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My cat is 2.5 yrs old, female spayed. I adopted her as a stray. She was always hungry from the beginning, as she was rescued very underweight. So I fed her until she reached a normal weight, and have been opting to feed her more than my other cat still because she just acts like she is desperately hungry all the time!
She jumps onto my dinner table and tries to steal food from my plates. Meat, vegetables, rice, cake, kimchi, beans, tofu, anything. She has even tried to steal food from inside my mouth as I was chewing. She gets into the garbage and once ate fruit peels and licks egg shells. She even tries to lick/eat from dirty dishes soaking in the sink, and one time I caught her licking my actual STOVE because of some of the cooking grease that had scummed on top. One time my friend brought me a bagel with cream cheese from the coffee shop, it was wrapped in wax paper and she had again put the whole thing in a ziploc bag because she knew my cat tends to get into food. She left it in her purse. An hour later her purse zipper had been gnawed open and the bagel had been half consumed, the wax paper and ziplock bag with giant hole in it and presumably eaten. After every time I catch her eating something she shouldn't be eating, I make sure everything is put away and I observe her closely for any signs of constipation and illness. So far it looks like she has a stomach of steel.
Every time I think I have it under control now, her behaviour just gets more and more extreme. Why is she like this? She is at a good weight, and she is very energetic, self grooms well, drinks well, plays well with me and my other cat, and has good and regular stools/urine. She does not have any other symptoms that would lead me to think she has worms. Should I be feeding her more food, or is this a behavioural issue perhaps from her time as a stray? Any tips on how I should approach this?
She jumps onto my dinner table and tries to steal food from my plates. Meat, vegetables, rice, cake, kimchi, beans, tofu, anything. She has even tried to steal food from inside my mouth as I was chewing. She gets into the garbage and once ate fruit peels and licks egg shells. She even tries to lick/eat from dirty dishes soaking in the sink, and one time I caught her licking my actual STOVE because of some of the cooking grease that had scummed on top. One time my friend brought me a bagel with cream cheese from the coffee shop, it was wrapped in wax paper and she had again put the whole thing in a ziploc bag because she knew my cat tends to get into food. She left it in her purse. An hour later her purse zipper had been gnawed open and the bagel had been half consumed, the wax paper and ziplock bag with giant hole in it and presumably eaten. After every time I catch her eating something she shouldn't be eating, I make sure everything is put away and I observe her closely for any signs of constipation and illness. So far it looks like she has a stomach of steel.
Every time I think I have it under control now, her behaviour just gets more and more extreme. Why is she like this? She is at a good weight, and she is very energetic, self grooms well, drinks well, plays well with me and my other cat, and has good and regular stools/urine. She does not have any other symptoms that would lead me to think she has worms. Should I be feeding her more food, or is this a behavioural issue perhaps from her time as a stray? Any tips on how I should approach this?
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