kitten645
02-10-2007, 06:11 PM
I'm posting this here rather than health or behaviour in hopes more people will see it and advise.
Calvin has a styrofoam fetish :eek: He will eat/play with ANYTHING made of the stuff. Packing peanuts, coffee/drink cups, plates, coolers ...ANYTHING! :rolleyes: Half the time I don't even realize something is made of it until he's got teeth marks in it. He doesn't seem to ingest too much but I'm sure he does some. I think the packing peanuts/popcorn is made from a corn derivative now so as to break down in landfill. However I don't know if all products are eco friendly that way. I'm worried that it might cause him some problems in his tummy. He's never thrown them up or had any problems thus far and I'm trying to be mindful of what packaging is around but it must have some sort of smell because the little bugger finds it no matter what!
I got a gift in the mail packed in peanuts and made sure to seal the box so he couldn't get to them. He either saw what I did or smelled them cause when I got home from work the box had a hole in the corner and there were peanuts everywhere!! :p
Does anyone know if it is harmful? I've searched on threads here and online but can't find anything about it.
Thanks in advance.
Calvin has a styrofoam fetish :eek: He will eat/play with ANYTHING made of the stuff. Packing peanuts, coffee/drink cups, plates, coolers ...ANYTHING! :rolleyes: Half the time I don't even realize something is made of it until he's got teeth marks in it. He doesn't seem to ingest too much but I'm sure he does some. I think the packing peanuts/popcorn is made from a corn derivative now so as to break down in landfill. However I don't know if all products are eco friendly that way. I'm worried that it might cause him some problems in his tummy. He's never thrown them up or had any problems thus far and I'm trying to be mindful of what packaging is around but it must have some sort of smell because the little bugger finds it no matter what!
I got a gift in the mail packed in peanuts and made sure to seal the box so he couldn't get to them. He either saw what I did or smelled them cause when I got home from work the box had a hole in the corner and there were peanuts everywhere!! :p
Does anyone know if it is harmful? I've searched on threads here and online but can't find anything about it.
Thanks in advance.