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Cat Forum / General Topics / April 2005Plastic Wastebasket Bag Crinkle Phobia?
Isis likes to spend hours and hours sunbathing and sleeping in her box underneath an office lamp. In fact, she's there even now. I came into my office today and took out the trash. When I opened my plastic trash bag so I could put it in the wastecan it crinkled. Something very unusual then happened. She got up from a deep kitty coma sleep and zoomed out of the room. I've seen this same behavior once in a while with her. At first I thought maybe somebody in her life abused her or something but I'm beginning to think this is some kind of Crinkle Phobia. Do any of you guys have cats who are jumpy and goofy behind the crinkly sound a plastic trash bag makes??? Mike in Illinois Is it possible that she ever got caught in the handles of a crinkly plastic bag......as in completely stuck? This once happened to my Munchkin girl, and what a bad time of it we both had! She ripped around the apartment as if the devil himself were at her heels, and the handles of the bag got wedged extremely tightly around her middle. I finally managed to trap her against one of the windows - - -she was so petrified at this 'thing' chasing her, her anal glands let go. I had to cut the bag lose. If there is a possiblity that something like this ever happened to your kitty, she may associate that sound with that occurrence. and if not......then I am at a loss :) Melody  SignatureGod requires that we assist the animals, when they need our help. Each being (human or creature) has the same right of protection. -St. Francis of Assisi- > Isis likes to spend hours and hours sunbathing and sleeping in her box > underneath an office lamp. In fact, she's there even now. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Mike in Illinois Well I know for a fact that Texas wasn't tortured with a plastic bag because I've had him his whole life, but he's still terrified when we put a trash bag in the trash can. Lexee isn't fond of them either, nor is Puddy. So maybe my kitties are just as sensitive as Isis and prefer not to share company with a trash bag. :) Holly > Isis likes to spend hours and hours sunbathing and sleeping in her box > underneath an office lamp. In fact, she's there even now. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Mike in Illinois Just when I post my cat has to prove me wrong. ;-) Lexee decided that she'd rather lay on the bags than listen to me rattle them. ;-) Holly > Well I know for a fact that Texas wasn't tortured with a plastic bag because > I've had him his whole life, but he's still terrified when we put a trash [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > > > Mike in Illinois Maybe there are significant differences in the musical tones associated with Hefty brand or Wal-Mart brand. I would stick with the brand your cat loves best! Mike in Illinois > Just when I post my cat has to prove me wrong. ;-) Lexee decided that > she'd rather lay on the bags than listen to me rattle them. ;-) [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> > >> > Mike in Illinois You're probably right! I think there's a different crinkle factor in a actual trash bag and a plastic grocery bag. She seems to be in love with the grocery bags now. I think she's somehow connected that the grocery bags bring cat food. Forget that I'm the one the feeds her and just bless the bag! ;-) Typical tortietude I guess. Holly > Maybe there are significant differences in the musical tones associated with > Hefty brand or Wal-Mart brand. [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > >> > > >> > Mike in Illinois > Isis likes to spend hours and hours sunbathing and sleeping in her box > underneath an office lamp. In fact, she's there even now. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Do any of you guys have cats who are jumpy and goofy behind the crinkly > sound a plastic trash bag makes??? Quite the opposite here, Mike. Plastic bags are for slobbering on (not chewing... just gumming enough so it's nice and wet). Playing in, pouncing on to get the ghost mouse, etc. All bags that are in trash cans or ones that will be on the floor have their handles cut the minute they come in the door. The dreaded "I'm caught... OH THE HORROR" happened only once!! Signature·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) Laurie ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ ·.· *~*LiveLoveLaugh*~* Aloha!!!!! "Well behaved women rarely make history!!" Yes, always - apart from when he crinkles them to wake me up in the morning, or licks them - dunno why he does that but the noise drives me crazy! Marcia > Isis likes to spend hours and hours sunbathing and sleeping in her box > underneath an office lamp. In fact, she's there even now. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Mike in Illinois Ok, so we are running the gamut here between "I'm terrified of that crinkly bag sound - YIPES" to "Yummmmy! I wanna lick that delicious plastic bag to death" to "This is nature's best ever play toy". I was hoping for some consistency here like maybe the crinkly sound was triggering some ancient instinct associated with rustling leaves or something. I'd give it all away to spend just one day in Isis' brain. Mike in Illinois > Yes, always - apart from when he crinkles them to wake me up in the > morning, [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> >> Mike in Illinois > Ok, so we are running the gamut here between "I'm terrified of that > crinkly bag sound - YIPES" to "Yummmmy! I wanna lick that delicious [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Mike in Illinois I've found most cats to be individuals. I've also found they are inconsistant in their behavior. Bubba likes to lick plastic bags but he doesn't like it at all when I change the trash bag (he is also afraid of dust rags and vacuum cleaners). Midge likes to play with them (she also follows me when I vacuum). Chauncey only licks them (he's not impressed with the vacuum's bluster). The Bandit and Chigger couldn't care less about them (they run flat out to get away from the vacuum, however). I do think some cats are more nervous than others. Chigger and Bubba jump at the smallest noise and Midge doesn't even wake up for the same noise. SignatureCatwalker aka Pu$$y Feet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chauncey, Silver Tabby Persion Bubba, Black & White Short Hair Bandit, Seal Point Himalayan Midge, Grey & White Medium Hair Chigger, Seal Point Siamese mix Killer, Beta
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