My Cat Eats Everything In Sight. Help!
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My 5-year-old Siberian cat has a very bad habit: he eats whatever he finds and seems to have a taste for non-food items. It started out with eating stuffed animals (plush toys, for those of you in the UK), usually chewing off their arms, feet, ears and faces. After putting those out of his reach, he started eating our clothing. When the clothing was removed from his path, he started eating other things... Read More
Why Does My Kitten Suck Her Tail?
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I just got a kitten three weeks ago. She’s normal in every way except that sometimes she will lay down and chew or suck on her tail. Apparently she likes it — she purrs while she does it and it puts her to sleep — but I’m a little worried about it. If I take her tail away from her mouth, she wakes up and looks everywhere for it. I’m a little lost, and I’d... Read More
How can I keep my cat from eating clay?
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My 8-month-old cat has eaten polymer clay a whole half including plastic! Is polymer clay toxic to a cat? How can I keep her from eating clay and all kinds of other non-food stuff including wires, shoe laces, plastic, paint brush tips, junk on the floor, bird food, fish food, paper, potato chips, and crackers? Help! ~ Christina Read More Read More
Why is my cat chewing her tail constantly? Is amputation her only hope?
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My 3-year-old cat has been chronically chewing her tail for two years. Initially the vet said the chewing was due to allergies and treated her with steroid injections. Now he says she has so much nerve damage in her tail she has little sensation, only tingling. He said the only option is to remove her tail, because she’ll continue to chew it due to the nerve damage. Please, do you have... Read More
My new kitten thinks we’re her chew toys. Help!
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties, My adult cat Misa wrote to you last year to help with her straw chewing habit. Thanks to your advice (her own whisk broom) we happily coexist again. The vet found no problems with her and said the whisk broom was a brilliant idea! For about 3 years now Misa has been an only cat. One day my husband was mowing our yard and the cutest tiny little black kitten came up to him (with the mower... Read More
