Some Gross Things You Might not Know About Cats and Dogs
May 13th 2008 21:01
Even though I am interested in animals, by no means do I claim to be an expert on any particular animal, except for maybe ducks and that’s only because I had personal experience with them as pets.
So imagine how surprised I was to find out from a book called Cats for Dummies that cats probably eat stillborn kittens. Ugh. One question kept popping into my head: Why?
This reminds me of a Muscovy duck I once had called Midnight Girl who had two (or so we thought) ducklings. It wasn’t until weeks later when my neighbour and I found some dead ducklings underneath his crawl space that the thought occurred to me that maybe Midnight Girl had been feeding on them. As I look back, I still feel guilty for even thinking such traitorous thoughts. Maybe the ducklings hadn’t survived after hatching because they weren’t strong enough to withstand the cold. Or maybe they had defects and Midnight Girl thought it was best to abandon them to the natural elements.
But back to Cats for Dummies. The authors Gina Spadafori and Paul D. Pion also mention that dogs will also eat the contents of cat litter boxes. Another ugh. Like, what’s the fascination with cat poo? Even worse, when I did a Wiki on the subject, I found a link to a page on dogs eating their own faeces. Theories on why dogs do this range from boredom, anxiety, stress, health problems, hunger to, of course, the taste!
Cats and dogs are not alone in having ‘gross’ habits. According to Wikipedia, animals that eat their own, their mother’s or others’ faeces include rabbits, guinea pigs, elephants, pandas, koalas, hippos, gorillas and hamsters.
For more information on this scintillating subject, please check out the Wikipedia link below:
Wikipedia Why Dogs Eat Their Own Faeces link
So imagine how surprised I was to find out from a book called Cats for Dummies that cats probably eat stillborn kittens. Ugh. One question kept popping into my head: Why?
This reminds me of a Muscovy duck I once had called Midnight Girl who had two (or so we thought) ducklings. It wasn’t until weeks later when my neighbour and I found some dead ducklings underneath his crawl space that the thought occurred to me that maybe Midnight Girl had been feeding on them. As I look back, I still feel guilty for even thinking such traitorous thoughts. Maybe the ducklings hadn’t survived after hatching because they weren’t strong enough to withstand the cold. Or maybe they had defects and Midnight Girl thought it was best to abandon them to the natural elements.
But back to Cats for Dummies. The authors Gina Spadafori and Paul D. Pion also mention that dogs will also eat the contents of cat litter boxes. Another ugh. Like, what’s the fascination with cat poo? Even worse, when I did a Wiki on the subject, I found a link to a page on dogs eating their own faeces. Theories on why dogs do this range from boredom, anxiety, stress, health problems, hunger to, of course, the taste!
Cats and dogs are not alone in having ‘gross’ habits. According to Wikipedia, animals that eat their own, their mother’s or others’ faeces include rabbits, guinea pigs, elephants, pandas, koalas, hippos, gorillas and hamsters.
For more information on this scintillating subject, please check out the Wikipedia link below:
Wikipedia Why Dogs Eat Their Own Faeces link
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