: My cat keeps bringing home insulation (pink fiberglass) Every night, my cat heads out and comes home with 4-5 big chunks of insulation. It started about 7 months ago after she found a nest of mice living in insulation.

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Thoughts: I would find the source of the insulation and clean it up. If it's on someone else's property, approach them and explain the issue. It needs to be covered securely or bagged and disposed of properly. Take it to a recycler in your area.

Her breathing the fiberglass particles, ingesting residue left on her fur when she grooms is very toxic and dangerous to her and your health.

When she comes inside, she is depositing these tiny particles everywhere she goes. Once they get in your lungs, they are there forever doing damage.

Hazards:
It is important for InterNACHI inspectors to understand the
health risks associated with exposure to fiberglass insulation. These
risks are not, at present, fully understood or agreed upon, but it is
generally accepted that, in certain situations, it has the potential
to cause physical harm. Small particles that come into contact with
skin can lodge in pores and cause itchiness, rashes and irritation.
When inhaled, particles can cause coughing, nosebleeds, and other
respiratory ailments. Very fine airborne particles are capable of
becoming deeply lodged in the lungs and are believed by many to cause
cancer and other serious afflictions. OSHA considers this threat to be
serious enough that it requires fiberglass insulation to carry a
cancer warning label.

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