Problems With Chewing Plastic Some plastic items are completely okay for your cat to chew on but many items pose a potential danger to your feline friend. Plastic items that are small enough for your cat to fit completely in its mouth pose a choking hazard. They could also be swallowed and cause other problems.

The chewing or eating of any nonfood items — dirt, electrical cords, carpeting and plastic — is known as pica. “Cats may also chew plastic due to anxiety,” says Dr. Pike, noting that it could either be generalized anxiety or a reaction to a lack of environmental enrichment.

How to Get Your Cat to Stop Eating Plastic

1. Enrich Your Cat’s Environment. Remember: Enrichment is more than toys.
2. Remove or Restrict Your Cat’s Access to Plastic. Pick up grocery bags, close doors to rooms with plastic-coated cords, and put away any stray items that might tempt your cat.
3. Offer Chew Toy Alternatives.

What You Can Do

1. Remove targeted items . The easiest solution may be simply to hide the clothes, plants, or other items your cat loves to chew on.
2. Give your cat something else to chew.
3. Play with your cat.
4. Make appealing items unappealing.
5. Get rid of dangerous plants.
6. Talk to an animal behaviorist.

Symptoms of pica

• Stomach upset.
• Stomach pain.
• Blood in the stool (which may be a sign of an ulcer that developed from eating nonfood items)
• Bowel problems (such as constipation or diarrhea)

What signs should I look for if my cat has a blockage? If you know your cat suffers from pica, it is important to be vigilant and monitor for signs of a blockage in the intestines. These signs are vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation (straining unproductively) and general listlessness.

Cats with the condition can eat a wide variety of non-food items like plants (grass), yarn, wool, clothing, and even electrical cords.

Normal cat poop is quite dry, but not dry enough to be edgy and get stuck in the cat’s fur. This is why getting poop in their fur is not a normal issue for cats. Things get problematic when the poop doesn’t have its normal consistency anymore.

Some territorial scent marking, (i.e. spraying, urination, defecation, and sometimes scratching) can be a sign that your cat does not feel safe. Scent marking indoors is not a sign that your cat is “dirty,” but is a response to changes in emotional state and often happens when your cat feels threatened.

Cat poop may be smellier than urine, but it’s easier to get off your floor.

1. Wear gloves.
2. Pick up the poop with paper towels.
3. Rinse the area with cool water and blot dry.
4. Apply an enzyme-based pet stain-and-odor remover.

Warm water on a soft washcloth is the best way to clean a cat butt, Hofve advises. Wipes are fine if your cat can’t reach his bum by himself at all. But if your cat can reach but simply hasn’t done such a bang-up job, just use plain water.

In truth, baby wipes can be quite harmful to cats. They contain loads of chemicals that don’t hurt humans but can pose a health threat to your kitty. Things are even worse if your cat happens to ingest a baby wipe! As a general rule, never clean your cat with baby wipes.

Some cats won’t care, but others could view them as a threat and that could create some unwanted chaos in the bedroom. “Having your cat in your bed can also promote dominance within the animal,” Fish said. “They begin to feel like it is their territory and could get agitated if anyone else enters the bed.”