cat licks bar soap

by sue
(penna)

why would a cat lick bar soap ... it's a pure & natural soap bar

Answer by Kate
Hi
well this is an odd one. All i can assume is that there is either something in the soap which is attracting the cat, they can be attracted to the oddest things thats why you have to be careful with things like antifreeze left in the garage as they will happily drink this and unfortunately kill themselves in the process.

or which is the more likely scenarios is that your cat has what is known as "pica" this is a strange eating disorder where they try to eat non food stuffs. there is no cur for it you just have to remove things out of their reach when they try to eat them etc.

http://www.our-happy-cat.com/cat-eating-disorders.html

it really isn't a good idea for your cat to lick the soap, it won't kill her but could make her unwell.