Before I go on, I will state to all of you that I would NEVER, ever put Gizmo in harm's way.
I'm well aware that chocolate is deadly poison to cats and keep it strictly away from her.
However, Gizmo seemed to be very interested in chocolate when I was eating it. I would chase her away when she tried to climb on the table.
This weekend I was wrapping Christmas presents, some of which were chocolates. I get them from a local confectioner who packs the choccies in a bag with white tissue paper.
The chocs never touched the paper. They are all in plastic wrap, sometimes in tinfoil inside the plastic packages.
I saw how much fun Gizmo had with her tissue paper, and since that was pretty well torn up I gave her the white paper that came in the choccie bag.
To my surprise Gizmo went crazy with delight, rolling herself up in the paper and kicking it as if she was 'on' the finest catnip.
She was fine later that day, and she is fine today. She never came in contact with any actual chocolate, only the smell.
Has anyone else had this happen?
I think I will take some of her less played-with toys and 'marinate' them in a chocolate box for a while if it is safe!
I'm well aware that chocolate is deadly poison to cats and keep it strictly away from her.
However, Gizmo seemed to be very interested in chocolate when I was eating it. I would chase her away when she tried to climb on the table.
This weekend I was wrapping Christmas presents, some of which were chocolates. I get them from a local confectioner who packs the choccies in a bag with white tissue paper.
The chocs never touched the paper. They are all in plastic wrap, sometimes in tinfoil inside the plastic packages.
I saw how much fun Gizmo had with her tissue paper, and since that was pretty well torn up I gave her the white paper that came in the choccie bag.
To my surprise Gizmo went crazy with delight, rolling herself up in the paper and kicking it as if she was 'on' the finest catnip.
She was fine later that day, and she is fine today. She never came in contact with any actual chocolate, only the smell.
Has anyone else had this happen?
I think I will take some of her less played-with toys and 'marinate' them in a chocolate box for a while if it is safe!