Some of these are perfectly safe while others like plastic bags venetian blind cords curtains and rods and electrical cords can be downright dangerous both to you and to your cat.
Cat chewing blind cords.
Cats usually find cords and wires to chew on especially if left alone during the day.
Roller blind cords are one of the biggest temptations for a cat as this swinging piece of cord is essentially a massive bit of string for them to play with.
My cat was chewing and it reminded me of pica behavior.
The spruce melissa ling wires and cords.
More common are concerns about what your cat is chewing and what she may.
Have seen the same in turtles.
As with plastic bags cats can find the oral sensation of chewing on cords pleasant.
Accidents do happen of course.
Kittens in particular can chew cords as part of their exploratory development.
Cats love to play with household items.
Try to provide plenty of play alone toys for your cat or kitten including wall or door mounted toys they can swat or bat around cat towers to explore with attached toys for added interest or even an arrangement of cardboard boxes on the floor to.
Comfortex makes a high quality environmentally friendly blind that also looks modern and stylish with clean lines and none of that pain relief fussy rustic blind look with strings and cords dangling everywhere.
Sadly when it comes to cats chewing on cords this old cliché can ring far too true.
A dangerous household item cats often chew is electrical cord and wire.
A cat s teeth are much sharper than a dog s or ours like a scalpel compared to a butter knife jones says.
Reasons for chewing.
Beware of the cord.
For this reason cat teeth are built for almost any level of chewing and rarely get harmed via this behavior.
And kittens in particular like to chew on things.
And after two years of having the blinds in our home i would give them two paws up for being cat proof too.
My cat will do anything to get access to the window cats are natural observers who find the world of birds and squirrels much more interesting than you sitting like a lump on the couch.
Cords are commonly mistaken for cat toys so be sure to keep them out of reach whenever possible.
There s some mystery surrounding why cats choose electrical cords to chew on.
One theory is that the cord resembles another animal s tail and that basic feline instinct compels the cat to attack anything that looks like a tail although this reasoning doesn t address why the cat would continue to chew the cord once it discovers there s no animal attached.
Risks of destructive chewing in cats.
Chewing on cords is a dangerous activity that should be actively prevented as it presents a choking hazard as well as the possibility of injury and death from.
There are cats who bend and break aluminum blinds trying to squeeze behind them and cats who love blinds cords more that catnip.
As a pet owner one of your most important responsibilities is to protect your feline companion from preventable illness and injury.
I gave my cat a drop of liquid minerals trace minerals in its wet food 3x day for the first day and within 24 hours she wasn t chewing on a single thing.
