hole in it, and scattered aspen all over the carpet.
I think I need to get him some new toys.