Hello Zeke! You are certainly a handsome orange guy! I'm sorry I don't have an answer to why he would eat material - there is probably someone here with more experience who will have a suggestion.

One of my previous cats, Nutley, used to eat certain types of material - mostly string, ribbons or plastic. Once she discovered that the bottom of the couch was threaded through with string and managed to rip out and eat a looooong piece of it before I noticed. I was afraid it would get tangled in her intestines so I took her to the vet and she had an X-ray and an enema (ick!). I used to tell people that I had to spend $200 on her because she ate furniture!