My husband and I just adopted two beautiful year-old cats from the rescue three weeks ago. Lilly is lovely--playful, affectionate, and just a touch timid. Her brother Luke, who bigger and stronger than Lilly, is also playful and affectionate, but becomes a sneaky little devil at night. Lilly, on the other hand, has begun curling up and sleeping with us.
I play with both of them for 20-30 minutes before bedtime--to the point where they are exhausted. (I haven't been feeding them afterwards though, as their meal is earlier in the day, but it seems that might a helpful addition.)
We usually ignore the natural play and noise that goes on at night, but at 3 am every night for the last week, there have been some VERY suspicious sounds. When I go to investigate, there is Luke, sitting pretty and innocent. However in the morning, we have found 1) our telephone cord chewed through 2) a lamp cord chewed through, and 3) a chewed through mouse wire.
I have tried sticky paws, tin foiling all wires and even putting a mixture of jalepeno juice and cayenne pepper on the wires and around the general area, but so far, nothing has seemed to dissuade Luke from munching on wires. I am so worried that he will hurt himself. My husband works from home, so it is imperative that his equipment is in good working order. Unfortunately, we live in a large loft with an open plan--we are unable to shut his "office" off from them. (oh, and homes offices are like a wire explosion! there are so many wires it's hard to hide or guard them all)
This is doubly difficult because it is all happening at night, when we are asleep and can't sense what he is chewing--especially when I've already taken steps to prevent it. Could he be doing it because he is hungry? bored? anxious? His sister doesn't seem interested in wires at all. We are starting to loose sleep over this! I really hope that someone has some helpful advice.
I play with both of them for 20-30 minutes before bedtime--to the point where they are exhausted. (I haven't been feeding them afterwards though, as their meal is earlier in the day, but it seems that might a helpful addition.)
We usually ignore the natural play and noise that goes on at night, but at 3 am every night for the last week, there have been some VERY suspicious sounds. When I go to investigate, there is Luke, sitting pretty and innocent. However in the morning, we have found 1) our telephone cord chewed through 2) a lamp cord chewed through, and 3) a chewed through mouse wire.
I have tried sticky paws, tin foiling all wires and even putting a mixture of jalepeno juice and cayenne pepper on the wires and around the general area, but so far, nothing has seemed to dissuade Luke from munching on wires. I am so worried that he will hurt himself. My husband works from home, so it is imperative that his equipment is in good working order. Unfortunately, we live in a large loft with an open plan--we are unable to shut his "office" off from them. (oh, and homes offices are like a wire explosion! there are so many wires it's hard to hide or guard them all)
This is doubly difficult because it is all happening at night, when we are asleep and can't sense what he is chewing--especially when I've already taken steps to prevent it. Could he be doing it because he is hungry? bored? anxious? His sister doesn't seem interested in wires at all. We are starting to loose sleep over this! I really hope that someone has some helpful advice.
