I can’t even leave a dirty dish in the sink, he WILL go in the sink after it. We also had to get a different trash can because he figured out our old one. We have to be so careful with toys (nothing with plushy fur because he will rip it off and ingest it) and we cannot leave a single scrap of food anywhere that he could possibly get it because he will try and he will eat non-food things that touched food (hello, paper towel that was NEAR bacon). Luckily I got pet insurance pretty affordable through my job, but it’s exhausting. We also had to remove several inches of yarn from his mouth and throat (still attached to the ball of yarn), he ate a muffin paper which he threw up, he tried to eat random sock fuzz, he bites cables and cords when he wants dinner, he ate an earplug of mine (one of the Loop ones) and I have a tooth mark in one AirPod because I dropped it and he was on it before I could pick it up. He puked the part he ate out within an hour or it was gonna be vet time. Ohh my gosh we have the same cat! We also had the mouse toys that he loved so much but he ate half of one! He also used to chew them till they were soaking wet and flat. I think we will figure it out by experimenting(supervised) I just really wish mine would chew on toys that are made specifically for safe chewing instead of wires, strings and metal curtains. I know once a habit is formed it’s hard for them to change, each cat have their favorite material that they are obsessed with. Maybe seeing a cat behaviorist and do some condition training may help, or confining him in a smaller with less choking hazards so he gradually breaks the habit? Avoid the kinda of materials he loves to chew. Thank you for sharing your story OP and I really wish I could give better advice. As a remedy I bought freeze dry chicken neck for him to chew and he goes crazy for it Felt so guilty about not noticing the signs and take precautions earlier. I freaked out and took all those toys away. Only one time he swallowed it whole while unsupervised and puked the whole thing out in front of me when I got back. He loves his small mouse toy and would chew on it until it’s wet and flattened out. My cat has minor pica, he loves to chew on hard metal or plastic things and completely ignores all the expensive chew toys I bought(he doesn’t respond to catnip or other safe herbal stimulants for cats either, which makes a lot of those toys unappealing
He loves me so much… he purred and cuddle-rolled when he smelled me today. I just wish I didn’t have to see my pet in pain and I didn’t have to betray him by giving him away. Do I want someone else to decide for me? Maybe, because I can’t think straight anymore. This was an expensive surgery, sure, but doing it repeatedly will also be really bad for him and if he loses his life on my watch I will never forgive myself. My partner and I are on the verge of rehoming him knowing we can’t do this repeatedly over the course of his life. He even ate his own pet bed.Īt this point he needs a bare room or 24/7 supervision. No anemia, no dental issues no pain nothing. So he’s in an otherwise empty kennel with just a litter box. He even started to eat his blanket WHILE recovering at the vet’s, and the techs said they had to pull it out of his mouth and take it away. My pica cat (black, 9mo) had his first blockage and needed emergency surgery.
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