You might want to discourage Maybe from fridge-climbing & playing w/the magnets.
Magnets kill dogs, cats & kids almost as fast as batteries. One magnet might not be a problem, but two... if they attached to one another through different parts of her stomach or intestine, it's a bad thing. I found out some surprising things about carnivore digestion when Chelsie swallowed the needle. Even though they have short digestive tracts, food and swallowed objects can remain in a dog or cat's stomach for weeks, even months, before they cause a problem.
They're fun photos, but I cringe every time I see this - or ones on lolcat sites featuring dogs & cats drinking out of coffee cups or eating chocolate candy wrappers.
I move the magnets down specifically for these photos, but the rest of the time even when she's hooked on the fridge, she can't reach them (and doesn't try if they're too high up).
Even when they are in her reach, she usually can't stay up long enough to get them down (for example, she's aiming for the yellow/orange in those photos, and she was completely unsuccessful; they've been moved since).
So far, she's shown no sign of wanting to eat or chew on the magnet (she wants the rubber silicone instead, which is about just as uncool).
On the flipside, we brought her a fresh cat toy yesterday and she's already torn it apart and I'm finding little bits of red rubber everywhere that I have to pick up and put in the bin!
Yeah she does stuff Moet NEVER did. I've removed that toy and given her a different one. I've contemplated that she may be an ocicat cross instead of a bengal cross (just in terms of appearance and temperament), but both have high, dog-like energy drives.
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Magnets kill dogs, cats & kids almost as fast as batteries. One magnet might not be a problem, but two... if they attached to one another through different parts of her stomach or intestine, it's a bad thing. I found out some surprising things about carnivore digestion when Chelsie swallowed the needle. Even though they have short digestive tracts, food and swallowed objects can remain in a dog or cat's stomach for weeks, even months, before they cause a problem.
They're fun photos, but I cringe every time I see this - or ones on lolcat sites featuring dogs & cats drinking out of coffee cups or eating chocolate candy wrappers.
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Even when they are in her reach, she usually can't stay up long enough to get them down (for example, she's aiming for the yellow/orange in those photos, and she was completely unsuccessful; they've been moved since).
So far, she's shown no sign of wanting to eat or chew on the magnet (she wants the rubber silicone instead, which is about just as uncool).
But yeah, I take your point. :)
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We let the dog play with balloons, but only when we're both around to take the strings & ribbons away from her.
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Ratbag. Lol.
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Yeah she does stuff Moet NEVER did. I've removed that toy and given her a different one. I've contemplated that she may be an ocicat cross instead of a bengal cross (just in terms of appearance and temperament), but both have high, dog-like energy drives.
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