TLC My Strange Addiction: Meet the woman who has consumed over 3,200 hairballs

TLC My Strange Addiction: Meet the woman who has consumed over 3,200 hairballs

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 18:00 EST, 28 January 2013 | UPDATED: 02:25 EST, 29 January 2013

When it comes to weird eating habits, Lisa, a 43-year-old from Detroit, MI, is way up there. 

She is a self-professed cat hair eater, consuming three quarter-sized hairballs a day - that's more than 3,200 since her addiction began 15 years ago.

'I'm addicted to eating cat hair,' she admits in the new season of TLC's My Strange Addiction.

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Fancy feast: Woman addicted to eating cat hair from the new season of TLC's My Strange Addiction

This is one of many new and extremely odd obsessions from season 4 of the hit show, which premieres on February 13.

Lisa prepares her wacky snack of choice by gathering cat fur from around the apartment, including off the floor and from the back of her sofa, but says 'the best ones are right off the cat.'

She grooms her feline friend with her tongue 'like a mama cat would do to her kitten,' making note that she doesn't lick 'her butt or in between the paws that go in the litter box.'

Lickety-split: Lisa, 43, grooms her cat with her tongue, then eats the feline's fur

Open wide! A woman is so addicted to consuming cat hair that she needs it every two hours

Lisa started her fur feasting as a way to feel closer to her pets, calling it  'a bonding thing.' She also says that chewing the cat hair is relaxing.

As for the taste and texture, Lisa compares it to cotton candy.

While most of us couldn't fathom getting even a few strands down on a double-dog dare, Lisa longs for a clump of cat hair every two hours.

Not amused: The self-professed cat hair addicted woman says she and her furry friend enjoy it...

And she explains her process for popping hairballs like she's talking about gum.

'I'll kind of break it apart and then just put it in my mouth. I'll chew it up a little bit and then take it out and maybe mess with it a little bit and then put it back in,' she says.

Other rather disturbing gems from the new season include a woman addicted to drinking blood, a couple with a penchant for coffee enemas, a woman addicted to bee stings, another who can't get enough vapor rub, and one who eats deodorant.