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Cat Forum / General Topics / August 2006my cat chews on wood
is this normal? > is this normal? Can't say I have ever heard of such a thing. Have you asked your vet? Jason Jed Is he chewing or licking the wood? If he is chewing the wood it can be a behavioral problem IMO which needs to be stopped due to if the cats swallows splinters can become lodged in the throat and stomach leading to severe problems Now If I am correct I remember something about cats licking wood due to anemia or something on this terms. I am not sure I am leaving a cross post in rec.pets.cats.health+behav a lot of good knowledgeable cat people hang out there >> is this normal? > > Can't say I have ever heard of such a thing. Have you asked your vet? > > Jason I don't know about the why, but it seems that, lately, cats are chewing or licking strange things. I had one who went after every kind of electrical wire. Another chewed metal door stops and pretty much anything metal - to the point of breaking teeth. The one I have now goes after ANY thing plastic. > Jed Is he chewing or licking the wood? > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Jason >I don't know about the why, but it seems that, lately, cats are chewing >or licking strange things. I had one who went after every kind of >electrical wire. Another chewed metal door stops and pretty much >anything metal - to the point of breaking teeth. The one I have now >goes after ANY thing plastic. I'm not sure of the others but cats like plastic because they use fish in the making of the plastic. Fish?!!! Whatever for? > >I don't know about the why, but it seems that, lately, cats are chewing > >or licking strange things. I had one who went after every kind of [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- >Fish?!!! Whatever for? I have no clue. But they use fish in the manufacturing, that is what the cat is smelling and what attracts the cat. You'd have to ask the manufacturer why they use it. >I am leaving a cross post in rec.pets.cats.health+behav a lot of good >knowledgeable cat people hang out there Unfortunetly alot of servers don't carry it. >> is this normal? > > Can't say I have ever heard of such a thing. Have you asked your vet? > > Jason It's normal but these people aren't. :-D One of ours is a pitiful chewer. We think it's because she was abandoned and not properly weaned--that's what we've read and been told. She doesn't chew as much as she did as a kitten but still does some. She chews on the wicker basket we have a baby blanket fluffed up in for them to sleep in...she chews on blankets and sucks on them quite frequently, kneading them as she chews and sucks. She also chews on some of the toys we give her, too. Another chews only on the wicker sleeping basket now and then and the kitten--well, she's a kitten. She chews on LOTS of things but will probably stop as she gets older. Google cat chewing and you can find lots of info...  Signatureie ride fast, take chances. >>> is this normal? >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > It's normal but these people aren't. :-D > is this normal? Every cat has it's odd habits. My cat Blondie eats paper. She doesn't digest it so she barfs it up. She also has a little cry when she is about to barf. So I get her onto the tile so it's easier to clean up. |
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