• Tess@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      My old cat was crazy about Vaseline, I had to fight him off whenever I opened the jar.
      I’ve never seen him that enthusiastic about anything else. He was like some kind of Vaseline junky.

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          23 hours ago

          The regular kind, he just ate it, as much as he could before I managed to drag him away from it.
          It was kind of worrying to be honest.

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            I mean yeah that is worrying… you as either a person or cat should probably not eat jellified petroleum, yeah.

            But… wtf?

            Maybe he’s just… hungry?

            A very odd cat?

            Like I’m trying to look this up, and I’m basicslly seeing this fall into the category of pica, which is essentially a mental disorder that can be triggered by a number of things…

            https://www.webmd.com/pets/cats/features/unusual-cat-cravings

            Maybe take kitty to the vet for a checkup?

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              12 hours ago

              He had a thyroid problem and never managed to gain a lot of weight. Still, he grew to be quite old.
              He’s been gone for over ten years now, but I still miss him.

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                7 hours ago

                Ah.

                I’m sorry.

                I’ve loved and lost a cat as well.

                … yeah I’m basically crying right now, don’t know what to say.

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              Cats don’t have opposable digits. Saving that jelly for later when ya aren’t looking. Or maybe when you are.

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      they swallow it, or the hard way?

      Robert Chesebrough, the inventor of Vaseline, famously claimed to eat a spoonful every day and lived to be 96.