Hey Pet Parents & Pet Lovers,
As much as I love our little kitties, I must say they do get on my nerves every so often. They’re two adorable fluffballs, but recently they’ve gotten a bit more mischevious than they used to be.
You may remember a few months ago they had broken into my office… well, it’s becoming a regular thing now. Over the past week, one (if not both) of the cats have been breaking into the office. I know that Beau’s definitely guilty since yesterday I found kleenexes all over the floor (which is one of his guilty pleasures to eat.) Not only that, Beau had eaten a sock, which is fairly troubling to me. We were doing so well handling Beau’s Pica and now I feel like we’re back at square one.
I’m truly concerned that one day he’s not going to be able to pass whatever it is he eats and we’ll have to go right back into the Surgery Room.
It’s a bit of a wonder to me why the cats are even interested in breaking into my office. I’m wondering if maybe the cats are trying to get in to see where the music is coming from, as often I leave some relaxing music on and the only device that has speakers is my computer. The other reason I can think of is that Beau knows that I have an unlidded garbage can in the office. Since Beau knows this, he probably heads to it when he’s hungry or worried that I’m not going to come back home.
Beau’s always been a very needy cat and he’s a big reason why I’m happy when I can work from home. Making sure that he’s alright and that he’s loved has somewhat become a full-time job that I’m happy doing.
Well, the point of this story is whether it’s my kitties just practicing their ninja skills, or if it’s Beau trying to find food because he thinks his daddy has abandoned him, I had to come up with a way to lock the office. Since the doors aren’t made to lock I got a bit creative. I used the JW Cataction Spring String Cat Toy to keep the doors together.
You see whoever has been pushing the door to get in has been pushing the left one. Apparently, that one is easier to open, so they’re probably either charging the door while playing or rolling onto it. So now, if you push on the left side door, the right side helps keep it shut!
Hopefully, this works! I really need to get down to what is the real reason Beau is chewing this time around… I’m hoping he’s not stressed and that he’s just hungry. That way we can just give him more food when we’re gone (that’s actually what we’re going to try first.) Any thoughts pet parents?
Breakin…um…that word is scary for me right now…we had a homeinvasion recently…
(You can read about it in my latest posts staring Nov 29 or thereabouts…)
But well, PIpo likes to raid the waste basket in Pawppy’s office room, He snags the little baggies in there that pawppy has used to ration out his snacks. Then he gags and throws up all over the carpet. Silly cat! So we need a lidded waste bin, or he needs to get up and put them in the kitchen waste bin. Minko was worse…he hunted literally hunted for wires to chew on…and he destroyed quite a few, thin and thick. When I was putting up the Christmas decorations I fond the light string which he had chewed through, also.So even in his heavenly angelic state, he leaves his mark, MOL! Dalton, if he get access, will tear up whole books. Whoops. Pawppy has so many, Dalton would make a roomful of confetti, more than anyone has ever seen at any wedding!
Hopefully that toy will amuse your rascals and keep the door closed too.
I’m so sorry to hear about the home invasion. I’m heading over to your blog right now to read about it. T_T sorry I haven’t read it earlier.
I’ve been mentioning the need for lidded waste bins in our apartment, but we haven’t gotten to it yet. Luckily no more break — happening for our cats since!
I have two who can open regular doors, there are locks and catches all over my house.
Oh my! I’m always so shocked when cats can open regular doors. Kalista is a kitty who knows how to open regular doors. So… maybe she’s taught Beau?
The Hubby screwed in a hook and eye contraption to keep the doors closed, and put it ‘way up where only humans can reach! After all, these cats turned off the furnace…
Our Chuck used to chew up all kinds of things, and although he didn’t have to have surgery, the barium enima and stool softeners did a number on his colon, and he never really digested stuff correctly again. Wonder if there is a pica expert veterinarian who might have some ideas for you? The problem is that cat tongue; once they start licking, stuff sticks to their tongue and they keep at it until it’s all inside!
I may have to look into this hook and eye contraption you described! It may be what helps us!
I never thought of a Pica expert to be honest! I need to check to see if there is one in this area or one I can e-mail! Thanks for the idea 😀
We’d never seen this toy before, but it certainly looks as if it will work for you. Way to be creative. One of our angel fursibs had a problem with pica. Mom can’t even remember now which kitty it was. Our humans also had a dog with pica. She ate an entire windowsill and the dining room table legs. Hope you can discover how to help Beau. XOCK, angel Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer
Oh my gosh! That really sucks! It actually blew my mind how common Pica is, and how many people don’t actually know that their animals have it! My fingers are crossed that we figure it out again for him!
You will just have to see if the spring string cat toy does the job. Hopefully, he won’t find a way to still get in. There must be something that makes him go in there all the time. We hope everything works out great. Thanks for the share. Have a great weekend.
My fingers are crossed! Today we were out for a number of hours and he didn’t get in! So hopefully this trick was the reason why! Have a great weekend as well!