What's going on when cats eat cat litter:
1. Maybe it's curiosity. Cats will eat a small amount of cat litter because of curiosity, but this situation mostly occurs in kittens under 3 months of age, and cats over one and a half years old are rare.
2. Maybe it's attracted by the taste. Some businesses will add some flavors to cat litter, and most of the main raw materials of cat litter are plant raw materials such as tofu sand and soy sand, so these flavors will make cats mistakenly think that they are foods that can be eaten.
3. It may be anemia. Iron deficiency and hypokalemia in cats are symptoms that cause cats to eat cat litter.
4. It may be picada. The resulting trace elements deficiency, malnutrition, etc. lead to similar symptoms.
5. It may be other diseases and health problems. Signs of kidney disease and leukemia.
6. It may be boring. Because cats like to roll and play in cat litter box, cats may just "taste fresh".
7. It may be caused by hunger. The taste of cat litter is too much like food.
8. Nutrition is lacking. If a cat does not get enough nutrition from food, it may eat randomly. The minerals contained in cat litter (bentonite, mineral sand) may attract cats, making the cat mistakenly think that it can supplement nutritional ingredients.
How to solve the problem of cat eating cat litter
1. You can stop and educate cats, and don’t let them develop the habit of eating cat litter from an early age.
2. It is recommended to have a diversified diet. You can give cats different foods such as canned food and meat to achieve a diversified diet to achieve a balanced nutrition.
3. Go to the hospital for further examination and treatment, and strengthen nutritional supplement work to ensure adequate sleep.
4. You can change a cat litter first and buy a personalized cat litter.
5. Give the cat a lot of water to expel the cat's litter from the intestines. In severe cases, the cat should be sanitized or intestinal intestines.
6. Distract attention. You can buy some toys to play with cats, making cats’ lives more than just cat litter.