My cat is eating charcoal

[Midnight Son]

Maybe your cats eccentric. I know mine are.

Harly (after harlequin not the motorcycle): This one, a lean little tortoiseshell, is very odd. She sorta chirps and trills when she enters a room, and jumps on or off something. She also dips her paw in water the drink it (Don't ask me why). Recently she's taken to drinking water while lying down. A final thing she does is stretch her paw across you if she's content. I think other cats may do this though...

Do you mean he dips his paw in the water dish before then drinking from said water dish? If so, cats do that to break the surface tension of the water and cause it to circulate, thus getting the fresher stuff at the bottom. (or at least mixing fresher stuff with the stuff at the top.)

[Serpentine]

Hokay. All we use to light the fire is paper, cardboard, wood and matches. So no, I don't have to worry about chemicals or anything like that. He's getting it from in front of the fire, where stuff from the fireplace tends to fall out. I haven't noticed him doing it yet today, but if he does it tonight I'll call the vet tomorrow to ask whether I should worry. Strangely, he doesn't actually seem to like it, or at least not the taste or texture, cuz he keeps doing the "thmbleah bleagh thmeck thblugh" tongue thingy after chomping a bit. The only "naughty" thing he's been doing lately is pooping in the woodbox, but I can understand that cuz the floor of it's full of stuff and I think his litter box might not have enough litter for his taste. We had a dog here this weekend, but he didn't do anything really unusual then and only started eating charcoal after she left.
Speaking of weird cat things, this one is also obsessed with drinking the icky green water in a vege crisper outside (it's outside cuz I haven't gotten around to cleaning it. The water is mostly rainwater, and I think most of the green is algae that's grown in it later rather than, say, mould). He's been dipping his paw into it while he drinks, too. I hope he's not trying to mix it up

[horseboy]

Of course not. Cats are far too cleaver (and evil) to use robots.

Cyborg clones my friend. Cyborg clones.

Most animals have armies. Dogs, hamsters, gerbils, rabbits, but not moles. Moles relay on their strong underground movement.

You fool! Don't post that over the internet! My cat was sitting in my lap when I scrolled across this. If it weren't for a furious washing fit, she would have seen it and we all would be dead!

Serp: Eh, it's a cat It does as it wants.

[FdL]

Hrm... so, grass-eating type thing, then? Which he also does frequently... 'Course, this is the same cat who spent several minutes just crouching on the ground rubbing his face on this one patch to the point where it was soggy. My cat's broken

Not broken, just cracked.

;)

BTW, I love the new version of your avatar.

[Pyro]

Do you mean he dips his paw in the water dish before then drinking from said water dish? If so, cats do that to break the surface tension of the water and cause it to circulate, thus getting the fresher stuff at the bottom. (or at least mixing fresher stuff with the stuff at the top.)

Sorry, I phrased that unclearly. What I mean is she drinks the water from her wet paw. It's actually pretty entertaining to watch.

[Serpentine]

Well, he's doing it again. Now to talk to My Friend Google.

[Evil DM Mark3]

I hope it is nothing serious (still a little moody that no one loled at the mole underground movment.) although I have to say there is one very easy solution.

PUT YOUR ART SUPLIES AWAY.

[Serpentine]

As good as I am at drawing with charcoal, it's the stuff from the fireplace that he was eating.

Also: lol.

[Evil DM Mark3]

Get a fire guard?

[Dragonrider]

Okay, the thread title made me laugh out loud -

My cat's NAME is Charcoal.

[Totally Guy]

I saw this thread here for the second day and I found myself asking "still? Isn't it full yet?"

Here is a, not particularly groundbreaking, cartoon about a cat that wants to eat ash in the shape of a fish. Does the charcoal perhaps resemble a fish? Or drew a fish with the charcoal?

[Fraz-Urb'luu]

Huh, sounds like my cat, she ate a lima bean several days ago...

[Em Blackleaf]

Okay, the thread title made me laugh out loud -

My cat's NAME is Charcoal.

That's hilarious!

My best friend has a bunch of cats, but none of them have attempted eating charcoal. Huh, I've never heard of anything like that, but cats do crazy things all the time. It's probably normal, as abnormal as it seems...

[Harold]

My brother has a D&D character who has a cat named Cat, and to my knowledge it has not been eating charcoal. though if it gave +10 fire resistance i'd start feeding it to him.

[phoenixineohp]

Well, he's doing it again. Now to talk to My Friend Google.

Have you talked to your friend the vet?

[Asila]

My cat just had surgery to remove intestinal blockage. The vet removed a piece of coal she probably got from the BBQ grill. Reading this forum, I am guessing she had eaten something spoiled from a recent heatwave and tried to cure herself. Please wish her well.

[Peelee]

The Mod on the Silver Mountain: The cat's lifespan is very likely up at this point, I'm sad to say. This thread's lifespan is definitely up.