Fable, my lovely Fable, is a chewer. I have baseboard, carpet, and wall corner casualties that I am sure to pay for when I move out of my current apartment, but I have worked to lessen those behaviors by redirecting her and blocking things off.

Something I haven’t made too much progress with is her chewing on clothes.

Fable frequently comes up to you when you’re sitting on the floor and begins heavily nudging you, which immediately escalates to finding a fold in your clothes and starting to nibble. Myself and my significant other have tried moving, redirecting her, etc., but she’s insistent on trying to chew at our clothes. I know the intent isn’t destructive, and I have even reframed that she’s trying to groom the clothes off me and trim it since she’s perceiving raised edges and such (a very rose-colored interpretation, haha), but the fact stands that she is relentless. When she interacts with skin, she nudges or does a single nip. The moment she realizes she’s near your clothes though, it’s a different story.

I’m wondering what tips or experience others may have to help reduce this behavior? Unlike Wick, she is not spooked by the emphatic “hiss” sound I make to indicate a behavior I disapprove of.