weird cat, Plz any ideas?

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5 yr old neutered male cat. He play fights with my other cats but when they are done playing, he eats all the hair off the carpet. He will eat it till there is none left and then he looks for more. He doesn't have alot of hair balls so im worried about his health. Why does he do that?
 
I don't know why he does that, but I do know that he can get.... err... clogged. You should probably at least call your vet and talk to the vet or the nurse. Maybe brushing your cats regularly to keep the hairballs at bay and scooping up the hair before he can get to it. It may be a behavioral issue, where a firm no when he starts to do it might show him it's not good for him to do that. If he's recently started this, it could be a health issue. Cats act weird sometimes when they don't feel good. It sounds to me like you probably just have a strange little kitty who likes hair. =) LOL Maybe a dominance thing? I'd say ask the vet just to make sure and be certain he isn't clogging up the pipes! =)
 
Shed bits of body;-- fur, claw sheaths (kind of like fingernail clippings for a person) blood, or tiny amounts of urine or poop are what is called "spoor". Cats are one of the animals with a strong instinct not to leave spoor around. This is because the spoor carries the cat's scent.

In the wild, many other animals will eat cats if they can catch them. Animals that hunt using smell (like bloodhounds) could follow a trail of spoor to the cat or a nest of kittens if a cat left spoor around. Cats have an instinct to get rid of spoor in several ways. You have seen your cat cover up it's poop etc... when it uses the litter box. It is burying its spoor. When it's something like little fluffs of fur spread all over a carpet, the cat will try and lick them up.
 
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