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Victor Martinez - 20 Oct 2004 14:25 GMT
Well, it seems our little Fez has developed an affinity for opening
cabinet doors. First it was the aquarium, where he stepped on the power
switch and turned everything off. Now he's getting into the cabinet
under the sink, where we keep cleaners and other assorted hazards. This
is the first time we've had a cat be so mischievous and so smart!
I'll run by the hardware store later today to try to find something to
secure cabinet doors with.
Sigh. This cat is going to give me a heartache! :)

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Jo Firey - 20 Oct 2004 18:41 GMT
> Well, it seems our little Fez has developed an affinity for opening
> cabinet doors. First it was the aquarium, where he stepped on the power
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> secure cabinet doors with.
> Sigh. This cat is going to give me a heartache! :)

Go Fez!

Either those baby safe latches or sometimes you can just put a rubber band
over the handles to the two doors.  Sam was left pawed so we only had to
secure one side on each pair of doors.

Jo
CatNipped - 20 Oct 2004 23:53 GMT
> Well, it seems our little Fez has developed an affinity for opening
> cabinet doors. First it was the aquarium, where he stepped on the power
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> secure cabinet doors with.
> Sigh. This cat is going to give me a heartache! :)

Oh my, a regular reverse Houdini!  I would go with the plastic thingies that
you can install (you open the cabinet just a crack then push down on the
plactic thingie to unlatch it) - I had them when my kids were little.
However, being a klutz, I managed to smash my fingers hundreds of times in
them os, if you can stand the tackiness, the rubber bands around the handles
are cheaper and easier to use.

Hugs,

CatNipped

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---MIKE--- - 21 Oct 2004 00:01 GMT
I would be hesitant to use rubber bands.  The cat could break it and
then play with it or EAT IT.  That would not be good.   I keep all
rubber bands in a safe place.

                 ---MIKE---
CatNipped - 21 Oct 2004 00:28 GMT
> I would be hesitant to use rubber bands.  The cat could break it and
> then play with it or EAT IT.  That would not be good.   I keep all
> rubber bands in a safe place.
>
>                   ---MIKE---

True, I didn't think about that.  I was thinking of the big red ones, but
even those could succumb to sharp little teeth.  I make a point of keeping
rubber bands and string (and especially dental floss) out of kitties' reach
because it could kill them.

Hugs,

CatNipped
Victor Martinez - 21 Oct 2004 01:11 GMT
> True, I didn't think about that.  I was thinking of the big red ones, but
> even those could succumb to sharp little teeth.  I make a point of keeping

*Everything* that is even remotely dangly in this house has the marks of
sharp little teeth. So do our toothbrushes and even the toothpaste.

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CatNipped - 21 Oct 2004 02:05 GMT
> > True, I didn't think about that.  I was thinking of the big red ones, but
> > even those could succumb to sharp little teeth.  I make a point of keeping
>
> *Everything* that is even remotely dangly in this house has the marks of
> sharp little teeth. So do our toothbrushes and even the toothpaste.

LOL!  toothpaste!!???

Hugs,

CatNipped

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Victor Martinez - 21 Oct 2004 02:14 GMT
> LOL!  toothpaste!!???

Luna *loves* toothpaste. Anything minty really. The first time I caught
her chewing on my toothbrush I was flabbergasted. Now I just rinse it
before using it. :)

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Steve Touchstone - 21 Oct 2004 05:21 GMT
>> LOL!  toothpaste!!???
>
>Luna *loves* toothpaste. Anything minty really. The first time I caught
>her chewing on my toothbrush I was flabbergasted. Now I just rinse it
>before using it. :)

After a couple disappeared, I started keekping mine in a drawer so
Sammy couldn't spirit it off
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Seanette Blaylock - 21 Oct 2004 16:00 GMT
Victor Martinez <me@nospam.com> had some very interesting things to
say about Re: Fez attacks again:

>Luna *loves* toothpaste. Anything minty really. The first time I caught
>her chewing on my toothbrush I was flabbergasted. Now I just rinse it
>before using it. :)

Felix doesn't have an interest in toothbrushes [he can't get to them
anyway], but I've been known to share a spoon with him. I figure we've
lived together long enough to have all the same germs anyway. :-)

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Denise VanDyke - 21 Oct 2004 16:17 GMT
>> LOL!  toothpaste!!???
>
> Luna *loves* toothpaste. Anything minty really. The first time I caught
> her chewing on my toothbrush I was flabbergasted. Now I just rinse it
> before using it. :)

Okay.  Now *that's* a real cat-slave!

- Denise (who has to buy more mousies soon for Brenna)
Lucy's Mom - 21 Oct 2004 02:48 GMT
Victor, I know how you feel.  Lucy went through a stage where she was
into every cabinet in my apartment.  Most of them I didn't mind but
the ones with roach or ant traps or cleaning supplies were off limits.
I installed those child-proof thingies on the cabinets I wanted her
to stay out of.  You could get the cabinet door open just a little and
then the lock would catch and the door wouldn't open any further. The
first evening I installed them, she went into the kitchen and I could
hear her fussing at one of the locked cabinets.  She fussed until she
got the door open just a bit with her paw under it and then, as usual,
tried to pull the door the rest of the way open.  It wouldn't go.  She
tried again.  Still no dice.  WHAM WHAM WHAM...went the door against
the lock.  She was getting annoyed.  Try again.... more WHAM's.... by
now I'm rolling on the floor with tears running down my face!  Then I
hear what I can only describe as a disgusted snort and she flounces
out of the kitchen and down the hall.....I still laugh when I remember
that!!

Anyhow, Fez sounds like a real character!!!  Good luck!!

--Kim and Lucy

> Well, it seems our little Fez has developed an affinity for opening
> cabinet doors. First it was the aquarium, where he stepped on the power
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> secure cabinet doors with.
> Sigh. This cat is going to give me a heartache! :)
Julie Cook - 21 Oct 2004 18:55 GMT
> Well, it seems our little Fez has developed an affinity for opening
> cabinet doors. First it was the aquarium, where he stepped on the power
> switch and turned everything off.

lol! Maybe he's smarter than you're ready to realize.  Perhaps he
thought if he turned everything off on the aquarium the
appetizer....errr, the fishies would come nearer the top for a closer
examination.

Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey (who is an admirer of Fez) and Sam

Now he's getting into the cabinet
> under the sink, where we keep cleaners and other assorted hazards. This
> is the first time we've had a cat be so mischievous and so smart!
> I'll run by the hardware store later today to try to find something to
> secure cabinet doors with.
> Sigh. This cat is going to give me a heartache! :)
SUQKRT - 21 Oct 2004 19:12 GMT
>Sigh. This cat is going to give me a heartache! :)
Poor Victor ;o)
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