Emery boards?

[Wojtek]

Why do cats like emery boards so much? Mine tries to eat it. And also digs
very deep into my wife's makeup bag to get at it. Is the smell of the glue
they use? Or more of a texture thing?




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[Wojtek]

i would have guessed smell, it actually seems like he smells it and then
tries to eat it rather than just rubbing his teeth against it. i guess
trying sandpaper woud eliminate that possibility. I'll try it.


"Karen Chuplis" > wrote in message
...
> in article , Wojtek at
> wrote on 7/26/03 8:19 PM:
>
> > Why do cats like emery boards so much? Mine tries to eat it. And also
digs
> > very deep into my wife's makeup bag to get at it. Is the smell of the
glue
> > they use? Or more of a texture thing?
> >
> >
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> I'd guess texture, but my don't actively LOOK for them! LOL!
>
> Karen
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[Wojtek]

i would have guessed smell, it actually seems like he smells it and then
tries to eat it rather than just rubbing his teeth against it. i guess
trying sandpaper woud eliminate that possibility. I'll try it.


"Karen Chuplis" > wrote in message
...
> in article , Wojtek at
> wrote on 7/26/03 8:19 PM:
>
> > Why do cats like emery boards so much? Mine tries to eat it. And also
digs
> > very deep into my wife's makeup bag to get at it. Is the smell of the
glue
> > they use? Or more of a texture thing?
> >
> >
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> I'd guess texture, but my don't actively LOOK for them! LOL!
>
> Karen
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[Karen Chuplis]

in article , Wojtek at
wrote on 7/26/03 8:19 PM:

> Why do cats like emery boards so much? Mine tries to eat it. And also digs
> very deep into my wife's makeup bag to get at it. Is the smell of the glue
> they use? Or more of a texture thing?
>
>
>
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I'd guess texture, but my don't actively LOOK for them! LOL!

Karen

[Karen Chuplis]

in article , Wojtek at
wrote on 7/26/03 8:19 PM:

> Why do cats like emery boards so much? Mine tries to eat it. And also digs
> very deep into my wife's makeup bag to get at it. Is the smell of the glue
> they use? Or more of a texture thing?
>
>
>
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I'd guess texture, but my don't actively LOOK for them! LOL!

Karen

[Sherry]

>i would have guessed smell, it actually seems like he smells it and then
>tries to eat it rather than just rubbing his teeth against it. i guess
>trying sandpaper woud eliminate that possibility. I'll try it.
>

You're not the first person I've read whose cats go nuts over emery boards. The
other thing is olives (???) ... mine don't notice either. I don't quite
understand your post though...what are you going to try with sandpaper?

Sherry

[Sherry]

>i would have guessed smell, it actually seems like he smells it and then
>tries to eat it rather than just rubbing his teeth against it. i guess
>trying sandpaper woud eliminate that possibility. I'll try it.
>

You're not the first person I've read whose cats go nuts over emery boards. The
other thing is olives (???) ... mine don't notice either. I don't quite
understand your post though...what are you going to try with sandpaper?

Sherry

[Cathy Friedmann]

"Sherry " > wrote in message
...
> >i would have guessed smell, it actually seems like he smells it and then
> >tries to eat it rather than just rubbing his teeth against it. i guess
> >trying sandpaper woud eliminate that possibility. I'll try it.
> >
>
> You're not the first person I've read whose cats go nuts over emery
boards. The
> other thing is olives (???) ... mine don't notice either.

And another is Q-Tips. None of mine have gone for olives, either, but emery
boards is ringing a faint bell. I keep them in the med. cabinet, so they
usually can't get to them. Maybe I'll test one out on my cats (otoh, maybe
it was a former cat who liked emery boards?)...

> I don't quite
> understand your post though...what are you going to try with sandpaper?
>
> Sherry

See if he's (he being the cat!) as enthralled w/ a piece of regular
sandpaper as he is w/ emery boards maybe?

Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

[Cathy Friedmann]

"Sherry " > wrote in message
...
> >i would have guessed smell, it actually seems like he smells it and then
> >tries to eat it rather than just rubbing his teeth against it. i guess
> >trying sandpaper woud eliminate that possibility. I'll try it.
> >
>
> You're not the first person I've read whose cats go nuts over emery
boards. The
> other thing is olives (???) ... mine don't notice either.

And another is Q-Tips. None of mine have gone for olives, either, but emery
boards is ringing a faint bell. I keep them in the med. cabinet, so they
usually can't get to them. Maybe I'll test one out on my cats (otoh, maybe
it was a former cat who liked emery boards?)...

> I don't quite
> understand your post though...what are you going to try with sandpaper?
>
> Sherry

See if he's (he being the cat!) as enthralled w/ a piece of regular
sandpaper as he is w/ emery boards maybe?

Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

[Karen Chuplis]

in article , wombn at
wrote on 7/27/03 3:49 AM:

> On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 22:32:51 -0400, "Cathy Friedmann"
> > wrote:
>
>> "Sherry " > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>> i would have guessed smell, it actually seems like he smells it and then
>>>> tries to eat it rather than just rubbing his teeth against it. i guess
>>>> trying sandpaper woud eliminate that possibility. I'll try it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You're not the first person I've read whose cats go nuts over emery
>> boards. The
>>> other thing is olives (???) ... mine don't notice either.
>>
>> And another is Q-Tips.
>
> blunt needles here. I do a lot of polymer clay work and leave my
> blunt needle sticking in a lump of scrap clay. I have to move fast
> when one of them spots that needle sticking up. Don't know why
> they're all so fascinated with it.

That could be really bad news. Can you keep a lidded jar by your work so
that you are never tempted to leave the needle out?

Karen

[Karen Chuplis]

in article , wombn at
wrote on 7/27/03 3:49 AM:

> On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 22:32:51 -0400, "Cathy Friedmann"
> > wrote:
>
>> "Sherry " > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>> i would have guessed smell, it actually seems like he smells it and then
>>>> tries to eat it rather than just rubbing his teeth against it. i guess
>>>> trying sandpaper woud eliminate that possibility. I'll try it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You're not the first person I've read whose cats go nuts over emery
>> boards. The
>>> other thing is olives (???) ... mine don't notice either.
>>
>> And another is Q-Tips.
>
> blunt needles here. I do a lot of polymer clay work and leave my
> blunt needle sticking in a lump of scrap clay. I have to move fast
> when one of them spots that needle sticking up. Don't know why
> they're all so fascinated with it.

That could be really bad news. Can you keep a lidded jar by your work so
that you are never tempted to leave the needle out?

Karen

[Wojtek]

just see if he likes it as much :)

mine LOOOVES olives too.


"Sherry " > wrote in message
...
> >i would have guessed smell, it actually seems like he smells it and then
> >tries to eat it rather than just rubbing his teeth against it. i guess
> >trying sandpaper woud eliminate that possibility. I'll try it.
> >
>
> You're not the first person I've read whose cats go nuts over emery
boards. The
> other thing is olives (???) ... mine don't notice either. I don't quite
> understand your post though...what are you going to try with sandpaper?
>
> Sherry




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[Wojtek]

just see if he likes it as much :)

mine LOOOVES olives too.


"Sherry " > wrote in message
...
> >i would have guessed smell, it actually seems like he smells it and then
> >tries to eat it rather than just rubbing his teeth against it. i guess
> >trying sandpaper woud eliminate that possibility. I'll try it.
> >
>
> You're not the first person I've read whose cats go nuts over emery
boards. The
> other thing is olives (???) ... mine don't notice either. I don't quite
> understand your post though...what are you going to try with sandpaper?
>
> Sherry




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[Sherry]

>Yeah, I saw that episode on Emergency Vets. The one where a cat had
>swallowed a sewing needle (because of the thread on it) and it was
>lodged in the back of his throat. ugh! That poor kitty!
>
My Bootsie chomped down on a treble fish hook. On Sunday morning, of course.
They never do stuff like that when the vet is open. She found it in the garage.
My fault--I should have known anything dangly that smells like fish was a
recipe for disaster. I did learn a lesson, but she didn't. She's the worst with
needles & thread. . I have to be very careful with them.

Sherry

[Sherry]

>Yeah, I saw that episode on Emergency Vets. The one where a cat had
>swallowed a sewing needle (because of the thread on it) and it was
>lodged in the back of his throat. ugh! That poor kitty!
>
My Bootsie chomped down on a treble fish hook. On Sunday morning, of course.
They never do stuff like that when the vet is open. She found it in the garage.
My fault--I should have known anything dangly that smells like fish was a
recipe for disaster. I did learn a lesson, but she didn't. She's the worst with
needles & thread. . I have to be very careful with them.

Sherry

[Karen Chuplis]

in article , wombn at
wrote on 7/27/03 8:56 AM:

> On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 06:26:43 -0500, Karen Chuplis
> > wrote:
>
>> in article , wombn at
>> wrote on 7/27/03 3:49 AM:
>>
>>> On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 22:32:51 -0400, "Cathy Friedmann"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Sherry " > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>> i would have guessed smell, it actually seems like he smells it and then
>>>>>> tries to eat it rather than just rubbing his teeth against it. i guess
>>>>>> trying sandpaper woud eliminate that possibility. I'll try it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You're not the first person I've read whose cats go nuts over emery
>>>> boards. The
>>>>> other thing is olives (???) ... mine don't notice either.
>>>>
>>>> And another is Q-Tips.
>>>
>>> blunt needles here. I do a lot of polymer clay work and leave my
>>> blunt needle sticking in a lump of scrap clay. I have to move fast
>>> when one of them spots that needle sticking up. Don't know why
>>> they're all so fascinated with it.
>>
>> That could be really bad news.
>
> Yeah, I saw that episode on Emergency Vets. The one where a cat had
> swallowed a sewing needle (because of the thread on it) and it was
> lodged in the back of his throat. ugh! That poor kitty!
>
>> Can you keep a lidded jar by your work so
>> that you are never tempted to leave the needle out?
>
> Not really. I pick it up every couple of minutes and stick it back in
> the scrap clay lump a minute later.
>
> I make beads and use the needle to drill the holes.
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~wombn/Polymer/beads/orangeredroses.jpg

Those are darling!
>
> I make somewhere around 120 beads per week.
>
> So I'm picking it up and putting it back every couple of minutes.
> When I'm done, it's *all* put away. They want to chew on the clay
> too, and that wouldn't be a great thing either. Even though it's
> supposedly non-toxic (for humans, anyway).

I know mine. All I'd have to do is turn my back a second and it'd be down
the gullet. Ijust thought a jar would be much more difficult to get them out
of in those instances you are called away for a minute.
>
> I've been thinking of putting a bell-ed collar on them so I can be
> sure to hear them coming. They KNOW I don't want them messing around
> with the stuff, so sometimes Timmy, for example, will leap up from
> behind and be in the workspace in the blink of an eye. He *really*
> wants to see what I'm doing and chew on it all and play with it all.
> So does Taz and he's even better at it. It feels like a drive-by!
>
> Fortunately, Martha is more biddable. She'd rather be suckling on my
> neck anyway. :

They are indeed curious critters! Timmy and Martha? Do you have a Dickens
theme going :)

Karen

[Karen Chuplis]

in article , wombn at
wrote on 7/27/03 8:56 AM:

> On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 06:26:43 -0500, Karen Chuplis
> > wrote:
>
>> in article , wombn at
>> wrote on 7/27/03 3:49 AM:
>>
>>> On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 22:32:51 -0400, "Cathy Friedmann"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Sherry " > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>> i would have guessed smell, it actually seems like he smells it and then
>>>>>> tries to eat it rather than just rubbing his teeth against it. i guess
>>>>>> trying sandpaper woud eliminate that possibility. I'll try it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You're not the first person I've read whose cats go nuts over emery
>>>> boards. The
>>>>> other thing is olives (???) ... mine don't notice either.
>>>>
>>>> And another is Q-Tips.
>>>
>>> blunt needles here. I do a lot of polymer clay work and leave my
>>> blunt needle sticking in a lump of scrap clay. I have to move fast
>>> when one of them spots that needle sticking up. Don't know why
>>> they're all so fascinated with it.
>>
>> That could be really bad news.
>
> Yeah, I saw that episode on Emergency Vets. The one where a cat had
> swallowed a sewing needle (because of the thread on it) and it was
> lodged in the back of his throat. ugh! That poor kitty!
>
>> Can you keep a lidded jar by your work so
>> that you are never tempted to leave the needle out?
>
> Not really. I pick it up every couple of minutes and stick it back in
> the scrap clay lump a minute later.
>
> I make beads and use the needle to drill the holes.
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~wombn/Polymer/beads/orangeredroses.jpg

Those are darling!
>
> I make somewhere around 120 beads per week.
>
> So I'm picking it up and putting it back every couple of minutes.
> When I'm done, it's *all* put away. They want to chew on the clay
> too, and that wouldn't be a great thing either. Even though it's
> supposedly non-toxic (for humans, anyway).

I know mine. All I'd have to do is turn my back a second and it'd be down
the gullet. Ijust thought a jar would be much more difficult to get them out
of in those instances you are called away for a minute.
>
> I've been thinking of putting a bell-ed collar on them so I can be
> sure to hear them coming. They KNOW I don't want them messing around
> with the stuff, so sometimes Timmy, for example, will leap up from
> behind and be in the workspace in the blink of an eye. He *really*
> wants to see what I'm doing and chew on it all and play with it all.
> So does Taz and he's even better at it. It feels like a drive-by!
>
> Fortunately, Martha is more biddable. She'd rather be suckling on my
> neck anyway. :

They are indeed curious critters! Timmy and Martha? Do you have a Dickens
theme going :)

Karen