A few years ago, we bought a couple of Alpaca rugs for our babes to rest on - sooooo soft and fuzzy, we figured they'd be irresistable!! Well, our old lady Puddin (may she rest in peace) absolutely loved the rugs, and would sleep for hours on them, with her head upside down and buried in fluff.
However... none of the boys would so much as TOUCH them!! We put one on the sofa, and they would carefully step around the rugs to avoid even lightly touching them!! If I tossed them on the rug, they would BOING into the air and land somewhere else!!
When we brought Yoda into the house last summer, he did the same thing with those rugs. I took to laying them on piles of computer cables, to keep him from playing, and it worked very well.
Well, last friday we brought home a little girl named Jasmine, to keep both Yoda and us company... and, lo and behold, she adores the rugs too!! She sprawls out on the rug, making huge star-paws and searching around for a nipple!!
Not only that, but she's already figured out that Yoda won't follow her onto the rug, so she runs there when she's tired of being pestered by him.
So, apparently alpaca rugs have girl cooties, and the boys just won't touch them!!
Has anyone else ever had alpaca rugs around their companions??
However... none of the boys would so much as TOUCH them!! We put one on the sofa, and they would carefully step around the rugs to avoid even lightly touching them!! If I tossed them on the rug, they would BOING into the air and land somewhere else!!
When we brought Yoda into the house last summer, he did the same thing with those rugs. I took to laying them on piles of computer cables, to keep him from playing, and it worked very well.
Well, last friday we brought home a little girl named Jasmine, to keep both Yoda and us company... and, lo and behold, she adores the rugs too!! She sprawls out on the rug, making huge star-paws and searching around for a nipple!!
Not only that, but she's already figured out that Yoda won't follow her onto the rug, so she runs there when she's tired of being pestered by him.
So, apparently alpaca rugs have girl cooties, and the boys just won't touch them!!
Has anyone else ever had alpaca rugs around their companions??