Recently, my cat has started tearing up magazines. He bites at and tears the pages with his claws, but seems to be content. He has never done this before; is this normal behavior for a cat? Does your cat do anything similar to this?
2006-11-01 05:20:16 · 10 answers · asked by wine&foodcat 3 in Pets ➔ Cats
mine did the same thing until i taught her to read. that was all she wanted.
2006-11-01 05:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by SKYDOGSLIM 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My cats did it to for a while. I guess they like the sound of the paper ripping. I would keep magazines in a different place. Get it some more toys to play with. And the first answer was good too, another focus point for the cat. Get a little box and put some toys in it and maybe attach some ribbons too. They like that. Mine like to come by the desk when I'm at it too. I have a bottle of treats in my drawer and when they come, I toss the treats and they go after it. Helps. Give it a try. Also if there is some stress/tension in your home, she may be sensing that as well, and diversion is needed.
2016-05-23 03:29:43 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cat doesn't approve of your reading material haha! I had a cat that use to do this when it wanted attention and I as ignoring her she would come up and tear the corner off the pages
2006-11-01 06:04:23 · answer #3 · answered by Jillie88 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every Cat has his/her own weird thing. I had a cat that if you put the newpaper on the floor it would hold it with one paw and then use his teeth to shred it. It was great when you wanted something shredded but when you didn't watch out! ( i must confess I taught the cat to shred it encouraging him it was too funny)
2006-11-01 05:27:33 · answer #4 · answered by Sassy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only when they want to play, or feel like its too cold.
Offer some newspaper instead, some pages laid out others crumpled. Cats love to lay on the paper because it feels warm and they hide between the newspaper balls
2006-11-01 05:25:09 · answer #5 · answered by ganja_claus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats seem to have a fasination with paper. Our cat will always sit on paper. When my kids are coloring on the floor, the cat comes and sits on their book. My cat was eating the paper that came from the inside of my new shoes. I can't figure it out either.lol
2006-11-01 05:23:25 · answer #6 · answered by Tabitha 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he might feel uncomfortable with some change around, my cat used to do this when we put her into her box for travelling. but now shes used to it. maybe u changed something in your home, and the cat isnt used to it yet. and cats want to mark their territory, by peeing, and cats are kinda clean so they bury all their business. anyways shes trying to find somewhere to cleanly mark her territory, and when she doenst get success she leaves the place alone for a while until she realises theres no threat. hehe just make sure you leave no place for her to mark her territory! good luck!
PS> maybe she just likes the paper, because my cat sometimes does that too. Or shes bored and wants to play with something. I mean, my cat always walks around, and when she sees paper, she sits down on it. weird, but cats think that were weird too, with all the things we do, so wateva :p anyways its nothing serious and if you buy her toys shell get over it =)
2006-11-01 05:25:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know if it's normal but what's normal to a cat??
My kitty gets into everything... She sees a paper & just has to rub up against it. Go figure...
She also loves the glue on envelopes (yuck)
2006-11-01 05:26:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Provide him a partner. He needs a she cat.
2006-11-01 05:37:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe he has a deficiency. Be careful though, he may be preparing a place to go to the bathroom!
2006-11-01 07:32:35 · answer #10 · answered by Mrs. T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋