Does anyone else have a dog or cat in their house that is attracted to ash from your stove?
I ask this because we have a cat and dog, they pretty much stay away from each other except when it gets cold and the stove gets fired up. Then they will lay by the stove inches apart getting along just fine. Over the years we've all seen that with wood stove, oil burners, even forced air outlets. But for some reason our cat does something I've never seen from a cat.
Every night I pull the clinker from my stove. I have a cookie sheet that I leave under the stove to put under the door of the stove when I open it to catch any small amount of ash that may fall out from getting on the floor. Every night our cat comes to the stove right before I get ready to pull the clinker, it knows it's time! Then the cat crawls under and around the stove the entire time I am pulling the clinker, cleaning the glass and replacing the clinker fork in the firepot. It waits for me to place the cookie sheet under the stove again. I then take the clinker outside to cool off. The entire time until I get back in the cat is just enamored with the ash on the cookie sheet.
I've even left it for a little while longer to see what the cat does. As long as that little bit of ash is on that pan the cat stays there, sniffing, pawing it a little, but never licks it.
Any ideas? Or other strange behaviors from critters around your stove?
I ask this because we have a cat and dog, they pretty much stay away from each other except when it gets cold and the stove gets fired up. Then they will lay by the stove inches apart getting along just fine. Over the years we've all seen that with wood stove, oil burners, even forced air outlets. But for some reason our cat does something I've never seen from a cat.
Every night I pull the clinker from my stove. I have a cookie sheet that I leave under the stove to put under the door of the stove when I open it to catch any small amount of ash that may fall out from getting on the floor. Every night our cat comes to the stove right before I get ready to pull the clinker, it knows it's time! Then the cat crawls under and around the stove the entire time I am pulling the clinker, cleaning the glass and replacing the clinker fork in the firepot. It waits for me to place the cookie sheet under the stove again. I then take the clinker outside to cool off. The entire time until I get back in the cat is just enamored with the ash on the cookie sheet.
I've even left it for a little while longer to see what the cat does. As long as that little bit of ash is on that pan the cat stays there, sniffing, pawing it a little, but never licks it.
Any ideas? Or other strange behaviors from critters around your stove?
