my 7 yr old cat petrified of plastic grocery bags

[phesina]

Good idea would be to cut the handles of all of those bags after you bring them home, so the same thing would never happen to any of your kitties again.

[Jessika]

Definitely cut the handles to the bags after bringing them in to avoid a potential strangulation hazard.

I'll be willing to bet that it is the SOUND of the bags (rustling) moreso than the bags themselves. Most cats are curious about plastic bags, I've even been told there is a chemical in plastic bags that is similar to a phermone (hence why so many cats are attracted to them), but when he went to investigate the bag, got it stuck around his neck, and couldn't get out... the sound of the bag freaked him out.

Can you switch to using reusable paper or cloth bags, and ditch the plastic altogether?

[kaoK'okung]

Thanks everyone for the replies.

I will try the paper bags and see what happens and it is definitely the sound of the bags that freaks Sombrero out, oddly enough I caught him playing with the plastic bag the same way his brother, Zorro, does.... Go figure....

I guess it fits his personality as his nickname is "Nut"... lol...