Hello,

Our little 9 month old rescue kitty has recently started to destroy
anything she can sink her teeth into.. she doesnt scratch at the
furniture, but she DOES try to rip, tear, and shred anything (paper,
carpets, books, clothing, shoes, etc she can get her teeth into... to
the point of nearly injuring herself to get things down off of
coathangers, bookshelves and trying to get into cupboards (we've since
installed stronger magnetic locks).  Is she going through a phase? Is
this normal for some cats?

I suspect she is doing it out of boredom, but we have a huge
scratching/climbing post, many toys (ping pong balls etc) that we/she
plays with for hours a day. She has "shreddable" toys but doesnt play
with them at all.. what gives?

She usually only starts wrecking things after we go to bed, but
occasionally it happens when I think shes in another room sleeping..
suddenly its *smash* and Ill go in to find her shredding a roll of
paper towels or a area rug :(  I say "no" and hiss at her a bit, clean
up and remove whatever she has been doing and thats usually the end of
it. We've tried making sure that there is nothing out that she wants,
but some things we CANT move (rugs, coats etc.)

any suggestions? Shes not an aggressive kitty at all, a complete
cuddlebug!

Tidey