Whew...

[eris esoteric]

OK, the bad news was that when the boyfriend grabbed a couple plastic bags for the cats to play with, we both forgot to rip the handles off.

The good news, when Stranger got her head worked all the way through the one handle, she listened to me and let me walk up to her to take it off, and didn't start flying around the apartment wearing a cape.

[lynnzop[$]]

I'd be afraid of suffacation with plastic bags. We used to use paper grocery bags - the cats loved those - but they are hard to find these days!

Glad to hear you were able to get it off of her though.

[eris esoteric]

Well, when I'm not being DUMB, I remember to rip the handles and poke a hole in the bottom of any bag I give them. They're remarkably mature about their toys, and don't normally try to kill themselves. But, having seen ONE cat race around an apartment with a plastic bag tied around their neck, I have a strick NO CAPES! policy. I'm just grateful that Stranger, the world's most graceless, agile cat let me get the bag off of her before doing a SuperKitty impression.

[hadassahchana[$]]

Oy, I remember my poor Mouse kitty wearing a cape and getting more and more panicky until she ran head-on into a wall. It slowed her down enough for me to catch and de-cape her, but she slept for two days after being so traumatized. You are a good cat mom for remembering to pull off the handles.

[mtbat]

Jezabelle used to love being swung in a plastic bag-she'd crawl in and I'd pick it up and swing it-she also loved being swung around in a plastic laundry basket.

[hadassahchana[$]]

So did Bat! I always thought we had the only neurologically-challenged cat in the universe!

[mtbat]

it's nice to know there is more than one of a kind

Doing laundry was such a huge deal-if the basket was empty, she'd jump right in and expect to be swung. over and over again.