I'm not talking about shopping bags.  I know cats can get in trouble with
those and I always put them away when I bring something home in one.  I'm
talking about food stored in plastic bags.  Isaac is insane over any food
product I stupidly leave out if it's in plastic.  I'm not sure if he's
attracted to the plastic or the food inside.  Probably both.  I left the
last few slices of a loaf of bread out - he dragged it down, under the table
and was happily chewing through the bag when I caught him.  He's gone after
some cookies a few times that came in a thin plastic container (the kind
that crush/break very easily).  He never got into them because the container
makes so much noise and it's hard for him to get a grip on to drag under the
table.

He's gone after a bag of oat bran.  English muffins - bread products seem to
be his favorite.  A bag of dried beans.  If he can drag it off the counter
it's fair game.  Yesterday I went to The Container Store and bought a bunch
of different sized containers to store my bread and bulk food in.  I have
very little storage space in my kitchen, so all of that was pretty much on
the counter.  His favorite items I had been putting in the microwave, but
had to remove & replace them every time I used it.  While putting everything
away last night I got to a bag of Splenda Blend (Splenda + regular sugar
mix) and found he had chewed through that bag, so I had to clean up little
white granules.  That made me nervous, because of the Splenda.  I doubt he
had more than a taste since there was no gaping holes in the bag, just small
ones from his teeth. When he gets bread he does eat it, though.

I still need to buy a few more containers.  I have to admit that the counter
is much neater now and it's easier to find what I'm looking for.  There are
no more plastic bags of food for Isaac to steal.  I had a bag of dry cat
food in a large square Rubbermaid container a couple of weeks ago and he did
gnaw on that but wasn't able to get the lid off (although he punctured it a
few times), so now I'm only buying hard plastic, not soft.

--
Liz