The reasons why cats eat cat litter:

1. The smell of cat litter is very attractive to cats. Some cat litter is made into scented particles, especially those with a milky scent, which are very attractive to cats. The cat thinks it is food and eats it.

2. The cat feels hungry. When a cat has not eaten for a long time, it will look for food everywhere. When it is very hungry, it will eat cat litter.

3. The cat feels curious. Newborn kittens are full of curiosity about everything, especially cat litter they have never seen before. They will want to taste it to see if it is edible.

4. Cats are malnourished. Likes to eat cat litter is also a manifestation of pica, which means that the cat's body lacks certain nutrients, and the cat wants to obtain this nutrient by eating cat litter.

5. The cat is sick. When a cat is anemic or suffers from kidney disease, it will frequently eat cat litter, which generally needs to be diagnosed through scientific means.

6. Anemia. Anemia, iron deficiency, and hypokalemia are the more commonly observed symptoms in cats eating soil (mainly clay/bentonite).

7. Boredom. If the cat’s litter is bentonite fine sand, the cat loves to roll and play in the litter box, and occasionally ingesting it may be just a “taste”.