I think my little girl kitty has an eating disorder. I mean that sort of in a funny way and in a serious way. I’ve dome some preliminary internet research and I think she might have something they call PICA – which tends to be when cats suck on wool and other dense yarn-y type materials. Sydney does this, but she also just eats all kinds of junk she finds on the ground. Crumbs, dust, string, rubber bands, ribbon – I have to keep any ribbon in the house totally locked up, etc. We had an incident last Easter with some grass from the candy basket.

The other morning, early, I was up trying to get some writing done so I had my laptop in bed and the lights were still out and it was dark outside and I didn’t even have my glasses on. I could see Syd was jumping around on the floor by the foot of the bed, but I couldn’t tell what she was doing. So I put my glasses on and flipped on my lamp and there she was with some long white puffy thing hanging out of her mouth. “Sydney,” I said and off she ran to another room. Miracle of all miracles though she jumped up on an end table and I was able to extract the material. A stretched out cotton ball. I don’t think she swallowed much of it.

But seriously does she have to put EVERYTHING in her mouth? She’s like a toddler only faster and can hide under furniture. Another way I think she might have a bit of a disorder is that if we’re out of town, when we come back she always seems plumper. I think she, like most women, is an emotional eater and when we’re out of town and she’s stressed, she chows down. I suppose I might should talk to a vet about all of this, but for hte most part it doesn’t seem to affect her life. Other than an unfortunate regurgitation every now and then, she seems healthy and spry.

But seriously, she could be part goat.

By the way, first picture, not my cat, second picture is the culprit. So do your animals have any bizarre behavior like this?