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1412946 tn?1281757537

Can you help me understand why my cat shred's paper?

My cat shreds paper and eats it     and I was wondering why she does it....is it because she is stressed nervous or because she is simply hungry.   I would appricate any help  and what to do to get her to stop---Thanks
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506791 tn?1439842983
Kestrel, our silver and taffy tortie, loves to chew paper and cardboard; always has; no clue why and she's been with us for over 10 years...

Her favorite is cardboard boxes.  She likes to bite the paper and tear off chunks, spitting them out; so I give her the flats that the cat cans come in.  This seems to keep her focus off of papers we don't want her shredding.

It may be a phase, boredom, some missing nutrient???
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1303813 tn?1303159362
Has she been spayed. My cat shredded paper whilst she was preg and used it for her nest, But I am unsure as to why yours is eating it.

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