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Discouraging cats from eating string and string-like objects?

I have my hands full right now with my cat! She's always shown an interest in chasing and chewing on string - and we've always kept strings, ribbons and such put away where she can't get to them.Now she is making it a point to find strings and other items to chew and swallowI thought she was rubbing against my ankles yesterday until I looked down and saw the hem of my pants in her mouth! She pulls fibers out of rugs and out of the carpet to eat, destroys bedspreads and blankets as she roots for strings and has even pulled hair out of my head and ate it! I've tried replacing rugs, changing bedspeads, storing blankets away, keeping brushes and hair bands put up - I can't seem to keep her out of the string!She already has feline urological disorder (a buildup of minerals in her urine) and is on a restricted mineral dietI am terrified she is going to eat something that is going to hurt her or kill her - not to mention I'm just sick of pulling strings out of her rear end.

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We had the same problem with dental floss - eekThe only answer is to keep strings, etcaway from the cat just like you are doing - and hope that what you can't control doesn't cause harmThose garbage cans with the flip lid worked great for usYou could also see if you can distract the cat with some alternative form of entertainment - Maybe a catnip mouse or even some kitty grass (kitty grass could address the string fetish)You don't want to pull on the string.it could have wrapped itself around something and cause more harmI would typically step on the string or hold it and let the cat walk awayI figured that if it was wrapped around something, that it would hurt and the cat would stop - then it is off the the vet - otherwise it was fineIf you have the cat in a ribbon factory, you may want to rehome the cat to a gift wrapping paper factory that you may be :).

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