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LINewbie
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Why do cats lick and eat plastic?
 I don't get it!
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Posted 10/12/09 7:19 PM  |
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Beth
The Key to your new home....
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Re: Why do cats lick and eat plastic?
my cat ate half a old navy flip flop this week
good thing it wasn't one I liked
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| Posted 10/12/09 8:38 PM |
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MrsRivera
2 under 2...whew!!
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Beth
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Re: Why do cats lick and eat plastic?
OMG, I don't know, but it's EXTREMELY annoying.
My cat's favorite thing to eat is packing tape. We make this mistake EVERY TIME. We'll get a package, open it up, leave the box laying around, and without fail, we'll wake up to find a huge pile of vomit the next morning.
He's like a moth to the flame!!
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| Posted 10/12/09 8:54 PM |
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baghag
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Re: Why do cats lick and eat plastic?
I wish I knew!
One my cats chews plastic bag handles. JUST the handles. And he never actually eats them, thank goodness. I thought mine was the only weirdo.
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| Posted 10/13/09 7:40 AM |
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MeeshMosh
last month on leave!
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Re: Why do cats lick and eat plastic?
CATS ARE SO WEIRD!!!!!!!!!!
my cat finds hair ties or twisty ties all over the house, plays with them and then drags them to his food dish and just leaves them there for me to find lol
he also attacks my nail file
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| Posted 10/13/09 9:16 AM |
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Lisa
I'm a PANK!!!
Member since 5/05 22334 total posts
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Professional Aunts No Kids
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Re: Why do cats lick and eat plastic?
my cat eats cardboard boxes....he is a freak!!
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| Posted 10/13/09 10:21 AM |
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CroatianBride
Our Angel Ivanka Rose <3
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Tat
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Re: Why do cats lick and eat plastic?
Everytime I buy the 24 pack of Poland Spring my cat licks the outer plastic packaging for 20 minutes at a time. Any type of hard plastic bags have the same effect. I usually call him weird and take the bag away but now I'm guessing its normal
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| Posted 10/14/09 9:43 AM |
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Beth
The Key to your new home....
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Beth
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Re: Why do cats lick and eat plastic?
I just cleaned up blue flip flop puke
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| Posted 10/14/09 6:58 PM |
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Holly
Prayers to those who need them
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Re: Why do cats lick and eat plastic?
Posted by MeeshMosh
CATS ARE SO WEIRD!!!!!!!!!!
my cat finds hair ties or twisty ties all over the house, plays with them and then drags them to his food dish and just leaves them there for me to find lol
he also attacks my nail file
Omg this is my cat EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!
His ood bowl is FULL of elestics! He has a rubber fetish we keep sayiung! lol
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| Posted 10/16/09 7:34 PM |
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mishmosh
That's all I got.
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Michelle
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Re: Why do cats lick and eat plastic?
I had the same problem with my cats last year. I did some research. Pica kept coming as results, but I don't think that was it. I did read somewhere that some plastics are made with animal fat and that that's what the cats are attracted to in plastic. Foam flip flops might be derived from the same stuff. Once my cat started eating the foam pan on our mattress!
I also read it could be a nutritional deficiency similar to anemia. This is highly possible, b/c both of my cats ended up being diagnosed with different types of cancer which caused them to be anemic.
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| Posted 10/18/09 11:35 AM |
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