Why would my highly intelligent cat eat toilet paper and Kleenex?
If your cat is actually eating tissue paper, then take him to the vet for a check as this could be a symptom of a dietary defficiency. However, eating strange things like wool or cotton can also be a disorder of the cat’s natural hunting behaviour which is to stalk, pounce, tear off feathers and skin, and eat. Not only does skin and feathers pass through the cat’s stomach, but the cat has an instinct to do the tearing and plucking before swallowing. Some pet cats get compulsive about this part of the predatory sequence – tearing off feathers and skin and swallowing it all. Since ordinary cat food gives no chance of tearing and ripping, the cat looks for this somewhere else. They will tear and rip and then eat — wool, cotton, paper, cardboard, wicker baskets, electric cables. Some cats go out and steal soft toys, bring them home and tear them – imitating the whole hunting sequence with teddy-bear prey! The danger from eating wool etc is that they will get an internal blockage. The web
