Perhaps it was pica, or something like it? The second paragraph here is about pica in cats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_psychopathology#Pica https://

Perhaps it was pica, or something like it? The second paragraph here is about pica in cats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_psychopathology#Pica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_psychopathology#Pica and a brief web search for alternative sources finds https://www.cathealth.com/behavior/how-and-why/2231-pica-in-cats-why-cats-eat-strange-things https://www.cathealth.com/behavior/how-and-why/2231-pica-in-...