Anyone got any suggestions for things that my cat could chew? I know dogs have nylabones etc that help with their chewing problems but I am at a loss with my girl. She is 7 months old & STILL chewing wires all the time. We've taken her out of the room for a time out but when she comes in she goes straight back to the wire. She was going for the wallpaper too but we have sort of resolved that (I say resolved, she still managed to tear half a foot of paper from the wall) but she is still going for wires. She is always trying to get behind the TV or behind the Sky box or eating my husband's games console controller wires or laptop wires - everything. I have never encountered such a persistent & naughty kitten!!! I have bought dog chews but she isn't interested. I try & make a game of it but she walks away from it to the wire anyway! We have tried bitter spray too & she can ignore it. She's really quite destructive. We do have toys for her & she has two cats and a dog to play with she boredom really shouldn't be an issue as we play with her too!!

We've also had a look at her teeth & they look completely normal. I may take her to the vet anyway to be sure.

Not really a solution to make her stop chewing wires but have you tried cable protector/tidy things?

I was going to suggest the same thing as Hobbs as someone else asked a question on here recently about kitten chewing wires and a cable tidy from Ikea was recommended.
My kitten loves chewing on plastic drinking straws. You could try these?

Not sure the cable tidies would work, would have to look into it. Most wires (except laptop & games console controller) are tucked in behind tv/box etc so it doesn't trail anywhere. My kitten goes looking for it though.

I might try the straw. I hadn't thought of them (& forgot I had some) but I suspect she would love playing with them anyway. Thanks.

I'm a big fan of the IKEA cable tidies....

if those don't work (or can't be used for whatever reason) the bitter apple spray that is used to stop orphanned kittens doing inappropriate suckling on their syblings works equally well. Spray that liberally on to a cloth... wipe that cloth over the cables. And cats hate the bitter apple taste so stay well away from the cables.

edited to add: it tastes horrible, but it is non-toxic to cats as well as humans.

was gonna sugest a drinking straw as well, porthos loves em, and at 5p each can give him lot and not break the bank

I've tried the bitter spray. Doesn't work with her. She chews anyway.

you have to use one of the good ones... the weak ones are rubbish and a waste of money. The one I use no cats (even in a 150-cat rescue shelter) will touch it.

This is the one we have:



Also I tried the straws and yes, she did love it, bit she was really going for it & I had to take it off her as she was seconds from chewing a bit of plastic off the end & swallowing it. I don't want to nearly lose a second cat to a blockage from a cat toy.

Bump.

She's chewed through two speaker wires this weekend from a surround sound system we bought this week. We have bitter sprayed it all knowing she was a little terror but these wires are so delicate she needs very little chewing to destroy them completely so looking for some more ideas.

Can't believe she is still chewing. She's over 8 months old now.