Summer’s Fabulous Cat Life

Cat Model, Therapy Cat, and Cat Lifestyle Expert

  • Home
  • Diary
  • Kitty Wisdom
  • Catinees
  • Store
    • Cat Beds
    • Cat Stuff for Humans
      • Cat Calendars
      • Cat Gifts
      • Cat Jewelry for Humans
      • Cat Stationery
      • Cat T-Shirts
    • Cat Trees, Towers and Furniture
    • Designer Cat Collars
    • Interactive Cat Toys
    • Litterbox Furniture, Cabinets and Covers
    • Scratching Posts and Cat Scratchers
    • Special Items for Special Kittys
  • Advice
  • Book Reviews
  • About
  • Contact Summer
    • -Advertise Here!
  • Privacy Policy
  • Fan Club
You are here: Home / Advice / Advice – June 2012

Advice – June 2012

May 22, 2012 By: Sparkle Cat30 Comments

Dear Sparkle,
My favorite window — the one that catches the best morning sunrays — has an extra-added benefit: these awesome blinds! I love chewing on them. They taste good and I can give my teeth a real workout on them. But something weird and icky happened to them the other day — I was hanging out and gnawing on them and they tasted awful! In fact, my tongue felt like it was burning! What happened, and what can I do to make them go back to the way they were?
Signed,
In a Blind — I mean, Bind

Dear In a Bind,
Uh-oh, your human must not have liked you chewing on those blinds because I bet she put hot sauce on them! That is one of those stupid tricks that humans trade over the internet. Talk about fun killing. The solution to this issue is pretty simple, but it takes a really long time to execute, so be forewarned. First off, you must stop chewing on the blinds for now. This is easy enough — they taste so bad that you probably have no desire to anyhow. You will have to take a fairly lengthy break from enjoying the blinds for two reasons — for the hot sauce to wear off, and to convince your human you are no longer going to chew the blinds. After a few weeks, very carefully taste them to see if the hot sauce is still there. Make sure you do this when your human is out of the house; if she catches you, she will probably apply fresh hot sauce and you will have to start the process all over again. Once you have discerned that the blinds are safe to chew once again, you can return to your regular habit, but cautiously. Only do it when your human can’t see you, or hear the noise the blinds make when you are chewing. I know it is a pain to have to sneak around like that, but if you don’t want your taste buds to be unpleasantly surprised once again, you had better make sure your human is none the wiser about your activities.

* * *

Subscribe to my blog posts here!

2022 Somali Cat Starring Summer Samba Calendar
2022 Somali Cat Calendar Starring Summer Samba
See all of Summer’s merch at her her Zazzle Designercat Shop
Share9
Tweet
Pin
Buffer
Pocket
Email
9 Shares

Comments

  1. Rebecca says

    June 5, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    OH MY GOSH, hot sauce?!?! What a terrific ide— er, uh, BAD BAD. Livvy, please move away from the screen… (*boot*).

    She loves to chew on the blind cords. It’s like she goes into this kind of dazed trance. She ruined ALL my blinds, so I had to remove them all. I managed to salvage my $75 kitchen blinds, but… well let’s just say they aren’t exactly an asset to the new kitchen, lol.

    Reply
  2. Cats~Goats~Quotes says

    June 3, 2012 at 8:08 am

    Humans can be sooo mean! Our Mom puts two-sided tape on the chair we love to decorate with out claws. Just don’t know what we are going to do with her!
    Happy Sunday,
    ~ Malachi and The Bunch

    Reply
  3. Diamond says

    May 26, 2012 at 6:38 am

    Hot sauce! I don’t think my human has thought of this. I don’t chew blinds, but it sounds like fun. I concentrate on food sampling.
    Diamond

    Reply
  4. Kizzie says

    May 23, 2012 at 7:56 am

    Just do it when they aren’t looking. That’s what I’d do.

    Reply
  5. Oui Oui says

    May 22, 2012 at 7:58 pm

    Or, you can develop a taste for hot things. Julie likes jalapeno chips!

    Reply
  6. Spitty the Kitty says

    May 22, 2012 at 7:46 pm

    Ah, Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle! You’re losing your mojo! You missed the obvious solution: Take to chewing something MUCH WORSE (expensive hosiery, silk blouses, fancy linens) and your Human will practically BEG you to go back to blind-chewing! You can take that to the bank!

    Reply
  7. Kozmo at the Cat From Hell says

    May 22, 2012 at 7:18 pm

    Excellent advice Sparkle! Me did not know about the hot sauce trick.
    Kisses
    Nellie

    Reply
  8. The Island Cats says

    May 22, 2012 at 7:04 pm

    My mom tried something like that on the electrical cords to get me to stop chewing on them. I thought it was quite unfair.

    Ernie

    Reply
  9. Cathy Keisha says

    May 22, 2012 at 7:01 pm

    You forgot to tell In a Bind to find something to chew that will annoy the human even more. Than they’ll rather IAB chews on the blinds. HAH!

    Reply
  10. Callie (a.k.a. Trouble) says

    May 22, 2012 at 2:36 pm

    Hey, if this had been from a Texas Kitty like me, it would have read….lately the blinds have been tasting soooo yummy. Now if I could only get her to add some jalapenos to them….

    Reply
  11. BeadedTail says

    May 22, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    It’s not very nice of humans to put hot sauce on good chomping spots. There’s got to be some revenge in there somewhere!

    Reply
  12. Savannah says

    May 22, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    so many things to chew…surely you can find a sub until the blinds chill some????

    Reply
  13. CCL Wendy says

    May 22, 2012 at 1:16 pm

    Very, very wise advice. Obviously from someone who’s “been there”!

    Reply
  14. Brian says

    May 22, 2012 at 11:02 am

    Oh yuck, that makes me cringe! Good advice as always Sparkle!

    Reply
  15. Emma and Buster says

    May 22, 2012 at 10:39 am

    if you’re not allowed to chew on the blinds, chew on their shoes instead. that’s what buster does.

    Reply
  16. Abby says

    May 22, 2012 at 10:24 am

    Oh dear the old hot sauce trick.
    Well we kitties have our ways of getting our point across!
    hehehe
    purrs
    >^,,^<
    ♥Abby♥Boo♥Ping♥Jinx♥Grace♥

    Reply
  17. Cheysuli says

    May 22, 2012 at 8:59 am

    That is quite brilliant.

    Reply
  18. meowmeowmans says

    May 22, 2012 at 8:53 am

    Hot sauce on the blinds? What the heck?!

    Good advice, Sparkle … just lull the stupid humans into complacency, right?

    Reply
  19. Texas, a cat in New York says

    May 22, 2012 at 8:29 am

    My human never did that!

    Reply
  20. Fui, Suey and Lishy says

    May 22, 2012 at 8:10 am

    Hot sauce?! What kind of madness is that!?

    Reply
  21. Glogirly & Katie says

    May 22, 2012 at 8:03 am

    Stupid humans. Don’t they know that hot sauce is for burritos???
    ; ) Katie

    Reply
  22. Pricilla - Famous SpokesGoat says

    May 22, 2012 at 7:23 am

    Sparkle! You are so sneaky

    Reply
  23. Random Felines says

    May 22, 2012 at 6:43 am

    Hope mom isn’t taking note. Honestly, there are enough things in our house to chew on, we think the hot sauce would make us give up on the blinds….

    Reply
  24. Cat's Cats says

    May 22, 2012 at 6:22 am

    Wow, I don’t think I could ever hot sauce my cats!!! My blinds have chew marks too and Casper has nibbled through one of the cords but I could never resort to that.

    Reply
  25. Katie Bella says

    May 22, 2012 at 5:29 am

    I agree with efurrybuddy. Wait a bit and start chomping again. She’ll not know what hit her!

    Reply
  26. Hannah and Lucy says

    May 22, 2012 at 4:29 am

    What were the blinds there for in the first place if it wasn’t so you could chew them?
    Luv Hannah amd Lucy xx xx

    Reply
  27. Spunky Doodle and Manny says

    May 22, 2012 at 4:02 am

    I think that is cruel of humans to use hot sauce. Mine would NEVER do that to us! We think you should definitely be allowed to chew on the blinds if you wish, after all, it is your house!

    Reply
  28. Max the Quilt Cat says

    May 22, 2012 at 3:53 am

    Excellent advice again. I don’t know though. With hot sauce on them… I might be off blinds forever.

    pawhugs, Max

    Reply
  29. Ellie says

    May 22, 2012 at 1:25 am

    We kitties think dat is a mean kitty trick. Maybe you need some tasty boxes or ornaments of your own to chew on. We kitties like to chew and rip paper also 😀

    Reply
  30. d'ArtagnanRumblepurr (@rumblepurr) says

    May 22, 2012 at 12:59 am

    And be sure to put some of your kibble in their chocolate as revenge!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Follow Me Here!

  • Bloglovin
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Our Sponsor

Get Summer’s Newsletter!

Stay up to date and get subscriber-only exclusives!

Sign Up For Summer’s Weekly Newsletter!

My Zazzle Store!

Buy from Sparkle's Zazzle Store
T-Shirts, cards, mugs and more!

Summer on Video

Tweets by @sparklecat
Powered by Dealspotr
Read my blog on Kindle
Winner Best Cat Blog Dogtime Petties 2014 Winner Best Cat Blog Dogtime Petties 2010 I won Best Blog Post!
BlogPaws 2016 Nose-to-Nose Awards Finalist badge

Copyright © 2022 ·