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05 January 2006

Rupert the Ripper IRC denizens, especially Frisbee Girl, will recall the tales of my clothing-eating cat. I've posted to AskMe to see if I can get a random web-based diagnosis, or at least anecdotes to show me that I'm not alone.

post by: matildaben at: 16:56 | 28 comments

Pica!

posted by mudpuppie 05 January | 17:14

Early weaning!

posted by mudpuppie 05 January | 17:15

Is Rupert a Siamese?!

posted by Specklet 05 January | 17:25

You are alone. We are all alone.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 05 January | 17:29

It is true that I should spend more time playing with him and less time hanging out with imaginary people on the internet.

posted by matildaben 05 January | 17:40

From Specklet's link: "What to do With a Wool Sucking Cat." Heh.

That reminds me of an old sea shanty taught to me by my drunken Irish great-grandfather. He was a seafaring dentist.

Well, what do you do with a wool-sucking cat
A wool-sucking cat
A wool-sucking cat
What do you do with a wool-sucking cat
Early in the morning

Well, stick that cat in a gunny sack
A gunny sack
A gunny sack
Well, stick that cat in a gunny sack
And throw him into the sea

Well, what do you do if the sea spits him out
The sea spits him out
The sea spits him out
What do you do if the sea spits him out
Buy him a wee little lamb

Well, what do you do with a wee little lamb
A wee little lamb
A wee little lamb
What do you do with a wee little lamb
Shave off all its wool

Well, what do you do with those wooly locks
Those wooly locks
Those wooly locks
What do you do with those wooly locks
Knit an afghan for that wool-eating cat

posted by mudpuppie 05 January | 17:42

Rupert is a this kind of kitty. I don't know if he has any siamese in him, although my friend does have three "stripe-face kitties" that are siamese. He doesn't meow like one, though.

posted by matildaben 05 January | 17:42

Mudpuppie, that was beautiful.

As I'm sure you know, I would have thrown him into the sea by now if he weren't so insufferably cute (see link above).

posted by matildaben 05 January | 17:44

Rupert is a this kind of kitty.

Rupert is not Siamese. He is, simply, a wool-eating cat.

I'd say give him some vitamins and play with him some more...

posted by Specklet 05 January | 17:48

The suggestion of rawhide and lanolin seems promising too.

He's a little fucker, is what he is.

posted by matildaben 05 January | 17:50

I think wool-sucker is my new favorite insult.

posted by mudpuppie 05 January | 17:50

Make that woolsucking fucker.

Now that's my new favorite insult.

posted by mudpuppie 05 January | 17:51

mudpuppie, plain and simple I am now in love with you.

posted by gaspode 05 January | 17:52

Jesus, 'pode, what the hell took you so long?

posted by mudpuppie 05 January | 17:55

Yeah, all the cool kids already are!

woolsucking fucker

posted by matildaben 05 January | 18:00

My dog will eat the crotch out of any pants I leave on the floor.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 05 January | 18:00

before it was just lust, pupster. Now it's the real deal.

posted by gaspode 05 January | 18:04

TPS, LOL! Now if only you could find a boy that was so enthusiastic.

posted by matildaben 05 January | 18:08

Destructive pets sure are frustrating. My cats have never eaten anything wool, but I've lost countless cables, cords, chargers, headphones, shoelaces, and dangly pieces of clothing to their chewing pleasure.

posted by agropyron 05 January | 18:18

That's almost worse (or more expensive, at least).

Although that *was* my favorite beautiful orange sweater; oh how I miss its orangyness.

posted by matildaben 05 January | 18:20

My doggie used to like wood. He ate a table, and a banister.

I'm very, very glad he stopped doing that.

posted by mosch 05 January | 18:22

Yeah, all the cool kids already are!

Yeah! Sheesh!

posted by Specklet 05 January | 18:35

I just noticed that my post is the only one tagged with "destroy" and one of only 4 tagged with "destruction" (one other of which is about a cat, strangely enough - the other two are about our ability to destroy Mars and how to destroy CDs).

posted by matildaben 05 January | 19:06

I just caught Hugo eating the frilly strings on a blanket.

posted by agropyron 05 January | 19:35

Once we came into the room and found our dog absent-mindedly licking the door frame. Not really the same thing, though.

Oh, she did once eat and entire tin of smoked oysters. She was regretting that for the next couple of days.

posted by bmarkey 05 January | 19:43

My kitty isn't a woolsucker, but she _has_ realised that the best place to play with a mouse is our shower recess. It's got sides, see, so the mouse can't escape. Also -- slidey fun, nowhere to hide, and she doesn't get in trouble.

So every time she catches a mouse (always outside), she brings it, alive, to the door, waits to be let in, and then happily trots off to the bathroom for some personal playtime.

Bizarre.

posted by coriolisdave 05 January | 22:52

Bonehead is wrong in that thread, for my cat is the best cat ever.

posted by drezdn 06 January | 00:28

I'm a wee bit later here but: make sure he doesn't start crunching on the rawhide. It can splinter and make for an unhappy Rupert and matildaben if he swallows the bits.

posted by deborah 06 January | 16:47

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