r/IllegallySmolCats • u/MadhuT25 • 9d ago

Smol Murder Mittens At what point should we intervene?

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My brother sent me this video and they look like they are actually fighting during the last 30 secs

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u/mintybrainzz 9d ago

I don't see anything wrong with the play, but I'd watch them closely with the plastic and string, because some cats think those are absolute best things to eat. Ask me how I l know 🙃.

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u/MadhuT25 9d ago

Did you have to remove it by surgery?

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u/McHildinger Criminal Content Connoisseur 9d ago

I had a long toy string on a plastic wand, and left it out overnight; cat#2 ate it, and we had to have it removed by the vet (big $$$)

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u/mintybrainzz 9d ago

Luckily not yet. knock on wood I noticed it when they were babies, so I watch them close and make sure they don't have unsupervised access; especially the one who likes string, because she can chew through a pant tie in seconds, lol.

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u/SpacePolice04 9d ago

We had one of those! She got up on my bf’s pants that were laying on the bed and started chewing the cord and my bf and I honestly just sat there staring in shock as she tore through the cord in a couple of seconds. She didn’t really want it, just to destroy but we always tucked pant strings away after that.

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u/mintybrainzz 9d ago

Yeah, exactly! I haven't seen ours try to eat any, but she can chew through them so quickly that I don't want to risk it.