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The Trash Can Tipped, and a Pink Sphynx Is Smiling About It

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The trash can lies on its side with its lid beside it, and an entire week of garbage has spread across the kitchen floor: banana peels, a cereal box, crumpled napkins, lettuce, and a few foil wrappers. Sitting at the edge of the pile is a pink Sphynx with enormous ears and a tiny, tight smile, her wrinkled face turned up as if she is waiting for someone to speak. Cabinets, a pair of sneakers, and a laundry basket form a cheerful backdrop.

Sphynx cats are bold, social, and food-driven, and they love attention. That energy sometimes finds an outlet in the trash, which smells like an endless buffet. A trash raid can be risky, though, because spoiled food, bones, plastic wrappers, and foil can all cause serious trouble if swallowed, and some foods, like onions, chocolate, and grapes, are harmful. Use a can with a locking lid or keep it inside a cabinet, and take out smelly trash promptly. Because Sphynx cats have bare skin, wipe her down gently if she got into anything messy, and ask your vet about skin care. If she swallows plastic or foil or seems unwell after a trash raid, call your vet.

She wears her little smile like someone who has just discovered a very good secret. The cleanup will take a while, but she is not worried.

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