Skeleton Gulch ranks high as one of the most beautiful and remote backpacking destinations in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Near 11,000 feet in the Never Summer Mountain Range, it is a place where you can spend days without seeing anything but wildlife, mountains, streams and wildflowers. The Skeleton Gulch Trail starts from the Ditch […]
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While in college, my Minor was in Psychology. I found studying the human mind fascinating. One of the subject matters was pica, a disorder which will find the sufferer craving non-food items. This disorder was difficult for me to imagine – eating dirt or paper clips certainly never appealed to me. It was a trip […]
All children have placed something strange in their mouths at one time or another. It’s not uncommon for a young child to sample a bit dirt or paste, and discover that the taste is unpleasant. However, when a child suffers from an unusual eating disorder known as PICA, they crave unusual substances that are not […]
Some cats are extremely picky about their food; they will only eat one brand of dry food or only one or two flavors of wet food. Other cats, however, eat whatever they can find. If your cat continuously chews on or swallows inedible items, your cat has a condition known as pica. Pica is a […]
Pica is a bizarre eating disorder that is very rare. It is the eating of non nutritive objects. This is diagnosed after this behavior is present for one month or more. People who have this disorder eat all kinds of objects. Hair balls, dirt, plastic, and the list goes on. When children are toddlers, parents […]
It is often common for pregnant women to talk about what they are craving to eat during their pregnancy with everything from sweets to salty and sour foods such as pickles. However, some women begin to have strange cravings for things that one would normally never consider consuming. These cravings can include things such as […]
It’s not unusual for dogs to chew such objects as furniture, carpet, blankets, pillows and many other items within their reach but some don’t stop at just chewing, they actually swallow these items. Some owners have experienced their dogs eating rocks, underwear, socks, balloons, coins and even feces. This strange behavior of eating non-food items […]