the kitten chronicles - part 134

What do you do when your cat acquires a taste for plastic? It's very weird but something about the smell or texture of soft rubber or plastic is very attractive to the demented black and white cat in the house. Yesterday I found him gnawing on the plastic spatula in the container on the kitchen counter. This after decimating the plastic lizard collection at Christmas. I also caught him in the recycling container under the sink rummaging through the tin can and plastic containers. He thinks he knows how to get the cupboard doors open under the sink. Basically he just pounds them with his paws hoping this will spring them open and he can get into plastic-eating heaven. This doesn't always work though. Sometimes he just gets frustrated and stalks away muttering to himself. In other proud accomplishments - Rufus can now turn off the kitchen tap. I turn it on for them in the morning so that they can have a drink and Rufus sits on the handle and turns it off. He's done it a number times now and is very pleased with himself. One final mystery. Last week I came home to discover that the fridge door was wide open. And horror! The beer was warm. The boys had eaten some olives. But they haven't yet learned to open the pickle jar.Lucky they don't like mayo. The Big Cat is safe there. xxx dad