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So my fur baby Tiana is pretty healthy and happy as far as I can tell. But she does have a few odd behaviours that I've been seeing since she was bought home (3 months) and now she's 4.
First and the most concerning one:
She pees on my blankets, and it specifically has to be things that I use to cover myself when I sleep. We have soft fluffy covers on the sofa but she does not pee on them. This started young when she was a kitten. She peed on the soft blanket I laid for her to sleep on. I thought it mightve been an accident but she kept doing it so I removed the blanket. As she got older it subsided a lot but then she'd do it again from time to time with no apparent reasoning. She hasn't stopped using the litter box and never had an accident other than her poop trailing behind her once. There are no other animals in the house so I don't see a reason for litter box issues or stressors. She also seems to do it after making biscuits on the blanket. Not at the same time but usually in a day or two. It makes no sense at all. We've talked to her vet multiple times and he checked her stomach and other areas for problems but came with nothing. If this persists I've been thinking about switching vets.
Second problem is that she's been licking plastic, like plastic shopping bags or covers used for packaging. She just licks them non stop when she gets hyper but never chews on them. I've learned that it might be because of mineral deficiency but I give her a good quality dry food because that's all she will eat and those wet food sachet treats daily. This is a relatively new discovery although I've only noticed this because I've been home a lot these days.
She is currently in her best health as she used to puke a lot as a kitten because she'd eat very less and was extremely picky. We finally got a good brand that she actually likes. She absolutely despises wet food and would rather go hungry but goes nuts for wet food treats. She pees and poops normally in her litter box too. Although her poo has gotten smellier after switching foods.
Both of these things have been mentioned to the vet but he sees nothing wrong with it. But it's frustrating to throw away yet another blanket with no clue as to why she's doing it. So I'm here to ask what I should be doing differently
So my fur baby Tiana is pretty healthy and happy as far as I can tell. But she does have a few odd behaviours that I've been seeing since she was bought home (3 months) and now she's 4.
First and the most concerning one:
She pees on my blankets, and it specifically has to be things that I use to cover myself when I sleep. We have soft fluffy covers on the sofa but she does not pee on them. This started young when she was a kitten. She peed on the soft blanket I laid for her to sleep on. I thought it mightve been an accident but she kept doing it so I removed the blanket. As she got older it subsided a lot but then she'd do it again from time to time with no apparent reasoning. She hasn't stopped using the litter box and never had an accident other than her poop trailing behind her once. There are no other animals in the house so I don't see a reason for litter box issues or stressors. She also seems to do it after making biscuits on the blanket. Not at the same time but usually in a day or two. It makes no sense at all. We've talked to her vet multiple times and he checked her stomach and other areas for problems but came with nothing. If this persists I've been thinking about switching vets.
Second problem is that she's been licking plastic, like plastic shopping bags or covers used for packaging. She just licks them non stop when she gets hyper but never chews on them. I've learned that it might be because of mineral deficiency but I give her a good quality dry food because that's all she will eat and those wet food sachet treats daily. This is a relatively new discovery although I've only noticed this because I've been home a lot these days.
She is currently in her best health as she used to puke a lot as a kitten because she'd eat very less and was extremely picky. We finally got a good brand that she actually likes. She absolutely despises wet food and would rather go hungry but goes nuts for wet food treats. She pees and poops normally in her litter box too. Although her poo has gotten smellier after switching foods.
Both of these things have been mentioned to the vet but he sees nothing wrong with it. But it's frustrating to throw away yet another blanket with no clue as to why she's doing it. So I'm here to ask what I should be doing differently