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Old 12-19-2010, 09:27 AM   #1
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Do cats get Pica?
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Old 12-19-2010, 09:30 AM   #2
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Do cats get Pica?
Only the elite ones

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Old 12-19-2010, 09:54 AM   #3
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Old 12-19-2010, 01:51 PM   #4
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My two mogs use odd bits and pieces to cover their dry food once they have eaten enough for the moment. It doesn't seem to matter what they use, just whatever is lying around. Yesterday it was stamps. I collect used stamps for charity resale and they used a little stack of them to partially cover their food.

For whose benefit? Marauding beasts? Me? Each other? Spiders?
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Old 12-19-2010, 02:52 PM   #5
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Do cats get Pica?
I Googled it, and, yes, some cats get pica - especially Siamese. The article also said the cat may have a "compulsive disorder"! Good grief! Did I raise them wrong? Was I being too strict when I forced them to wash the dishes?

The final possibility is that the cat is bored and makes up little games for itself. I think this last is the correct answer. Flicker doesn't try to eat these odd items, she just carries them around until she gets ready to eat and then naturally drops them into the food dish.

So this afternoon I bought her an intricate cat toy with lots of feathers and ribbons to cheer her up. And it sure beats the price of taking her to the cat psychiatrist and trying to dig her kittenhood traumas out of her.
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