https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/8665/wool-sucking-in-kittens Quite a minor issue really, I just wondered whether people advised owners to actively discourage this behaviour in kittens or just let it run its course? Presumably it results in aerophagia and the ingestion of lots of small fibres? Has anyone seen anyen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/40613?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:00:55 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:f802d750-01c8-4cd2-a544-f96eae1122c5James Allsop<p>I read somewhere that with persistent offenders, in order to save your wollens, you can cut up small strips of the fabric they like and add it to the food. Not tried it myself though.</p> <p>I have a burmese who likes wool and socks, we used to leave a old pair of socks our for him to play with when he was a kitten but when he was castrated we noticed black debris impacted into the grooves of his molars so we took his socks away, we just have to be careful if you leave any jumpers out etc or he will chew holes in them.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>