One of the strange things we have cats doing, is bringing objects from the basement up and using them as toys. Things like roofing nails (there’s a bucket of those down there), various types of electrical connectors, bolts, etc. Tissue used to bring up bullets. We never found where she was getting them, but she must have got them all, because that finally stopped.
We’ve seen several of the kittens come up from the basement and dropping things on the dining room floor. Even the Tiny Beast!
Of course, we take the stuff away as soon as we spot them. There’s a container in one of our shelves that has quite a collection, now.
With PBC in the house now, and not isolated in one room, we have the basement door closed until she and the other ladies heal up. Bonus: mo more weird metal things on the floor!
Some are not happy with that.
Yesterday, Ghosty found the container in the shelf and began violently digging into it, to reach the objects on the bottom. She had stuff flying all over the place before I could get to her and stop her. Of course, I picked up the objects she flung all around. Our lino has a very busy pattern, though. I knew it was possible I missed something. I made sure to let the family know. Especially my husband, who is almost always barefoot.
Well, I missed something.
I got up to feed the cats this morning, not bothering to put on my inside shoes.
This is what I ended up pulling out of my foot.
Good grief.
Thankfully, my feet are rather calloused, so it didn’t do much damage. Still, I got the girls to feed the outside cats while I cleaned the wound.
What a start to the day.
I’m going back to bed, now.
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 
If you bled, have you had a tetanus shot recently?
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I’d say Tetanus, even if she did not bleed.
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I had my daughter check it. She had a hard time even finding a mark! Callouses come in handy sometimes. 😆
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Good post. I’d go back to bed, too.
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I had a good sleep, and my foot is fine now!
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That is good to hear.
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Cats are infuriating that way. It doesn’t matter how many proper cat toys you have, they always want something different (and usually more mundane). We’ve even tried the advice to rotate the toys, only giving them certain ones at a time so they feel new. Nope.
Trinity, AKA the newer one or just filthy beast (lol) has an obsession with the screw on caps from plastic soda pop bottles. They’re light so they move well when hit, and they make noise bouncing across the floor. They’re a little easier to see than most of the stuff your cats have been getting into also, BUT that doesn’t mean I haven’t stepped on a few myself.
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They do love those caps! I’d rather they played with those, but some of them really have a thing for metal objects. Weird!
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oh now – that hurts just reading!
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Ouch!
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Oh dear! That’s a yikes.
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