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Old 10-22-2009, 11:23 AM   #1
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Default Does your cat lick plastic?

My cat licks plastic like it's some sort of an addiction: plastic bags, plastic bottles, packaging material. What's that all about? She has done it since she was little, so it's not a new thing.

This brings up two questions:

1) Do other cats like to lick plastic?

2) What do you think they get from it? Flavor? Texture? Chemicals?

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Old 10-22-2009, 11:37 AM   #2
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Default Re: Does your cat lick plastic?

I've had 6 cats, and all of them have done this at one time or another. One used to do it religiously any time a plastic bag was available.

I have no idea what the motivation is, and doing some searches, it doesn't seem like anyone does.
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Old 10-22-2009, 11:54 AM   #3
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Mine lick the windows
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Old 10-22-2009, 11:57 AM   #4
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Default Re: Does your cat lick plastic?

Wait until your Cat fiqures out photo paper flavor..... one of our kitty's developed a taste for Photo Emulsion.. !!!! We noticed that some of our photos that we left on the table were smeary. We set a new photo out, set up a camera, when we got home we played the tape. Muffin was the culprit, she found the photo and happily set about licking it to death. Now we keep ALL photos out of tongues reach.

She now loves sleeping ON the plastic bags...

Cats, go figure!!
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Old 10-22-2009, 12:07 PM   #5
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Default Re: Does your cat lick plastic?

Mine likes to lick the glue on envelopes.

She also has a sucking fetish (my description, its generally referred to as wool sucking, a behavior common to kittens separated from mom too early). She crawls up my chest, put a paw on each shoulder and will suck and lick the heck out of my cotton t-shirts. The bad news is I'm allergic to her and I break out in hives. The things we do and put up with for our cats. Today's special was a fur ball in the bathroom sink.
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Old 10-22-2009, 12:18 PM   #6
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Default Re: Does your cat lick plastic?

Mine have never licked plastic. However, the older one will hop up onto the bed and knead the hell out of the wool top cover, all while purring loudly
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Old 10-22-2009, 01:19 PM   #7
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Default Re: Does your cat lick plastic?

If you get a white, long haired cat it will be compelled to seek out any article of black clothing or fabric and will curl up and sleep on it. Works with sweatshirts, backpacks, towels; any black cloth.

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Old 10-22-2009, 01:21 PM   #8
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What do you think they get from it? Flavor? Texture? Chemicals?

Tom

Maybe it is like kitty LSD?
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Old 10-22-2009, 01:26 PM   #9
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Cat doesn't lick plastic but he will lick the puppy.
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Default Re: Does your cat lick plastic?

My family (and my mom in particular) have always had cats. Many cats. We never had a cat that behaved that way. I had never even heard of that behavior until a friend of mine told me that one of her cats was an obsessive plastic bag licker. Not anything plastic, just plastic bags for some reason.
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