The Great Battle of the Apothecary Chest

November 4

Nikita and I have been waging The Great Battle of the Apothecary Chest. Casualties on her side? none. Casualties on my side? she chewed apart the adapter cord for my Samsung Tablet. Can't get a replacement for several days. Little stinker.

Responses from Friends:

• Jennifer:  Frustrating!! So happy none of my 3 are cord chewers! Had a friend that could never have a cordless phone cause her cat would chew through the cord every time.

    

  Me:   She is driving me nuts...
  

  Christina:  You know what to do right? Get a little chili pepper or special pet spray to put on your cords so she won't like the taste!
  
• Jennifer:   Just be happy...my significant other has a new kitten at his house...just spayed & microchipped...and she keeps pissing on everything! On Thursday night she pissed on some blankets on the floor and then he woke me up at 4 am to find that she pissed on the bed TWICE while we were sleeping...GROSS...
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• Me:  Oh Jennifer, that is worse. Nikita would, I sincerely hope, consider such a strategy beneath her. On the other hand, forewarned is forearmed.
  
  Jennifer: It has really made his bedroom ultra clean!! She only seems to do it in his room (shares a house with his mom & sister). She so sweet but she may be on her way back to the farm if this keeps up!
  
• Steve:  I remember when Caleb, our rambunctious Bouvier (large breed of dog) found the cord to my laptop charger irresistible arrrrrrrrrgh ($75 a pop). For a while we were running all electrical cords through corrugated plastic hose.
  
  

  Me:  I fear that in the long run Nikita's will and attention span are considerably stronger than mine. Steve, I had done the corrugated plastic hose thing, but over time, she has managed to separate that from the cords. I love having an intelligent cat, but does she have to be so strategic?

   Now she has ramped up her efforts: she is blitzing the tables every 2 or 3 minutes. Lord, I wish she'd use her powers for good rather than for evil!
  
• Ruth:   Maybe you should have named her something like Mellow or Lump of Fur. Then maybe she would just sleep and purr all of the time.
  

  Me:  She is in timeout again, but managed to slip a paw under the door and push one of her toys down the hall. Just escaped from timeout. This is going to be a long night.
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  Me:  She is now in Solitary confinement. She has switched tactics from aggression to guilt inducement. Damn!
  
• Steve: Fiendish of her, to manipulate you like this. A deep game...
  

  Me:  I need backup!!
  
• Marty:  Boy, she's about as hard headed as her Aunt Marty (what Keith Eckles calls me anyway), isn't she? Jeez, I love you both and sure missed talking to you over the weekend! Felt something was missing in my life!
  

  Cindy:  So she is winning.. No surprise there.
  
• Ginger:  spray your stuff with pepper spray. No more chewing...
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• Ruth:   You are blessed to have such an intelligent cat!
• In other words......better you than me