| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences |
| Notice: | FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY |
| Moderator: | MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO |
| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 11 1994 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5089 |
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My friends cat has started doing things like licking soap and putting
his face into ash trays and eating ashes. She says its like the
cat will eat anything lately. She cant even brush her teeth without
the cat up there after the toothpaste. Any ideas on what caused
this behavior?? She says the only thing that is different in her
cats routine is a different cat food which I guess he is not to
thrilled about. He also has been running around the house as cats
do for no reason alot lately acting a little nutsy but she says
he seems healthy enough. Anyone ever experienced this one???
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| 491.1 | Mine ate cotton balls with cleanser on them | PUZZLE::CORDESJA | Thu Feb 19 1987 15:59 | 12 | |
I had a cat once that started eating the cotton balls that I discarded
after washing my face with cleanser. I talked with my vet about
it and he said it was indicative of a gastro-intestinal upset and
that I should bring the cat in. I did, and he was ill. I don't
remember what the exact illness was or the medication (it was about
five years ago).
Have your friend *call* her vet and ask him what he thinks. It
may just be that he is hungry since he doesn't like the current
fare in his dish.
Jo Ann
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| 491.2 | clothes shredder | RHODES::BAUMANN | Thu Feb 19 1987 18:12 | 13 | |
One of my cats -- Pollux -- has, over the past 6 years, eaten
a huge hole in a very expensive wool tweed skirt, consumed the
straps off of a variety of underware and cleaned up any loose
string he can find lying around the house. Sometimes he
throws up. More often he has cat box difficulties later.
A friend of mine suggested a possible vitamin deficiency might
be the cause, but Pollux seems healthy.
If your cat just started this, I would call a vet and ask about
it. Let me know what you find out. Good luck.
Laura
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