cats eat the dangdest things!

[tuxluvr]

Spencer, I died laughing at that cartoon and had never heard of "Get Fuzzy"! Thanks for turning me on to it.

As to odd ingestions, my cat has never been fed anything but kitten/cat food (Iams). I'm probably paranoid, but don't want to risk health problems by introducing food she shouldn't eat. (Hey, not that she doesn't sneak that bit on the floor here and there and there is that matter with flies and other bugs.....I could call her "Renfield")... On one occasion, before her spay appointment, we were told not to feed her the night before. We had let her play with these little "fake mice" that look real.....she was so hungry she chewed the fur and skin off the little plastic mouse body...everything came out "in the end" but she was rather sick the day she came home from the vet hospital until she "purged" the offensive material. Poor boo boo kitty

She was very unhappy with me because I wouldn't let her play with the mice any more unless closely supervised, but mommy cat knows best!

[zippy-kat]

Tom loved green beans, bananas, and peas.
Max loved cinnamon rolls, orange juice, and tea.

Clarice loves anything salty!
Tinker loves corn and crackers! She woke us up one morning by banging a door. She had opened the cupboard and the door shut behind her. Well, I suppose she had been trapped for quite awhile b/c she had chewed open a new BOX of ritz crackers, dug out one of the plastic packages, OPENED it, and helped herself to a feast. There were sooooo many crumbs inside the cabinet!

[ August 17, 2001: Message edited by: zippy-kat ]

[NoahsMommy]

Noah likes to eat things that aren't food! I just discovered that the plastic coverings at the end of my shoe laces are gone! He likes to eat feathers, litter shavings from the bunny cage, alfalfa hay, paper, anything small!!

As far as food, he liked the honey roasted soy beans I gave him yesturday!

[thelmalu99]

I have to be really careful with my garbage bags and shopping bags because Elvis loves to chew on them! I think I'm going to have to buy one of those garbage cans with a lid and a pedal at the bottom because I'm sure that the plastic is not very good for him.
Silly kitty.

[catwoman]

Thelmalu,

My Weezie has the same garbage-bag fetish. The pedal-type garbage pail has worked well to deter her.

If Elvis can get into drawers and cabinets (like Weezie does) ... consider getting a grocery-bag dispenser that you can hang from a nail (the fabric kind) or mount to the wall (the plastic kind.)

Good luck,
Dianne

[thelmalu99]

Dianne,
Yeah, I have one of those plastic dispensers for my grocery/garbage bags, but I always end up just throwing bags into the cabinet. I'm afraid I'm not very disciplined, LOL.

Does Weezie lick the plastic bags too? Elvis will just sit there licking the plastic before he starts chewing on it.
He's so wierd. I think I named him well!

[catwoman]

Thelmalu,

Yes, Weezie licks the bags first. Next she nibbles, leaving little tooth marks and holes. And lastly, (if I don't intervene,) she bites of small pieces and swallows them! It doesn't seem to bother her, but it really worries me.

She also likes to lick the shower curtain whenever she's in the bathroom. (So weird!) She never did this until I left a bag of salted peanuts on the counter one day. Do you think she is hoping all the other bags will be salty too?

Does Elvis like rubberbands too? Weezie can sniff them out from five miles away. She's been known to unzip purses to get at them

I like Elvis' name ... I'm originally from Tennessee!

Dianne

[thelmalu99]

Dianne,
Yes, he's my little plastic-eatin' hunka burnin' love!
I'm going to pick up one of those garbage cans with a lid because it worries me that he keeps eating plastic bags.
I have never seen him play with a rubberband. I don't even think I have any at home. Maybe that's a good thing!
Have you ever posted pictures of Thelma and Weezie? I'd love to see what my namesake looks like!

[catwoman]

Thelmalu,

No, I've not posted any pics of the girls. I have a few nice ones on diskette, especially of Thelma (who, like her namesake, is very photogenic ) ... but none are anywhere on the web so I can't figure out how to post them here.

If you like, I can e-mail you a couple tomorrow ... after I get my disk from home.

Dianne

[AmberLee]

Yikes!!!

Thank you Thelma/Catwoman for the head's up. Livvy's been licking plastic bags and other plastic objects for about a month now, but I never thought to check if she'd done any nibbling. Since her tummy rather sensative (or she eats stuff that disagrees with her WAY too much) I'll need to keep a much closer eye on her. Just had no idea this oddity could be the start of more tummy distress.

[thelmalu99]

Dianne,
Absolutely, I'd love to see pics of the girls! I unfortunately still haven't had a chance to take pics of the boyz, but I will as soon as I can. Please, e-mail those photos on over!

AmberLee,
Yeah, if Livvy has been licking the plastic bags, she's probably been doing some nibbling too. I once came home after some heavy-duty shopping and just dropped my bags on the floor. A few hours later, when I went to pick the bags up, one whole edge of a plastic shopping bag was chewed up! It really worries me.
I just don't understand what the attraction is!
WhatEVER!

[catwoman]

Thelmalu,

The pics are on their way! Sorry, I don't have any of Weezie munching on a baggie ...
LOL!

Dianne

[4 feline house]

Cats like the plastic bags because lard is used as a softener in the manufacturing process. Their ultra-sensitive noses can detect it. Little bits every now and then probably won't hurt them, but if they have a real habit it could. Further, the handles can easily become wrapped around their necks. It's best, no matter how tired you are, to put them away as soon as you get home.

[thelmalu99]

Thanks Leah,
I didn't realize about the lard. That explains it.
LOL, yeah I'd say Elvis has a real habit. I'm going to have to check him in to the Kitty Ford Clinic for his addiction, lol.
In any case, I have been careful about not leaving those bags sitting around. I just have to get the garbage can with the lid and I think I'll be all set.

[catwoman]

Lard, huh? Well, no wonder!!!

Thanks for posting, 4 Feline House ... you have solved a long-term mystery for me.

Dianne