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Final Approach
My one cat usually starts pouncing around 6 AM. most mornings I just get out of bed, and play with her/feed them. (I think she wants the attention more than the food!)
she gets very inventive with her agitations if I don't get up right away. this morning she was batting the lamp wires around. she knows she isn't supposed to do that - I hate that they are attracted to those things! I usually unplug things when I leave the house, and also close the office door where the computer and all is, etc.
I shooed her away a few times and closed my eyes. all of a sudden she BOLTED out of the room! it was so weird! like something had scared her. I ran after her and she wouldn't let me come near here - kept running when I got close. finally I caught up to her and she was hacking like she had something in her throat. I was able to grab her and stuck my fingers in her mouth thinking I'd get out whatever was in there.
her whole mouth was covered in drool! and she had left drool marks across the kitchen floor! I couldn't find anything in her mouth and she calmed right down, then seemed normal. she ate her breakfast, walked around, followed me, played, etc.
I immediately thought of the lamp wire and went back to inspect it. I didn't see any place where they had bitten through. however, the tag they put on as a warning - that had definite chew marks in it and in fact one of them had come off completely and oddly enough I found it downstairs - so for sure they were chewing at some point.
I'm going home at lunch time to make sure she is ok, but I can't really figure out what happened. I don't think she got zapped, the wires didn't look bitten anywhere, she has no burn marks and I surely didn't hear any zapping noise, but maybe if she bit it in just the right spot I wouldn't see it?
if the lamp is off, can they still get zapped?
she gets very inventive with her agitations if I don't get up right away. this morning she was batting the lamp wires around. she knows she isn't supposed to do that - I hate that they are attracted to those things! I usually unplug things when I leave the house, and also close the office door where the computer and all is, etc.
I shooed her away a few times and closed my eyes. all of a sudden she BOLTED out of the room! it was so weird! like something had scared her. I ran after her and she wouldn't let me come near here - kept running when I got close. finally I caught up to her and she was hacking like she had something in her throat. I was able to grab her and stuck my fingers in her mouth thinking I'd get out whatever was in there.
her whole mouth was covered in drool! and she had left drool marks across the kitchen floor! I couldn't find anything in her mouth and she calmed right down, then seemed normal. she ate her breakfast, walked around, followed me, played, etc.
I immediately thought of the lamp wire and went back to inspect it. I didn't see any place where they had bitten through. however, the tag they put on as a warning - that had definite chew marks in it and in fact one of them had come off completely and oddly enough I found it downstairs - so for sure they were chewing at some point.
I'm going home at lunch time to make sure she is ok, but I can't really figure out what happened. I don't think she got zapped, the wires didn't look bitten anywhere, she has no burn marks and I surely didn't hear any zapping noise, but maybe if she bit it in just the right spot I wouldn't see it?
if the lamp is off, can they still get zapped?
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