A new kitten!

[Buleste]

The other thing is always remember to get pet insurance. Cats, especially kittens are forever getting into trouble and it can get very very very expensive and not just in chewed controllers.

And also make sure you get him chipped. Cats tend to loose collers (One of mine takes great pleasure in taking his off, little bastard) and they only talk to their owners so a chip is always usefull.

[Teho]

I remember how depressed you got over your previous cat, so it's great to hear that you've found a new one at last.

And yeah, kittens definitely love chewing. I've lost several things to that over the years including a mobile charger which was thankfully not plugged in. And a regular phone cable, while I was using the phone. Was talking with my friend when it suddenly went dead. Pulled at the cable to see if it had somehow gotten disconnected and ended up with a cut end. Looked down and saw the kitten in the middle of a life and death battle with the other end. Well, the phone was dead so the cat won I guess. That same cat also chewed over a speaker cable before I finally got the message and started hiding cables behind and under stuff.

[toomanymikes]

My mums cats chewed everything - even things that was obviously hurting them (christmas tree branches...). A new pet can cheer you up no ends

[Harrison]

Another reason I prefer dogs!

[Buleste]

Dogs are just as bad at chewing (you should see some of the marks my ex girlfriends left me.(Ba dum bom Tssshhh(That replicating playing the drums))). One of my friends dogs chewed up one of my STS AGA disks. I couldn't play STS for years!!!

[Harrison]

That's just down to the dog not being trained properly. My dogs have never chewed up anything I've owned because they were never allowed to and they knew it.

In comparison you can't really teach a cat to not do something. They dig their nails in everything and ruin all of your furniture, and are sick all over the place ruining your carpets, and leaving nice presents for you to step on or find on a window ledge. Not nice.

[Teho]

You can "teach" a cat to not do things at least in your presence. That is, you can teach it to respect that you're the dominant one. Staring it down will take care of that. May take a little while if the cat is particularily willful, but any housecat that isn't outright mad will give in to a person, usually in a short while. After that, a sharp "no!" and hard stare at a cat will stop it dead in it's tracks at whatever it is doing. And it will learn what it can and can't do from this. At least while in your presence. I've had a few cats over the years and this has always worked for me.

[Buleste]

The great cat/dog debate will never end. Dog lovers will always prefer dogs and cat lovers will always be slightly mad (me included as i own 3). Cats will always do what they want (If they can get away with it) and dogs will always be obedient (If trained properly)(I'm talking generalisations and i'm also hoping that the world is full of responsible owners). The one thing that can be said is that all reptile owners are either rockers or goths (or their modern equivelents).