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[–] Skyline969@lemmy.ca 65 points 2 years ago (14 children)

My cat is broken. Any amount of food put in front of her will be eaten as quickly as possible. Even if it makes her puke from being too full. She has zero self-regulation. She’s a former street cat so maybe that’s where she gets it from?

The only way I prevent her from inhaling her food in literally (I timed it - literally) 30 seconds is her lick mat. Mush her raw food into the mat so she has to lick it up instead of just smashing her face into a wad of meat. Now it takes her maybe a minute and a half.

[–] omgarm 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My girlfriend's cat has the same issue. Mother died and the litter was found a day or so later. Now he eats literally everything (I believe it's called pica) and has no self regulation.

[–] BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Pica is the desire to eat non-food stuffs. Rocks, glass, ash etc. So if your "literally" was used correctly then it's possible pica. In people it can mean a mineral deficit which causes the abnormal cravings, so maybe check that he's not short something mineral wise.

[–] omgarm 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He eats hair bands, plastic and other stuff so yeah. My girlfriend has brought him in for many checkups and they haven't found anything wrong. I'll bring this up as well to be sure! Thanks.

[–] Skyline969@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

My cat used to eat any amount of garbage bag that hung over the edge of my garbage can. Got her on a mineral supplement, that issue went away relatively quickly. It’s cheap too - I think the supplement I got was $15 or so. Been giving her some every day for six months or so and I still have a third of a can left.

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