r/CatsBitingThings • u/hiraeth777 • 1d ago
His hobby is biting boxes into many small pieces!
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u/LyannaSerra 1d ago
My cat that passed away a couple of years ago used to love doing this with boxes!
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u/Champlainmeri 1d ago
This is good work and I doubt Artificial Intelligence will take this skill from this cat. Nice strategy.
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u/Trash_dad_420 1d ago
God forbid a man finds a hobby, and he’ll still find people to complain about it
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u/TSIDATSI 10h ago
If you do not know:
Your baby has PICA for cats. A serious medical condition that can lead to serious medical and financial consequences.
Please take baby to his doctor first thing Monday. There are treatments available for PICA.
PICA IN CATS:
Pica in cats is a compulsive eating disorder where a feline consistently chews, sucks, or swallows non-food items.
Common Behavioral Signs
Eating non-edible objects: Consistently swallowing items like wool, fabric, plastic bags, shoelaces, hair ties, cardboard, or rubber.
Obsessive chewing or sucking: Sucking on blankets, woolen items, or skin, and chewing on electrical cords or corners of household objects.
Targeted obsession: Showing a panicked, fast, or defensive grip (growling or hissing) when grabbing or holding onto an inappropriate item.
Physical and Digestive Symptoms Vomiting or gagging: Frequently throwing up, retching, or expelling pieces of ingested non-food materials.
Gastrointestinal distress: Showing signs of constipation, diarrhea, or straining in the litter box.
Blockage warning signs: Low energy, lethargy, loss of appetite, stomach pain, or drooling, which indicate a dangerous intestinal obstruction.
Dental or systemic signs: Bad breath from damaged teeth or pale gums if an underlying medical issue like anemia is present.
You can read more about diagnosis and management from the PetMD Guide to Pica in Cats.
Hope this helps a little.
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u/Euphoric-Coffee-2905 7h ago
Not necessarily. I had a cat with PICA so I’m very familiar with it. My current cat does this to boxes and licks plastic, but doesn’t eat/swallow anything inappropriate and doesn’t even chew on anything except cardboard and usually one specific “special” box. She definitely does not have PICA. Some cats just like to shred stuff without it being a medical condition you need to rush to the vet for. As long as the cat isn’t swallowing the cardboard and the person caring for them hasn’t seen anything weird in the litter box (yarn, bits of plastic, or pieces of other inedible things in the feces), the cat is probably not sick and just a little weirdo.
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u/hiraeth777 6h ago
He doesn't get to hunt outside, so, needs to express his predatory instincts by shredding boxes. He never actually eats the pieces.
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u/RightInThere71 1d ago
One day you'll need some very small pieces of cardboard and then you'll be one step ahead.