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Ds keeps eating paper.......should i worry

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nutcracker · 08/07/2004 00:37

I do feed him honest.

He is nearly 19mths and has always liked to chew stuff he shouldn't, but now he actually seems to be looking for paper he can eat.
I have lost countless pages of the Argos book as he just rips it off and starts eating it.

He loves to eat bus tickets too. Although i do try to get it off him, i very rarly manage to get it out of his mouth as he bites me very hard.

Will swallowing the odd bit here and there harm him ?? and is it a normal sort of habit for him to have or his he strange ??

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Miaou · 08/07/2004 00:42

Not got any advice as such, but is it the texture that he particularly enjoys in his mouth?

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nutcracker · 08/07/2004 00:46

Yeah could be i guess.

Can you still buy sheets of rice paper ??? Suppose i could buy him some of that to chew on.

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Miaou · 08/07/2004 00:49

Pretty sure you can. There was a thread about rice paper a while ago - I think someone was looking for it to make sails on a birthday cake - I'll see if I can turn it up ...

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nutcracker · 08/07/2004 00:50

Thanks Miaou

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Miaou · 08/07/2004 00:58

Sorry nutty, can't seem to find it. Bear with me... I'm on a mission now ...

Tommy · 08/07/2004 01:01

I used to do that when I was a child! I used to annoy people reading books after me by tearing off corners of the pages. I'd forgotten about it until you just reminded me nutcracker. oI'm 37 and still alive so it obviously hasn't done me much harm

Miaou · 08/07/2004 01:04

According to Goddess Nigella, you can get rice sheets ("emphatically not rice paper", she says) in supermarkets, or failing that, in Asian stores. Not sure if this will do the trick though.

Perhaps you could see if your local CofE church will donate you some unconsecrated wafers

FWIW, I shouldn't worry too much about it, as long as you are around to stop him potentially choking on it.

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nutcracker · 08/07/2004 01:19

Ahh thanks Miaou

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twiglett · 08/07/2004 01:25

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nutcracker · 08/07/2004 01:27

Oh do they, thats o.k then

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eddm · 08/07/2004 01:45

I did it until I was quite old? maybe 10? All my childhood books have nibbled pages. Never used to eat the words, just the edges. No idea why.
Hasn't caused me any obvious health problems so I'd say don't worry too much. If he persists, though, you might want to put all the books you care about somewhere safe!

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