CelloMike@startrek.website to cats@lemmy.world · 3 months agoI do not own a cat, but after defrosting my freezer and noticing this, I suspect someone who lived here before did...startrek.websiteexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down112
arrow-up1125arrow-down1external-linkI do not own a cat, but after defrosting my freezer and noticing this, I suspect someone who lived here before did...startrek.websiteCelloMike@startrek.website to cats@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarenorimee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up68arrow-down1·3 months agoI would guess that your predecessor stabbed at the ice layer with pointy knife instead of defrosting it properly. Why would any pet ever claw inside your freezer?!.
minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoYeah, I’m guessing they used a honing steel to smash ice buildup. Source: I’ve used a honing steel and plastic mallet to break up ice in freezers before.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoI agree, these can’t be cat toothmarks because they’d be in pairs. And I’m extremely glad no cats were frozen in the creation of this post.
minus-squareCelloMike@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoThis wasn’t where the ice buildup was - I guessed maybe they left the door open at some point and an animal had a nibble
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 months agoThis wasn’t where the ice buildup was NOW, because they’d chipped it all away. Generally, marks from cat teeth come in pairs.
I would guess that your predecessor stabbed at the ice layer with pointy knife instead of defrosting it properly.
Why would any pet ever claw inside your freezer?!.
Yeah, I’m guessing they used a honing steel to smash ice buildup.
Source: I’ve used a honing steel and plastic mallet to break up ice in freezers before.
I agree, these can’t be cat toothmarks because they’d be in pairs. And I’m extremely glad no cats were frozen in the creation of this post.
This wasn’t where the ice buildup was - I guessed maybe they left the door open at some point and an animal had a nibble
This wasn’t where the ice buildup was NOW, because they’d chipped it all away. Generally, marks from cat teeth come in pairs.