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Cat Forum / General Topics / February 2007Kitten plus cardboard
Our kitten seems to like to gnaw on a cardboard box - one in particular. Anybody know why a kitten (age 6 ± months) would want to chew the edge of a cardboard box to shreds? Kathy Mine does some cats like the noise or the feeling on their teeth. It is a normal thing they do > Our kitten seems to like to gnaw on a cardboard box - one in particular. > Anybody know why a kitten (age 6 ± months) would want to chew the edge of > a cardboard box to shreds? > Kathy Both of my cats LOVE cardboard boxes. I keep one in each room and within a couple of months they are all torn to shreds and I have to replace them. They even choose the cardboard boxes over the furniture which is wonderful :) >Mine does some cats like the noise or the feeling on their teeth. It is a >normal thing they do [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> a cardboard box to shreds? >> Kathy > Our kitten seems to like to gnaw on a cardboard box - one in > particular. Anybody know why a kitten (age 6 ± months) would want to > chew the edge of a cardboard box to shreds? > Kathy Ketzl loves cardboard boxes -- to chew on as well as to lounge in. I think it's a normal thing for some cats; as Matthew pointed out, it's probably due to the feel, the texture and the sound and exercise it provides. One of my friend's cats likes to tear apart plastic bags, in much the same way.  SignatureJoey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh. My cat Sunny (who lived to a healthy 19 years of age) was a fanatical cardboard box chewer all his life. It was amazing to see him sit in a cardboard box, methodically chewing bits off the edge and spitting them out. He would keep this up until he was sitting on nothing but the box's base, having chewed the flaps and sides away completely in a matter of days! He did have a good set of teeth though, right until the end. It never seemed to do him any harm, and it was the only kind of "destructive" thing he seemed to do. ~Roberta~ > Our kitten seems to like to gnaw on a cardboard box - one in particular. > Anybody know why a kitten (age 6 ± months) would want to chew the edge of > a cardboard box to shreds? > Kathy Yes it's definately normal behaivour... Went to put the xmas tree back in the box last week and found the box at half the size and a heck of a lot of shredded box left behind... I have to ensure my cats only kill the box they're given as all cardboard is at their mercy in this house. I'd agree that it's because they enjoy the feeling on the teeth and lets them unleash a bit of destruction...now if only i could get them to clean up after they've made the mess... Just so you know, kittens do have baby teeth and adult teeth, and at that age, the kitten is probably teething. > Our kitten seems to like to gnaw on a cardboard box - one in particular. > Anybody know why a kitten (age 6 ± months) would want to chew the edge of > a cardboard box to shreds? > Kathy > Just so you know, kittens do have baby teeth and adult teeth, and at that > age, the kitten is probably teething. Yep, I totally agree: As to why the one box, I have a theory: it was convenient, and tasted/felt good, as someone above said. and, cats like certain of the glues used in the corrugated process. I'll give you one guess as to why that is [think about it]. Cats will also chew on books near the binding, for the same reason. -- summerrose
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