She used to chew cardboard too...the boxes we leave out for them to play in ..She likes the packing paper that comes from the Ebay deliveries. It is without ink-- just plain light unprinted newsprint. She will hump up the paper, and hide under it. Then when Weezie saunters past she will leap out at her.. and then both will do that funny "cat dance". One night hubby picked up some Panera carryout (a yummy restaurant place here) and left the bag on the floor... that was when Maya decided that shredding that bag was better than boxes. Sometimes we sprinkle catnip inside. She bites out little bits about the size of a nickle coin, and flings her neck throwing them in a semicircle around her. She is also the messiest eater we have ever had.
But that is another story. Otherwise she is sweet, loving, very careful always with her nails, and shows promise for tricks. I have already taught her to raise her paw for food. Now she raises it for "please" too. (open the door or let her in from the porch)!. I am trying to expand on that, but it is slow going.

When the ducks come to our feeding area at dusk, I just call...
"big birds" and she comes to watch thru the window. Maya was a rescue from our upNorth home...in the wilds. She has many very intelligent traits. Our vet says rescue ferals, if calm (not aggressive) like she is, are the smartest cats. The smart ones survive and pass on the smart genes. Not a day passes that she fails to make us laugh or wonder at her! She loves hubby best and that is wonderful because Oreo was "his" too, and he was very grief stricken when she died.