My cats drive me absolutely nuts. They always manage to get into something they shouldn’t.
I had one cat with Pica. She would literally eat newspaper. Anything paper she would eat corners off of. She passed away from cancer, but she did have a lot of GI upsets in the years prior. Probably from eating things that she shouldn’t. She chewed through wires- my kindle charger, mouse, headphones, and more earbuds then i could count. I was terrified she would electrocute herself.
Today I walked into the kitchen and my other cat was eating the plastic mesh wrapping on the cantaloupe! There is a hole in it. I don’t know if he just ripped it or if/how much he swallowed. Plus the mesh wrapping was just ripped from the roll to begin with so i don’t know if the jagged ends are from him chewing or them ripping it from the roll.
I don’t know if I should rush him to the vet or just watch him for the next 24 hours. He couldn’t have been chewing on it for more then a minute… It makes me think a house environment just isn’t healthy for cats.
I’ve caught my other cat eating carpet fibers - i had to remove all the carpeting from the cat tree, and all cat scratching posts have been moved to the attic because they all are shredded and have dangling strings… Nothing I can do about the carpet flooring though.
We had a hole in the bathroom wall from a leaking pipe. Before that was repaired, I caught one cat eating a piece of insulation.
I swear my cats are trying to kill themselves. It’s enough to make me consider insurance for foreign body ingestion! It’s not like they don’t get fed enough! I don’t know how they haven’t seriously injured themselves yet.
