# Silly kitty, don't eat the carpet! MAYBE TMI! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-kitty-dont-eat-the-carpet-maybe-tmi/139369 "2002-11-28T17:32:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-kitty-dont-eat-the-carpet-maybe-tmi/139369/1 "2002-11-28T17:32:01Z")
Well, yesterday, I was pretty nervous, because Piper, our newest little furball, wasn’t as playful as usual, and she was eating less. She slept most of the day, and just nibbled at her food. After what happened last year, with Tess, as I’m sure most of you will remember, I was so scared that she would be sick! My mother thought maybe her stitches are bothering her-they fixed her a few days before we got her. Well, then-and this is really gross-my mother saw STRINGS sticking out of her butt. We discovered she’s been chewing on the carpet and on the undersides of the sofas in the living room-which probably upset her stomach! So, now we have to watch as she poops it out-you have to just trim it you do NOT pull it out! _sigh_ Silly Piper! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-kitty-dont-eat-the-carpet-maybe-tmi/139369/2 "2002-11-28T17:35:05Z")
_Maybe_ TMI, eh? Pulling carpet strings out of a cats ass is TMI, _perhaps_. What the hell happened to this once fine estabishment? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-kitty-dont-eat-the-carpet-maybe-tmi/139369/3 "2002-11-28T17:50:02Z")
Interesting. Shortly after my Little Cat was spayed, she ate a handful of elastic bands. She never repeated that performance. It was a one-time event. I wonder if it’s some weird thing that has to do with hormones, a side effects craving from anaesthetic, or just a stress reaction? (Well, once she ate all the teeny-weeny, red hot chilli peppers off of a plant – drank a salad bowl of water afterwards. So maybe it’s just that she’s part goat and we haven’t moticed the other things she’s been eating.) ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-kitty-dont-eat-the-carpet-maybe-tmi/139369/4 "2002-11-28T18:03:45Z")
You know those fuzzy things you put on toilet tanks so you can put things on top? My cat Chelsea used to bite all the fuzz off. She would stand on the toilet seat lid, grab a mouthful, bite it out, and spit it out on the floor. My toilet tank topper had a bald spot. I got worried at first, eating that stuff can’t be too healthy. After I realized she wasn’t eating it, I relaxed. Be alert, sometimes when cats eat that stuff it can turn dangerous. (but I’m sure you know that). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-kitty-dont-eat-the-carpet-maybe-tmi/139369/5 "2002-11-28T18:04:04Z")
We had a dog that did this once. My dad put carpet in his doghouse, and he ate it. Weird dog. We didn’t do any trimming or pulling though, we just let nature take its course. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-kitty-dont-eat-the-carpet-maybe-tmi/139369/6 "2002-11-28T18:20:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Genseric \* > \*\*We had a dog that did this once. My dad put carpet in his doghouse, and he ate it. Weird dog. We didn’t do any trimming or pulling though, we just let nature take its course. \*\* We bought a doggy sweater for my landloard’s very short-haired dog, so he could be toasty on winter days (they had a heated kennel, but the two furry stooges would run around the yard all day.) He ate it. Shat blue fabric for a few days. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-kitty-dont-eat-the-carpet-maybe-tmi/139369/7 "2002-11-28T20:11:59Z")
My ex’s cat once ate a length of Christmas-tree tinsel. Nobody noticed until he was walking around with several inches of tinsel hanging out of his back end. Christmas Kitty! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-kitty-dont-eat-the-carpet-maybe-tmi/139369/8 "2002-11-28T20:16:07Z")
Your cat appears to be a lesbian. Don’t fret, it’s cool. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-kitty-dont-eat-the-carpet-maybe-tmi/139369/9 "2002-11-28T20:39:30Z")
_BWAHAHAHAH_ Hehehe…she has a vet appointment tomorrow to get her stitches out. _sigh_ Oh well. Buffy once chewed my sister’s speaker cord IN TWO and my dad had to splice it back together. She was lucky she didn’t get electrocuted! ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-kitty-dont-eat-the-carpet-maybe-tmi/139369/10 "2002-11-28T21:10:33Z")
Guin…my late cat Boo chewed my cd player/walkman cord too, and he did get zapped once - he chewed through my alarm clock cord. Luckily he didn’t get hurt, but I know he was surprised - he gave a MRRooowww and jumped back really fast. Thank the lucky stars none of my current cats chew cords -although Hanna likes to pick up stuff in her mouth. I threw a blister wrapper from a cold medicine caplet in the bathroom garbage, and later I found the wrapper on the floor all chewed up. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-kitty-dont-eat-the-carpet-maybe-tmi/139369/11 "2002-11-28T21:16:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > **Oh well. Buffy once chewed my sister’s speaker cord IN TWO and my dad had to splice it back together.** Dear, God – I thought that said "chewed my sister’s _spinal_ chord in two…\*:eek: **masonite** my ex once got me an Xmas card “from my cat” that said “Merry Christmas from Ol’ Tinsel-butt!” with a festive cartoon kitty so afflicted.