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Recently a small friend gave me a private message, saying that his cat has recently behaved very strangely, always eating some inexplicable things, but the food is not very cold, asking me if the cat's body is lacking vitamins?
In fact, cats will always make some incomprehensible behavior, pica is one of them, almost every cat more or less has some love to eat strange things problems, but some are relatively mild, some cases are serious, then what is pica? Does eating these strange things hurt the cat's body?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >what is pica? </h1>
As a carnivorous animal, meat should be the staple food of cats, but some cats will like to lick and swallow things other than meat, not eating anything strange can be regarded as pica, because some cats lick these things or eat these things only because of their own curiosity.
Cats eating strange things, such as wool, cotton, wires, cartons, plastics, rubber, etc. "non-nutritive" foods, can indicate that it is a pica behavior, but if it is eating plants or flowers, garbage, or even a cat looking for something to eat in a cat litter box, it can only be said that the dietary behavior is unclean or improper, and it is not counted in the category of pica.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" why do cats have pica eating behavior >? </h1>
Unfortunately, cat pica is currently blank in terms of etiology, and there is no definite conclusion, but we can boldly analyze it through the usual behavior of cats.
Basically, the reasons for the general recognition of cat pica are mainly: lack of trace elements in the body, mental anxiety, psychological disorders and so on...
The pica behavior mostly occurs between 2 months and 18 months in cats, this time period is most prone to pica, and some cats with oriental ancestry, such as Siamese cats, Berman cats, the probability of pica is high, which is not only a matter of curiosity, but also may be related to heredity.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > what's on the recipes for heteronorbial diets? </h1>
The study found that in the strange recipes that cats like, things are still quite uniform, such as wool, cotton, fiber, plastic, rubber, cartons, and wires.
And cats are not only attached to one strange thing, most cats will have a strange love for two or more things.
Why do cats like plastic bags?
Among these bizarre lists, plastic bags topped the list. Cats more or less lick plastic bags, why is that? How does a plastic bag attract a kitten?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > have the following possibilities:</h1>
Plastic bags have been filled with food that the cat likes.
Plastic bags are made from biodegradable corn starch.
The smoothing agent of the plastic bag contains stearic acid (a type of animal fat).
The cold, smooth touch attracts the cat.
Make a crisp sound to attract the cat.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the harm of pica to cats</h1>
Don't take it lightly, if the cat has pica, it is very dangerous for the cat.
First of all, heterosexual behavior will cause harm to the cat's mouth, the disease from the mouth into the truth that everyone should understand, the cat's mouth is easy to infect with viruses and diseases, resulting in the cat's skin and flesh pain, some cats if they eat what they can not digest, it will cause great pressure on the cat's gastrointestinal tract, serious will make the gastrointestinal blockage, even perforation, digestive tract foreign bodies will also cause the cat's anorexia behavior and vomiting behavior, directly affecting the health of the cat.
Because pica may cause other diseases in the cat, it can cause serious effects on the cat, which may cause the cat to be unresponsive, mentally weak, anemia, constipation, diarrhea, decreased appetite, and even organ failure to cause death.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > how to correct pica in cats? </h1>
First of all, to rule out whether the cat is malnourished and deficient in vitamins, this needs to go to the pet hospital for self-examination.
What we can do is keep the cat out of touch with the objects they like, such as plastic bags, and wires that are out of sight of you.
However, as the saying goes, it is better to block than to loosen, we can use other methods to let the cat slowly quit pica, if the cat always shows these pica behaviors in front of the shoveler, it may not like to eat those things, but want to get the attention of the shoveler, at this time we can use the cat stick to distract his attention.
If it is a cat's pica behavior caused by stress response, it is necessary to fundamentally find the cause, whether the cat's life pressure is too large, accurately judge and find the stress source, and manage the cat's stress.
Friends, does your cat like to eat something strange?
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