O2 Sabotaged

[Ross]

Here I am, finally asleep after fighting to fall asleep for the last 3 hours, when I awake not feeling right and having that feeling of not getting enough Oxygen.

I get out of bed to go check the concentrator and see what the heck is going on all to find out that my supply line has been chewed in half and isn't even connected.

I flip the light on to inspect for more damage and find that offending creature even chewed through the line just below my throat.

Anyone need a cat?

One or both of them are going to get a serious beating when I figure out which one it was. That's 2 cannulas destroyed this week and now their working on the main supply line.

 

[KimC]

Does your kitty have a personal vendetta against you, Ross? I am sure there are ways you can repay him/her.

Hee hee ...

 

[Nancy]

There's a spray item called "Pet Off" or something like that, it's an animal repellant. Maybe you could spray some on a tissue and wipe your O2 lines and cannulas with it. There is another product called "Bitter Apple" which tastes terrible to animals. That might work as well.

Don't blame the kitties. There are some plastic products that are made with chemicals that actually attract animals. That might be what's going on.

Unfortunately, punishment now would have absolutely no effect, since it's so far removed from the actual event. Punishment wouldn't work at any rate. They're just doing what comes naturally. They haven't a clue that those things are necessary for you.

 

[Ross]

Just let me catch them in the act. Someone is going to get a butt alignment!

 

[fisher6476]

Idea

Idea

I noticed in a recent post that you thought we had a big number of members from Colorado. Maybe the altitude? Maybe you could send the cats to check... probably a bad idea

 

[EVELYN]

Rossman

They're just getting revenge on you for spaying/neutering them!!!

Hope you have lots of O2 tubing.

Nancy mentioned the Bitter Apple....actually some pets love the taste of it, oddly enough. If you see them near your tubing, just have a spray bottle of lemon juice and water nearby and blast them with that---or do they do it when you're asleep?

Evelyn

 

[Ross]

They got me while I was asleep this time. Which ever one it is, prefers to chew the line where the connector is from the 50ft run to the cannula. I can't believe I didn't feel them when they chewed the cannula line right where it separates to go up and over your ears. I think I'm going to soak that portion in tobassco sauce or something. I have now armed myself with a spray bottle, so I should be able to nail them some 20 - 25 ft away. I think I'll go get a super soaker water gun so I can extend my range!

It makes me mad because I just ordered and got those 2 cannulas and now there in the trash can. I had to scotch tape part of the 50ft run to seal up tiny holes. I'd like to know what's up with these brats. They haven't touched this line even as babies and now they act like they're teething or something. Maybe it is revenge for destroying their sex lives?

 

[ALCapshaw2]

Hey Ross,

My DOG LOVES Cat ...

(or at least she loves chasing them...

she's never actually caught one...yet)



'AL'

 

[fyrfytr]

Hey Ross,
You know those two cannuals would make a couple of nice nooses. Just kidding!
Take Care

Dave
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[Karlynn]

Might the offender be one of the cats that you had uh- de-sexed- a month or so ago?


Karlynn

 

[catwoman]

Hey! Y'all are treading on dangerous turf, talking about poor little kitty cats like that!

Seriously, you might try getting some citrus peel (orange, lemon or lime) and going over the lines with them. Cats can't stand citrus smell. You could spray with lemon juice, like Evelyn suggested.
Or you can get something called Bandgard, I think, that vets use to deter animals from licking incision areas. Is a spray. I've used it a couple of times.

Catwoman

 

[hensylee]

Wonder if the kitties were after the oxygen itself? Don't think I'd use spray - it might get in the tube and therefore in you. Ask the oxygen folks if there's something they might know of.

Can't have you as a non-breather. Just wouldn't do.

 

[Ross]

Nothing will get in these lines as long as there are no teeth holes in them. I've had to make use of the water bottle and newspaper a couple of times now. Maybe this overgrown meatball will get it through his head by the end of today?

 

[Georgia]

Hey, Ross - I'd take Marsha's (catwoman) advice, being as how she's a professional cat judge. I bet the kitties hear the oxygen.
I'm going to try citrus peel next time my cats decided to destroy something (but it's kinda hard to rub it on all those Xmas tree lights . . .)

On the other hand, they are so weird sometimes that they may have just now noticed that you have the tank. They tend to be pretty wrapped up in themselves.

 

[Ross]

I'm convinced this large gray meatball is on dope! He's taking to doing things that he never ever did before. It's almost as if he's just discovered just how bad he really can be. Even his sister doesn't want anything to do with him while he's awake.

 

[Christina]

Ross..

A few years back my daughter had a cat that chewed through an electric cord. Guess what happend to the cat? Not a pretty picture! The cat didn't make it.
Since then we have put plastic tubing on all our electric cords in the house because one day we saw one of our cats chew on a cord too. Because we adore our cats, we didn't want to see our cat electrocuted.
The tubing can be bought at the hardware store.

 

[catwoman]

Some cat breeders do wrap cords with the tubing sold at home centers. Just get a box knife and slit down the side and slip it over the electrical cord.

We've had cats for 20+ years, haven't had them eat through electrical cords. Have had a couple of kittens kill our computer mouse, though.

The veterinary product I mentioned above is Bandguard spray, made by Schering-Plough. It's a bandage protectant, contains diphemanil methylsulfate (label says it's an anticholinergic), which is Greek to me.

 

[Ross]

I'm positive it's the Cat. The little satan sat and did it again today!

Nothing is detering him. I don't know what to do. I can't babysit the air line nor the cat. I can't keep replacing lines and cannulas either. He knew he was in trouble when I saw him. He took off behind the couch. Man I'm ticked!

 

[hensylee]

You can always give it away - if you know which one it is - then keep the other one.

 

[Ross]

It's my fat little meatball Puff. I gotta find a way to break him of this. I beaned him with grams socks that he stole out of the bedroom. He's into a sock fetish too! Lyn's put them in a bag and hid it. I'll be darned if he didn't find it and has the socks all strewn about the bedroom. I hope he outgrows this phase fast or I swear I'll have all his teeth removed.