Oh so familiar of a habit
I had a cat that lived to be 18 - used to lick black and white as well as color photographs. The chemicals are not good for the cat, but it didn't seem to bother Demian since he lived to be 18. He would climb shelves and take them out of frames, just to get to them. Needless to say, he destroyed many a photograph until I learned to hide them.
I would suggest you try to discourage your critters from licking them. Maybe it is a habit - a certain smell? Beats me. No other cats of mine have ever done it.
Cats are odd little things, aren't they?
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We discussed this a while back.
This may give you some more ideas.
my kitty likes plastic, too
Hi, I have written before about my cat, Julie, and how she likes to lick plastic things. She did one time try to lick a posterboard I had with a display photo of Cal Expo (the California State Fairground) on it. I had to put it away because I needed it for an exhibit I was participating in!
But I also try to keep plastic bags, especially the nasty white ones that come from the grocery store, away from her. I am always worried a piece of plastic will come off and get stuck in her throat. Julie also licks my laundry baskets and some plastic chairs that I have.
When I wrote about this previously, people also mentioned the possibility that there is some sort of animal product or smell in the plastic that attracts her.
Now Julie's latest passion is climbing up on the bathtub rim, craning her neck over and licking the bathtub faucet to drink the microscopic water droplets falling from it. As if her perfectly nice bowl of water, which I change fresh daily, is not good enough for her ... I guess she thinks it tastes better the harder she works for it.
And you are right, kitties are funny little things, but I would not trade mine for the world--probably because I am a funny big thing myself {8-)
Pray for Peace! Martha and Julie the Calico Princess