He's 14 years old and has done this his entire life, so I suppose it's not likely to change anytime soon.
He has this attraction to shoe laces, and power cables and anything else that has that shape, but shoelaces are his favorite. He grabs one end in his paw and starts by rubbing it on his face and chin - to scent mark them? Then starts licking and sucking and eventually chewing. He leaves shoelaces all wet and slimy with his saliva and I've had to replace many electronics due to the damage he does.
This cat loves the flavor of all of the cat repellants I've found at the pet stores, spraying the cables with things like bitter apple, pet block (cinnamon and lemongrass), or pepper based deterrents just attracts him more.
Can anyone explain this behavior? Is this just a personality quirk or am I missing some kind of big sign?
He has this attraction to shoe laces, and power cables and anything else that has that shape, but shoelaces are his favorite. He grabs one end in his paw and starts by rubbing it on his face and chin - to scent mark them? Then starts licking and sucking and eventually chewing. He leaves shoelaces all wet and slimy with his saliva and I've had to replace many electronics due to the damage he does.
This cat loves the flavor of all of the cat repellants I've found at the pet stores, spraying the cables with things like bitter apple, pet block (cinnamon and lemongrass), or pepper based deterrents just attracts him more.
Can anyone explain this behavior? Is this just a personality quirk or am I missing some kind of big sign?