I've been fostering a kitty for socialization/shelter break, and when I first got her, she almost demolished the carpet by the door of my room. She also got a piece of carpet stuck in her mouth which she eventually swallowed, and I know it's not good for her to eat and it freaked me out. No biggie for the carpet for me, personally, since this is my fish/kitty room and the carpets are clean, but kinda beat up. We have a huge barricade so she can't get to that carpet.
She was not fixed, so I thought that might be the reason she did that. Then I noticed she was doing it to the floor in general, and about the same time found out that she had a tooth issue, which I hadn't noticed, and the shelter didn't tell me til I had her for about a month. When she does it, I give her something to play with (which is me, because she doesn't play well alone), and I make sure she has plenty of time with me. She eats fine, poops fine, all that.
Fastforward to today, was hoping that them taking care of her tooth might help. But, though I can smell infection in her mouth, they say the tooth is fine. So I'm back to square one with the carpet pulling ideas. She's in the tiled bathroom to heal from being spayed, but I'm at a loss about what to do about this behavior.
And it's teeny kitten season, and this one is probably about 9 months old or so, so she's already going to be hard to adopt out in these circumstances, but I can't imagine anyone would adopt her unless they have no carpet at all. Of course, she might not do it if she has the whole house to roam and isn't stuck in one room, but I dunno, and would like to be able to fix this so she is more adoptable. BTW, my cat/fish room is pretty big, probably the size of a studio apt.
Help?
She was not fixed, so I thought that might be the reason she did that. Then I noticed she was doing it to the floor in general, and about the same time found out that she had a tooth issue, which I hadn't noticed, and the shelter didn't tell me til I had her for about a month. When she does it, I give her something to play with (which is me, because she doesn't play well alone), and I make sure she has plenty of time with me. She eats fine, poops fine, all that.
Fastforward to today, was hoping that them taking care of her tooth might help. But, though I can smell infection in her mouth, they say the tooth is fine. So I'm back to square one with the carpet pulling ideas. She's in the tiled bathroom to heal from being spayed, but I'm at a loss about what to do about this behavior.
And it's teeny kitten season, and this one is probably about 9 months old or so, so she's already going to be hard to adopt out in these circumstances, but I can't imagine anyone would adopt her unless they have no carpet at all. Of course, she might not do it if she has the whole house to roam and isn't stuck in one room, but I dunno, and would like to be able to fix this so she is more adoptable. BTW, my cat/fish room is pretty big, probably the size of a studio apt.
Help?