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Need kitty suggestions

My cat likes to eat dental floss. That's problematic for a lot of reasons, but mostly because she always throws it up. So, we have a trash can in the bathroom with a lid (one of those where you step on lever to make the top pop up). Worked great for almost 3 years.

This morning, I saw her nudge it open with her little nose and dig inside. I shooed her away, and she did it again. And again.

I don't know what to do, aside from bringing our gross used floss downstairs to the kitchen trash can every night. Any suggestions?

Re: Need kitty suggestions

  • You should be able to find a small trash can with a lid that's not a step can. We have one that you have to push the lid in with your hand. The spring is fairly strong, and our cats - who know how to open all of our closets, the pantry, and the kitchen cabinets - cannot get into it. I think we got ours at Target, but I can't find one like it online. Or is there a cabinet you could put the trash can in?

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  • not sure if this is bad for the septic or anything but we used to flush our floss when we were kids...
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    You should be able to find a small trash can with a lid that's not a step can. We have one that you have to push the lid in with your hand. The spring is fairly strong, and our cats - who know how to open all of our closets, the pantry, and the kitchen cabinets - cannot get into it. I think we got ours at Target, but I can't find one like it online. Or is there a cabinet you could put the trash can in?

    We had something like that before and the other cat figured out how to tip it over and then pry the whole top off.

    They're crafty, I tell you.

  • Flush it.  My kitties are obsessed with eating Q-tips.  It's gross and weird.  They find them and pull them out of the trash!  I now buy the paper/cotton ones so that I can flush them.  I've definitely flushed floss, too.
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  • Wow. I really wish I could find ours online. The lid fits on quite tightly. I have to hold the can between my feet in order to pull the lid off, so there is no way the cats are getting it off. And the spring-loaded lid makes it so the kitties can't get into it. If they put their paws in there, they'd probably get pinched and would never try again. Maybe you can find one at Target. Sometimes their online inventory doesn't match up with their in-store.
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  • We flush our floss.
  • Stop flossing.  Stick out tongue
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  • Put double-sided tape around the outside rim and around the outside rim of the lid.  Cats HATE tape--it might be enough of a deterrent to make her stop. 
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