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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

2256.0. "ANY WOOL-EATERS OUT THERE?" by LDP::CORCORAN () Tue Feb 28 1989 12:04

    
    I think a topic similar to this was entered a long ago, but here
    goes.....
    
    Last weekend I (and my fiancee') were in NY visiting my family.
    As time passed, I started noticing that my and my SO's socks were
    showing up all over the house.   Well, my mother had warned us 
    that her cats (Siamese) have a habbit of 'stealing' socks and 
    eating anything containing wool.  Well to compat this problem, 
    I shut the door to the bedroom.   
    
    BUT ...  
    
    When it came time to leave, my fiancee' brought everything downstairs
    into the hallway so we could pack the car ..... not 3 minutes had
    past when I walked downstairs and notice a LARGE hole in my SO's
    brand new wool sweater (the hole was bigger than a golfball)
    THIS CAT HADN'T RIPPED THE SWEATER - IT ACTUALLY ATE IT ! ! ! !
    
    Do any of you out there have wool-eaters?  My mother's interesting
    in knowing if this is common (especially in Siamese cats).
                                    
    Barbara

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2256.1	Yummy!	CLUSTA::TAMIR	ACMS design while-u-wait	`Tue Feb 28 1989 12:47`	9
	Hi Barbara, Honey would have done the same thing.....he finds wool to be a real treat, the more it's in it's natural state, the better. I've got to keep my good sweaters way out of his reach. Oh, he also enjoys a good mohair now and then... Mary
2256.2	Wool eater's anonymous...	STAR::BARTH		`Tue Feb 28 1989 14:59`	6
	When I was growning up we had a Siamese named Fuji. He didn't actually eat wool, but he loved to suck on it, making huge soggy spots. It's very common according to my sources, particularly if they're weaned a bit too early. Karen, Tristan, Tenzing and Max.
2256.3	absolutely	MDA::NEWSTED		`Fri Mar 03 1989 12:15`	15
	Yes, I knew a few wool-eaters! Years ago I shared a house with a girl who had three siamese cats. Two of them were wool eaters, the other was half-breed siamese. One of the criteria for moving in was not to get upset if anything wool was ruined! and keep you door shut at all times. Well Micheau snuck in a few times and I had holes as big as golf balls appear in socks too! It was strange. I've never known another cat to eat wool so it sounds like a trait of the siamese --- however recently I had a cut on my toe and was instructed to use Dr. Scholl's lambswool between the toes, this is pure, soft wool fiber and my pippin seems to go for it. I left it out on the table and cought her with her nose in the bag! crazy things! -n
2256.4		CRUISE::NDC		`Fri Mar 03 1989 18:45`	2
	I don't know about wool, but a friend of mine has a cat that will try to eat her way into a loaf of bread!