If shredding toilet paper is your pet’s favourite pastime, there are a few things you can do to stop this habit in its tracks. 😬
If walking into your bathroom keeps giving you flashbacks of TP-ing houses in high school, you’re not alone. Feline roommates have been known to go after rolls of toilet paper, shredding them into flaky confetti. What causes this odd behavior? We spoke with Dr. Mikel Delgado, a certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, a postdoctoral veterinary fellow and Smalls’ resident cat expert, to find out more.
Is shredding toilet paper considered a behavior issue in cats?Of course, just because a cat’s claws are intact doesn’t automatically mean she’s a perfect angel. Quite the contrary! Anyone with a kitty knows how much they enjoy digging nails into furniture, rugs, shoes and anything else they can grip.
Why toilet paper?Funnily enough, shredding toilet paper closely resembles the act of hunting. According to Dr. Delgado, “Cats likely feel satisfied when whatever they are ‘hunting’ is changing in physical form. These signals of physical change sends a signal to cats that their hunting attempt is successful. This is probably why cats enjoy shredding cardboard and toilet paper.”Is shredding toilet paper unsafe?It’s all fun and games until someone swallows the toilet paper.
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