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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / May 2005My cat is eating the dirt of my plants
Hi all, My cat has been eating the dirt in my potted plants lately. Just taking big clumps and eating it and I can't seem to stop him. I'm guessing he's either stressed or there's something missing in his diet. Has anyone heard of this or had similar problems? Thanks, Jacquie I never had a cat eat potting soil but my Boots likes to dig in it so I got a bag of small stones and poured them over the potting soil. He leaves them alone. > Hi all, My cat has been eating the dirt in my potted plants lately. > Just taking big clumps and eating it and I can't seem to stop him. I'm > guessing he's either stressed or there's something missing in his diet. > Has anyone heard of this or had similar problems? > Thanks, Jacquie On Thu 19 May 2005 08:13:13p, wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav (news:1116547993.459860.200190@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com): > Hi all, My cat has been eating the dirt in my potted plants > lately. Just taking big clumps and eating it and I can't seem to > stop him. I'm guessing he's either stressed or there's something > missing in his diet. Has anyone heard of this or had similar > problems? Thanks, Jacquie I've read that cats will eat strange things when something is missing in their diet, but I haven't heard of eating dirt. The act of eating non-food items is called "pica". Here's an interesting article: http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/home/beh/feline_behavior/pica.html  SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields > Hi all, My cat has been eating the dirt in my potted plants lately. > Just taking big clumps and eating it and I can't seem to stop him. I'm > guessing he's either stressed or there's something missing in his diet. > Has anyone heard of this or had similar problems? > Thanks, Jacquie For a quick fix, and to blow the cats mind... why not put a layer of cat food right on top the dirt. > Hi all, My cat has been eating the dirt in my potted plants lately. > Just taking big clumps and eating it and I can't seem to stop him. I'm > guessing he's either stressed or there's something missing in his diet. > Has anyone heard of this or had similar problems? > Thanks, Jacquie Sorry, I missed this post or I would have responded sooner. Get him to the vet! He could be dangerously anemic! The vet will need to do bloodwork to check this. Someone posted a while back about their cat licking pavement, also a sign of anemia. The next time they posted, the cat was dead. Signature-Kelly Hi Kelly, thank u for your post. I read something like that on here yesturday about the pavement, licking concrete and cat litter, read that it could mean anemia or calcium deficiency. I wish I would have read that one earlier. My last cat just died in November was licking pavement for 3 months. I asked the vet at the time and she said it was just stress from our recent move into a new house. After I saw the vet he died 5 days later of Anemia and FIV! I tell ya we gotta do our own research vets and any doctors really don't know everything and a lot of the times aren't willing to research or keep an open mind to our suggestions. So I was so concerned about my cat now. The vet said he's not anemic and has no other advise. I think I need a new vet! I just did a search and found it might be an ulcer, stomach acid problem too. Thank you, I hope he'll be ok and it's not too late! Much appreciated! Jacquie & Simba > Hi Kelly, thank u for your post. I read something like that on here > yesturday about the pavement, licking concrete and cat litter, read [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Much appreciated! > Jacquie & Simba What area are you in? Maybe someone on here can reccomend a good vet. I'm sorry about your last kitty and that the vet wasn't very helpful. Signature-Kelly I'm in Canada, just north of Toronto in Ontario. Lots of vets but u can never tell if they're good until you go there and it's so expensive for the first visit! I'm waiting for my cats blood results and then I'll see if she can recommend a specialist, I just don't want to make her feel inadequate, but it's my babies life on the line! I guess I'll have to think of how I'll ask that. Thanks, Jacquie On Fri 20 May 2005 09:24:11a, wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav (news:1116595451.138488.218820@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com): > My last cat just died in November was licking > pavement for 3 months. I asked the vet at the time and she said [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > know everything and a lot of the times aren't willing to > research or keep an open mind to our suggestions. You're so right. I had a vet that told me my IBD cat was just upset by my being out late when he was hidden so hard that I couldn't find him one friday night. He was seriously sick to his stomach and that isn't because I was out late. Vet actually said that to me the Sat morning I brought him in. SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields I have heard too, that this can be a symptom of anemia. |
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