Gnawing on stuff

I have had cats with the same pre-occupation. They really like my stacks of magazines (not the rack like yours, but the actual edges of the magazines) I don't mind this too much, as they aren't shredding them appart or anything. I think they start with just "marking" them by rubbing the scent releasing glands located near their mouths on them, then like the feel and start gnawing on them a bit. The only time it bothered me was when one of them started trying to do this to the books on my bookshelf as well...*grr* i have a number of books with cat teeth marks on the spines now.. I had one cat who was addicted to chewing on wires...this got really annoying as he really messed up my phone charger once, and i was always afraid of him getting injured! I tried to keep them out of his reach, but well, you know how cats are. I thought i had him broken of the habit after i was very vigilent about spraying him with a water bottle (which works wonders for my cats with training them to not be on tables and counters or scratching at furniture..they are so well trained that on the rare occasion they try to attempt one of these no-nos, all i have to do is reach for the bottle and they stop, i coudln't tell you the last time i actually had to put more water in it) anywho, so i was spraying him whenever he started playing with a wire, and he had seems to of lost interest Until one year at christmas that is. I had my artificial tree up (which can be just another hassle all together if you have cats. but that is another story) and all of a sudden, it got darker in the room, and my cat went tearing like a bat out of hades into the other room. It tooke me a second to realize what happened, when i finaly looked at the tree...the lights were all out!! I immediately unplugged the lights and hunted my cat down to check on him. He was freaked out, fluffed up, but other than that fine. I am sure he got quite a jolt, but i checked his mouth (which he didn't like at all) for burns or anything, and didn't find any...kept an eye on him for a while...but he seemed fine. Though he never played with another wire again from what i have ever seen!

I dont know about Gnawing on stuff but She does steal my shoes! Always has since she was a kitten. Not sure why, but I've grown a custom to looking for the other shoe in the morning if I for get to put them away in my closet. :D

I had a cat that shredded newspaper. I've got one, Booboo, who gnaws fingers (and he hurts too). But I don't really understand the question

they will once in a blue moon..mine are good about not doing it though. it's just every now and then something is just too enticing not to chew on. usually it's something plastic,and that gets taken away from them and put up.

For some reason my previous cat and current cat both like chewing on plastic for some unknown reason.