Linda, instead of putting the string in his food dish, my tailless cat prefers to eat string. Whole. And then regurgitate it later.

Of course I don’t let him do this–once I had to pull an entire shoelace out of his mouth when just a tiny bit was sticking out. I now hide all laced shoes.

I agree, why DO they put toys in the food or water bowl? One of my cats does that with pipecleaners – his fave toy. I can’t decide if he thinks it’s his prey in the dish, or one of his family that he has to provide food for. Sometimes they’re in the bowl, sometimes they’re just lined up in front of the bowl like animals at the watering hole.

Ha!

Nice mess!

I also had a cat (crazzzzzzzy siamese) who fancied elastic hairbands (and nails and bolts and string and screws and,well, you get it!)!

My cats do the same thing….though not quite THAT bad (very nearly).

And I don’t think its a hairband, my guess is the ring off a gallon of milk. My cats adore playing with those.

Lisa omg the visual and You do know he was telling them now take that branch over there and run those lights that way. HEhehe. Too funny. Love the story.

NOt only do we have the same linoleum but the same carpet and cupboards at my house I had to do a tripple look… How did that kitty get in my house???

I love the string-in-the-food, my cat does the same thing. If there is an errant shoelace or sweatpants string to be found, it will end up in the food or water bowl. Why??!!

Oh. My. Gawd.
This is so totally what happens at my house– we even have that same linoleum.
Only, I know who is responsible for which mess– Samson throws the food, Delilah takes care of the hair ties and flipping the waterbowls. (:

Looks like something my Aria would do. She loves to play with hairties, and she’ll flip herself all around the joint, knocking over food.

When we first got her, we were just using those Ziploc tupperware things to put her food and water in. But then she’d go up to the dish, stick out her paw and tip it right over!

So we got her doggie bowls. you know, the ones that have a sturdy base, that you just take the bowls out of? Yeah. NOT a happy kitten. She gave it her best shot though!

The fact that this kitteh remains in the vicinity is a good indication he’s not the culprit. I came home one evening last December to find my Christmas tree completely destroyed…ornaments flung hither and yon, (fake) branches sagging, and strands of lights trailing off into the kitchen. As soon as I opened the door, the two younger cats ran like their tails were on fire, while the Grand Ol’ Man kitteh just looked at me from his spot on the couch, perfectly conveying his thoughts, “I TOLD them not to do it! But would they listen? Noooooo….!”

This picture reminds me exactly why my furbabies have to eat on top of their very own kitty condo. Litter on the floor is bad enough.