My cat has a homing device for pens, pencils and most anything else resembling these things. Like plastic pipettes, ink bottle droppers, makeup brushes, tweezers, you name it.
The more expensive it is the better.
All artist supplies are expensive. If he can’t haul them away, he’ll chew them on the spot.
I have some very expensive pencils. I have to keep them in drawers and hidden away or suffer the consequences. I’ve watched him on occasion, he will carefully select the pencil he desires from my pencil holders. Not just any pencil will do.
Then he runs off with it and hides it. I don’t always find them, even when I give chase. He is quick and clever!
He professes innocence when I do find the pencil much later but he can’t hide the evidence; the pencil end sports many puncture wounds.
Some people don’t believe it is the cat, they say it is me chewing them.
But it is the cat, I swear.
He never eats them, thank goodness – I can’t imagine the lead or ink would be too healthy, and what a mess it’d make!
So he is not totally destructive. Just mischievous!