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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / May 2005Why Does She Love Cobwebs?
My cat Buddha hunts cobwebs. (Not that they are hard to find around here!) She eats them with great relish when she finds them. She patrols the house and scoops them out from under dressers etc. I have never seen a cat do this. What interests me is that I know that spider webs (as many of you probably know, "cob" is an old English term for spider) have anticoagulant or anti-clotting properties. I guess it has something to do with the function they serve for the spider. The interesting thing is that she has hyperthyroid (controlled with pills) and some sort of heart condition that causes arythmia (controlled with a beta blocker). The vet told me that hyper-T cats often "throw clots" as he put it. Though it seems a stretch, I wonder if this is a case of her craving what she needs. Anyone else have a cobweb-eating cat? <snip> > Though it seems a stretch, I wonder if this is a case of her craving what > she needs. Anyone else have a cobweb-eating cat? Yup. My Tonk, Miri, eats cobwebs. She regularly checks out our unused fireplace for them and does a very thorough cleaning job every few days. At first I thought she was going in there to hunt for spiders, but it is clear she's eating the cobwebs. Sure can't say why, though... dragon > <snip> >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > dragon Well, at least they are sterile. > <snip> > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > but it is clear she's eating the cobwebs. Sure can't say why, > though... It's good to know someone else's cat does this! I guess I need to give her credit for all the dusting she is doing! > My cat Buddha hunts cobwebs. (Not that they are hard to find around here!) > She eats them with great relish when she finds them. She patrols the house [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Though it seems a stretch, I wonder if this is a case of her craving what > she needs. Anyone else have a cobweb-eating cat? OK, we may have had this discussion before, but aren't cobwebs webs of dust that collect in corners, and are not made by spiders? My Bartleby has a thing for dust. I haven't seen him eat a cobweb, but I have seen him eat a dust bunny.  Signature-Kelly > > Though it seems a stretch, I wonder if this is a case of her craving what > > she needs. Anyone else have a cobweb-eating cat? > > OK, we may have had this discussion before I did ask this question once before! :) , but aren't cobwebs webs of dust > that collect in corners, and are not made by spiders? I call cob webs the things that look like "dust on a string." I think most of them are abandoned spider webs that collect dust, and that is where the "string" comes from, but I am not sure. Some of them are definitely spider webs. In the fireplaces that we rarely use, in the corners of shelves, underneath armoires and dressers. > My Bartleby has a thing for dust. I haven't seen him eat a cobweb, but I > have seen him eat a dust bunny. Eyyuuuu! Does he hook them with his paws? That is what Buddha does. But it is just the webby ones for her, not the Dust Rhinos way under the beds that I only clean out every couple of months. > Eyyuuuu! Does he hook them with his paws? That is what Buddha does. > But it is just the webby ones for her, not the Dust Rhinos way under the > beds that I only clean out every couple of months. Yep, he does. He acts like they are prey. He's so fast about it, he has them in his mouth before I can stop him. Signature-Kelly > > Eyyuuuu! Does he hook them with his paws? That is what Buddha does. > > But it is just the webby ones for her, not the Dust Rhinos way under the > > beds that I only clean out every couple of months. > > Yep, he does. He acts like they are prey. He's so fast about it, he has > them in his mouth before I can stop him. They are such weeeeeeird little creatures!! lol! No but he used to eat the spiders, but spit out the legs! > No but he used to eat the spiders, but spit out the legs! ahhhhh hahahahahaha!! That is so disgusting! Was his Mama a praying mantis or something? Actually, they don't spit out the legs, but they do eat them first. I am afraid to let my girls have spiders, they might bite them! > Though it seems a stretch, I wonder if this is a case of her craving what > she needs. Anyone else have a cobweb-eating cat? Kira does it. I too, thought she was going after spiders first, Then realized she didn't care about the spider. If the web is occuipied, they better get out of the way. She wants the web. And she acts like they are quite tasty. > > Though it seems a stretch, I wonder if this is a case of her craving what > > she needs. Anyone else have a cobweb-eating cat? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > they better get out of the way. She wants the web. And she acts like > they are quite tasty. Hee! Buddha too! Well, I hope they don't have enough calories to ruin her diet. > My cat Buddha hunts cobwebs. (Not that they are hard to find around here!) > She eats them with great relish when she finds them. She patrols the house [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Though it seems a stretch, I wonder if this is a case of her craving what > she needs. Anyone else have a cobweb-eating cat? She's trying to tell you to get off the usenet and clean your trailer. >> My cat Buddha hunts cobwebs. (Not that they are hard to find around >> here!) She eats them with great relish when she finds them. She [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > She's trying to tell you to get off the usenet and clean your trailer. (snicker). 1chip-state1@earthlink.net IP # 64.203.38.114 OrgAbuseName: ABUSE TEAM OrgAbusePhone: +1-404-815-0770 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@abuse.earthlink.net |
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