Why does my cat constantly lick and suck on his blanket?
Cats often develop a compulsive habit of licking and sucking on specific blankets, which triggers endless kneading behavior and forces owners to wash the item daily. Taking away the preferred blanket causes distress, sadness, and aggressive scratching because the object provides comfort they refuse to let go of.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Washing the blanket every day
- 2Putting away or hiding the blanket (which causes behavioral distress and scratching)
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I don't know how to stop Casper from licking my blanket he's been doing this since I got him a year ago, I have to wash the blanket every day because of him, and he always pick that blue blanket, when I put away the blue blanket he gets very sad doesn't feel like playing and scratches everyone, so if anyone could help me thank you in advance”source ↗
“I have the same kind of blanket and it triggers sin biscuits, every night, for hooours”source ↗