![]() ![]() These wool eaters (often pedigree breeds) need help urgently. One Burmese had seven stomach ops to get rid of blockages caused by eating tea cloths and woolly jumpers. The danger from eating wool and other materials etc is that they will get an internal blockage. ![]() Some cats go out and steal soft toys, bring them home and tear them – imitating the whole hunting sequence with teddy-bear prey! They will tear and rip and then eat - wool, cotton, paper, cardboard, wicker baskets, etc. ![]() Since ordinary cat food gives no chance of tearing and ripping, the cat looks for this somewhere else. Some pet cats get compulsive about this part of the predatory sequence – tearing off feathers and skin bit and swallowing it all. Not only does skin and feathers pass through the cat’s stomach, but the cat has an instinct to do the tearing and plucking before swallowing. One theory is that eating strange things like wool or cotton may be a disorder of the cat’s natural hunting behaviour which is to stalk, pounce, tear off feathers and skin, and eat. However, some cats will eat strange items when their owners are not present. There is something called CritterChord, wiring infused with citronella etc which tastes bad. If you do this every time the cat starts chewing at the substance, the behaviour should stop – if it is an attention seeking behaviour. This takes nerve if you are worrying about the animal being electrocuted. Therefore, if the cat looks at you while it is beginning to eat, turn your eyes away and walk out of the rooom. The cat chews on the wire, the anxious owner lifts it away from the wire, and the cat has got its owner’s attention. Sometimes eating strange things (like telephone wires) is a cat’s way of getting attention. This behaviour mainly starts in the first year of life and may coincide with the time the kitten goes to a new home (Bradshaw et al. Some cats chew and rip but don’t eat and some cats just lick these odd materials. There are cats that eat strange substances like cardboard, wool, plastic, rubber, paper and cotton. Pat CaullayĬats that start eating strange items, such as their cat litter, must be checked by a vet. ![]()
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