4.07.2014

Trouble Starts with Telephone



So this afternoon Mom was on another annoying conference call during our snack time. She also seemed stressed so naturally I decided to help.

I took up position behind her monitor and started to chew at her power cord - this is always a real attention-getter. All of a sudden I noticed this vile bitter taste on my tasty power cord. I took a little lick at the narrow, but very desirable iPhone charger and it tasted bad too!

I'd have sworn Mom looked - smug and satisfied. Surely I misjudged her.

She did nothing to end her conference call and dole out our snacks. Greyson and I were getting hungry! So as I wandered through Dad's office on the way to my empty dish I spotted the Mother Lode of cords under his desk!

I am generally forbidden to go under his desk and suddenly I knew why. It was like a buffet!

Meanwhile in the office... Mom noticed our house line suddenly go off the hook. After she got off her call, and tended to our needs, she began to search for the off the hook phone.

Heh, heh. Who knew if you chewed through the modem cord it would cause such a fuss? Best part is there is a tasty NEW cord under Dad's desk with my name on it. Thanks Mom, you shouldn't have!

Mom here: I did not get the cord for you Quill! It has already been fumigated with bitter spray and another trip to the hardware store for counter measures is planned. He is such a good boy, but little cords and strings bring out the troublemaker in Mr. Quillbert J. Naughtyman. We have all variety of plastic sheaths cord covers, but Quill is a cord hunter and finds our vulnerabilities in the tiny back area you can't even imagine he can get into. He is big - but his ways are small and crafty. I so worry he is going to shock himself!

The bitter spray is new in the war and it does seem to be helping. He had not chewed in awhile. Then he was not feeling well a couple weeks ago and he got back to trying. I've been giving them treats with grass because I wonder if he is trying to eat grass-like items.

17 comments:

  1. Oh no....chewing cords can be dangerous....we think you should try something else instead. We do find Apple cords to be particularly tasty but we get shooed away too.

    The Florida Furkids

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  2. My human feels fortunate that none of us (not even Binga) likes to chew on cords.

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  3. Quill, I'm a cord chewer too. They really are tasty, aren't they?

    Ernie

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  4. Quill, I chew cords like they are going OUT OF STYLE. The peeps have to use PIPE on some of 'em around here!

    Yr Chewing Pal, The Baby xx

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  5. I love a good cord, too! My Mommy worries incessantly and has tried everything.- Princeton

    Pee ess - if they cover the cords, the plug itself is fun to chew on!

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  6. Quillbert J Naughtyman! MOL That's just too cute! I hope Mr. Naughtyman gets over his obsession with cords soon!

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  7. Yikes! Chewing cords isn't something we do...at least our human hopes we don't do it. Derry will try for the camera strap or a USB cable when he's sitting on the human's lap (at her laptop), but he doesn't seem to try for the TV/other cords, thank goodness.

    Good luck keeping Quill away from them!

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  8. The human is so glad she hasn't had any cats that like to chew cords. It is dangerous for kitties!

    http://www.wikihow.com/Keep-Cats-from-Chewing-on-Electric-Cords-and-Chargers

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  9. Careful with those cords, they sure can be fun to chew on but very dangerous. I'm sure there are other fun toys you can chew.

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  10. Yuck! I would much rather have some fresh chicken!

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  11. The one thing we don't do is chew cords. Mom would be very upset with us if we did. We hope everything is OK with Quill.

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  12. Quill you really shouldn't chew those cords. I used to do that when I was young. One Christmas I chewed right through the cord for the tree lights. Mum said it was lucky they weren't turned on or I might have ended up as a curly cat.

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  13. We thought maybe he had grown out of this habit. It is such a scary one. Mom is glad none of us do that. Some of us like to eat and chew paper but that only makes a mess. XO, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

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  14. We like to chew cords too, especially Louie. He usually only does in front of Mom in order to get attention, but bitter spray sounds good. Where did you get it?

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  15. Quill you really shouldn't chew those cords, it's dangerous ! I hope your mom will succeed in making you stop chewing it ! Purrs, Zorro

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  16. Ive got a cord chewer too. Seems like such an odd thing for cats to like.. wonder if they remind them of mice tails..

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  17. Out of all the cats here, only one seems to be interested in chewing cords. Luckily he doesn't do it often.Thanks so much for your nice comment on the Person's Birthday. She so appreciates all the nice wishes. Take care.

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