Trashed tissue box and the guilty culprit
@GardenGerty (169406)
United States
March 10, 2022 5:55pm CST
This cold weather is making my cats feisty. Lady discovered my tissue box, and helped herself.
I have had cats unroll toilet paper before, but not these. I do not think I have ever had one pull tissues from a box and shred them, though.
Lady, the guilty one, then hid her head under the footstool.
I cleaned up the mess.
Are your pets ever destructive?
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
11 Mar 22
Naughty cat !She blew off steam by doing that.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
11 Mar 22
She certainly did. She is very active lately but does not enjoy going outside. I am ready for spring so she will go climb trees and spend her energy.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 22
yes I've had a lot of pets in my time. When I first got Bear my lab back in 2002, he chewed up a DVD. I must have had food smell on it. I had not had much experience with dogs and I screamed at him and he hunkered down scared. Poor thing. He never did that nor chewed anything up after that unless it was his toy. He was a sweet dog and I miss him.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
12 Mar 22
Labs are really smart, and I am sure he learned quickly, and did not like you to be angry.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
12 Mar 22
@GardenGerty he was the sweetest dog ever and very smart. When I got Coco, he taught her so much.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
12 Mar 22
I am sure he is a good companion. I think Lady needs to go play outside more.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
13 Mar 22
@GardenGerty - Gevi is a very quiet cat, when he comes inside he waits on the door until I place his blanket on the floor before coming in.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
12 Mar 22
It has been a long time since I had one that liked tissues. Angel kitty likes plastic, especially plastic bags.
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@kaylachan (84701)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Mar 22
Yes, very. Still haven't discovered the sorce of the crash I heard this afternoon. And, my cat Chinnia, gets in moods where she'll shread anything paper. It becomes snow.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
12 Mar 22
She sounds very lively. I hope your crash was not horribly significant.
@Juliaacv (56195)
• Canada
11 Mar 22
We had a dog that had a love/hate affair with tissues.
We had to keep them in the vanity as she couldn't open the door.
If they were left out, or if you put one into the garbage, she would get it and shred it to lint.
We got into the habit of flushing them after we used them.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
11 Mar 22
It is funny what they are attached to.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
11 Mar 22
Maybe she just needed to blow her nose and had trouble manipulating the tissues with her claws.
Pretty keeps telling the guppies that I'm not going to feed them and then watches to see if they climb out of their tank to reach their food themselves. 
Pretty isn't very nice!
Pretty keeps telling the guppies that I'm not going to feed them and then watches to see if they climb out of their tank to reach their food themselves. Pretty isn't very nice!1 person likes this
@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Mar 22
Wiggle Butt kitten found a roll of paper towels that I left in the back room. He has a few pulled off now.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
13 Mar 22
@GardenGerty He had more fun batting the sheets around.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
12 Mar 22
We had cats that did that when I was a kid.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 Mar 22
Why are cats attracted to cardboard boxes? I still can't figure it out:)
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
12 Mar 22
In this case the tissues were the attraction, otherwise it must be they feel cozy in a box.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
13 Mar 22
@GardenGerty Oh yes, that's right! Because you also said they pulled the toilet paper, one time:)
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
11 Mar 22
Cats and toddlers LOVE tissue boxes.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
12 Mar 22
Yes, they do. Head Start in our building made tissue box guitars a few weeks ago.
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
11 Mar 22
We never had a problem with destructive pets until we brought Sophie home. When she was teething, she chewed on everything. She ruined a pair of my slippers, a pair of K's reading glasses, one of my jackets, some floor mats, and loved to pull the toilet paper roll.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
12 Mar 22
I know that some pets also destroy table legs and rungs of chairs.
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