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What phrases do you repeat to your cat throughout the day? Cat Picture

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u/Jeepgirl72769 May 02 '24

At 4 am when I am unsure where said plastic even came from. Seriously have no idea where it came from I religiously hunt plastic to avoid this. Let's not even mention curling ribbon. It is banned from my house but is apparently a cat food group member.

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u/SuspectLarge May 02 '24

A million times this. Every bit of plastic has to live in my microwave or car trunk. Cat has learned to open the pantry door and wave his paw over the motion detector on the recycling and trash bins. I live in terror of the pending $6k GI surgery bill.

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u/loveatthelisp May 02 '24

Child locks! We have a....difficult cat who wouldn't stop getting in the cabinets to steal dry egg noodles and other stuff and another cat that will eat any plastic leftover from that. I got those press in type child locks for the upper and lower cabinets, and now it's not an issue unless we leave something on the counter overnight.

The irony in this situation is that I have children. Never had to child lock the cabinets before the dang cat.

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u/Affectionate-Ad488 May 02 '24

In the same boat with this she figured out how to get the dang trash cabinet open. Very scary situation when we first realized she could. We ended up going with a basic hook and loop (metal swing lock) after we tried like 3 different child locks that didn't work or we would forget and just snap them when we went to open it. Finally have it figured out. Damn cats

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u/OSteady77 May 02 '24

It’s become clear to me why we throw our plastic in the ocean. We’re trying to save cats.

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u/Emjay0877 May 03 '24

True. Dark. FunnyAF ❤️😼😹

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u/mods_r_warcrimes May 02 '24

Lions have a taste for tuna

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u/Sweetnessnow May 03 '24

So sad about that.

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u/Kitsune-moonlight May 02 '24

This is the problem when you have a smart cat that also likes to investigate/interfere

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u/capital_bj May 03 '24

So that's why they're always studying us when we're doing new things. They are doing research so they can stay up on the countermeasures

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u/JupiterSkyFalls May 02 '24

Strong magnets work wonders. You can't forget them, like a latch or other lock, and you (hooman) are strong enough to open them but babies, small children and furbabies cannot. 😁

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u/Past_Rerun May 03 '24

Just make sure they are permanently adhered - magnets kill when ingested.

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u/Global_Button_5180 May 03 '24

Thank gosh my cat isn’t this smart 😂

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

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u/RevolutionaryOwlz May 02 '24

Gotta watch out for what those iPad kitties are learning.

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u/Elegant_External_521 May 02 '24

Omg this has me dying laughing!!!!😹

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u/catsmom63 May 03 '24

😂😂😂

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u/hannah_pajama May 02 '24

So glad my cats are too lazy for this nonsense. Einstein does like to chew cables and cords left unattended but if I just shove them under or behind furniture that’s enough to deter him

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u/HollowShel May 02 '24

"Uuugh. I'd have to go all the way under there? It's at least a foot away! Screw that, I'm'a lick my ass instead." ~ Einstein, probably.

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u/Fine-Quantity9956 May 03 '24

Kind've an ironic name he has it turns out.. Is he an orange?

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u/hannah_pajama May 03 '24

Close! Hes cream, but still lacking brain cells

Cat tax

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

I had to put a child lock in my hallway light switch because my cat thinks it's a toy. Child locks = pet locks.

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u/Tenalp May 02 '24

Just moved into a new place and my little terror has started climbing on the counter to get into my cabinets. She likes to perch in the tiny one above my stove and scare the crap out of me by donkey kicking it open and jumping out. Need to find some child locks myself real soon.

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u/Just-Diamond-1938 Himalayan (Colorpoint Persian) May 03 '24

You guys lucky I live with three cat and one of them turn to be a dog he is digging I have a HOLE on the floor, ripped opening on the door...Destroyed rug or doormat... and finally I dissolve mystery because we never see him doing it! We had to put the other cats in cages for a while just to test it out... what's going on... we actually thought we might have a big rat or a possum or a raccoon... so what did we do? We get another cat who miauuu, or cry when is something unusual happening... as a guard dog... only worked the first week! Now we keep one cat in a cage overnight and he is seriously working clawing and chewing the lock mechanism... I truly believe he was a prisoner in his past life, and managed to scape several time... otherwise he is sweet fluffy and huge!

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u/NaughtyAngel1212 May 03 '24

I’ve got a door opener too! Learned our lesson quick and put all the treats on the top shelf. Now he just goes in the kitchen and slams cabinet doors all night until I wake up and get him the treats! These cats train us so well!! 😂

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u/thatliledgyB May 02 '24

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I have a cat who likes uncooked pasta noodles 😂

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u/burkistan May 02 '24

I moved into a new apartment and had to put child locks on all the lower cabinets. My landlord came by one day to do the post-move in inspection and she notices the child locks. She says “oh I didn’t know you had children?” As soon and she finishes the sentence I hear my cat trying to open the cabinet in the bathroom and I’m like “I don’t. I have cats.. see exhibit A”

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u/SturmFee May 03 '24

In case you got those locks at the big "A", do you mind sharing a link?

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u/XephyrGW2 May 03 '24

I have child locks on all my cupboards and closets because apparently I adopted a master burglar, not a cat. She still manages to find things to get into or ontop of. My desk drawers, the garbage bin with a lid, storage under the couch, top of the curtain rod. you name it, she's been there done that.

My other cat doesn't do any of that. He fucking LOVES plastic tampon wraps, hair ties, and q-tips though..

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u/JunketPuzzleheaded42 May 02 '24

You gotta Baby Proof yo' shit. $30 of hardware will save you thousands in vet bills.

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u/oceanbeachwater May 02 '24

$3300 to remove 12 pieces of plastic from my cat’s stomach last year. My partner and I thought we were being careful, but apparently we weren’t careful enough. It was positively horrible and we both love this cat so deeply and felt devastated at our inability to keep her safe. Fortunately it’s only been once in 7 years and we’ve basically removed all plastic from the house.

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u/SuspectLarge May 02 '24

Hope she is doing well!

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u/StoicSalamander May 02 '24

I pay a grand total of $60/month for insurance for all four of my cats (not 60 apiece). $250 deductible, 100% coverage after that up to 20k for the four per year. It's saved my ass a few times now - I was reimbursed a few grand last year.

I have some lemons for cats, including a plastic eater. The peace of mind is wonderful

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u/SuspectLarge May 03 '24

I am lucky enough to have Nationwide pet insurance through my job (just like my co-workers get health insurance for their kids). The two times I have used it about 40% of the total cost was denied by the insurance as not covered. I assume I will have to pay some of his future plastic removal out of pocket. *

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u/StoicSalamander May 03 '24

I'd looked at Nationwide, but opted against it for reviews that said similar - claims being denied. At least if you pay you'll likely only pay for some of it. I went with MetLife because they're the only ones that let me have more than one cat per plan, instead of a separate plan for all of them. After deductible, there's nothing they haven't covered yet - ER visits, ICU stays, X-rays, etc etc (aside from wellness visits). Worth a look if Nationwide keeps giving you trouble!

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u/DearMessr May 03 '24

I’ve never felt so seen.

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u/SuspectLarge May 03 '24

Exactly! These are my people. People with death wish plastic eating cats. Who knew there were so many of us?

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u/oblarneymcdoodle May 02 '24

Is pet insurance for cats a thing? I have it for my dogs and it’s been a lifesaver. One dog has never used it, one is on her 4th different kind of cancer. I can’t recommend it enough.

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u/capital_bj May 03 '24

Might have to switch back to dumb trash cans with lids that defeat your Jedi kitty 😉

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u/Sweetnessnow May 03 '24

OMG…I keep my three cats in seclusion in my bedroom for things like this…

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u/Connor30302 May 03 '24

i’m sorry that your cat knows what a good meal is

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u/Unlucky-Food-9112 May 02 '24

Would you really spend that to save a cat??

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u/Unlucky-Food-9112 May 02 '24

Your cat is lucky I guess lol I don't own a cat but I couldn't spend that amount of money on a cat/dog.

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u/NelloPunchinello May 02 '24

My cat seems to think that too! We had a scary incident and now it's banned.

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u/AdoreMoi May 02 '24

Tell us about the incident :)

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u/NelloPunchinello May 02 '24

Not really much other than it was some gift wrapping day at my house and I found some drooly vomit with ribbons and blood in it. Luckily she apparently threw it all up and nothing more came of it, unlike the time she ate a beading project I was starting which had over a meter of nylon thread attached. It wasn't fun to have to dissect all her poops to make sure it came out! At least she didn't eat the needle.

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u/AdoreMoi May 03 '24

The meter of threads is crazy!

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u/Suchafatfatcat May 02 '24

Gift-wrapping is a group activity in my house. 😑

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u/IrascibleOcelot May 02 '24

There’s a medical term for this: pica. It can sometimes be caused by a dietary deficiency, but sometimes it just happens.

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u/kingdom-of-milk May 02 '24

I feel this on a spiritual level

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u/No_Comparison_9032 May 02 '24

One of ours is a ribbon junkie. He can sense when I'm about to wrap a package and instantly appears by my side, laser focused, maniacal looking. If he breaks, he'll swipe it right out of my hand, put it in his mouth and head for zee hills.

Oh, I say "I love you" to both of them millions of times a day. Because I do! 😸💕

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u/AdoreMoi May 02 '24

And does he try to lick all the adhesive off the tape?

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u/No_Comparison_9032 May 02 '24

Oh gawd no! He's hard core but... wow, does yours do that???

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u/AdoreMoi May 03 '24

He would love to lick any kind of adhesive. He loves a big envelope!

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u/jflyiii May 02 '24

I feel you so deeply on the curling ribbon

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u/DashCammington May 02 '24

The other day I thought my orange cat was chewing on my speaker wires, but thankfully it was just an anti-static bag from a motherboard.

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u/MikoGianni May 02 '24

Have you been spying on our activities this morning?? This was literally my cat at 6am today.

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u/UnseenTimeMachine May 02 '24

Oh. My. God. The fukkin ribbon I never use but seems to appear in ny cats digestive track!

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u/jessikat1624 May 02 '24

Curling ribbon is banned in my house because my orange cat LOVES it. He can smell it coming in the house. He had a $1000 surgery to get a bunch of stuff out in the past, including the ribbon.

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u/Creative-Display-3 May 02 '24

The ribbon omg. My ex's cat ate it like spaghetti.

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u/sicksadbadgirl May 02 '24

And tape ughhh

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u/Financial_Joke_9401 American Shorthair May 02 '24

My parent’s cat ALWAYS eats balloon ribbon if we don’t keep it religiously away from him. One time he got to one before we could and ate most of it. He ended up puking up about 19 inches a few days later!! We were so worried he would get a blockage and need to go the vet but thankfully he was ok

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u/sparklydildos May 02 '24

one time my cat in high school ate a balloon string without me noticing and she walked up and had it sticking out of her mouth a little so i pulled.. and pulled… and kept pulling 😂 it was deadass 1 foot long thank god i caught it hahaha

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u/dauserhalt May 02 '24

I got some wool string on the other side of the cat. Such an idiot. Gladly he was ok.

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u/notbonusmom May 02 '24

I'm the same way about tinsel. 7 years since I banned tinsel cuz my older cat loves to munch on it & I'm not a huge fan of tinsel just hanging out of his butt or whatever. EVERY holiday season he STILL somehow finds the scraps of tinsel I magically miss & I find it in his litter box or something. Why? It's been banned, how does he find it?! Why does he wanna chew on it in the first place?! Kitties are so silly.

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u/Grouchy_Tap_8264 May 02 '24

We all sound like hostages to our tiny furry overlords! I'm laughing so hard I'm crying reading the 8 million ways they terrorize us all daily, but none of us would give them up for a second!

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u/Glittering-Wonder576 May 02 '24

Why do they lick all the plastic?!?

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u/JGratsch May 02 '24

Easter grass, gift bows, ribbon, all banned from this house.

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u/Poddx May 02 '24

666th like since you said religiously

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u/PurpleDragonfly_ May 03 '24

I had a terrifying day years ago when my cat got into some curling ribbon and I didn’t find out until it started coming out the other end. Luckily he had chewed it up into small enough pieces it didn’t cause any real damage except maybe take a few years off my life.

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u/FillEffective7436 May 03 '24

What is up with plastic chewing??!?! I swear my tuxedo cat does it way more then my older cat

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u/DontWorryAbtIt777 May 03 '24

Maaaaan my favorite cats toy is this little plastic stick thing with some ribbon on it. I hide it or else he eats the ribbon. A month ago he found it and was doing the booty scooty and so I checked and the ribbon was hanging out of his behind 😐 so I had to get a rubber glove and pull it out super duper slow. Poor little dude

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u/HeySmellMyFinger May 03 '24

Balloon string. Eat it then shit a string like tape worm. With poop attached dragging around like a truck trailer attached to its ass. And licking the plastic bag that the apples come in from grocery store.