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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2004*MY* cat would *never* do that
For years, I have told people how well behaved my cats are. We've never had problems with the cats reaching into our plates, and they have often waited patiently, if very closely, for samples of our food. While Presto (RB) used to get on the table to inspect (and often spill) Senyah's water glass, we never had any instances of the Secret Paw in The Plate. Essentially, we've never gone to the trouble of covering plates. Tonight, I mad a nice stroganoff. When I removed it from the oven, I left it on the counter top to cool for a few minutes. When I went into the kitchen to get a plateful, I find Little Feet nose-deep into the sauce. He looks up at me, jumps off the counter, and runs away. Hmmm... I'll just serve myself from the other side of the dish, and let Senyah help herself from that side (evil grin)... Hugs and Purrs, Mark > For years, I have told people how well behaved my cats are. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Hmmm... I'll just serve myself from the other side of the dish, and > let Senyah help herself from that side (evil grin)... Well, you're less likely to "catch" something, sharing a dish with a cat, than you are sharing one with another human! (Most of our/their germs don't cross species lines.) > Hugs and Purrs, > Mark Funny, Jazz never wanted to eat or even smell people food until recently. Now he will jump up on the counter and steal a potato chip or start slurping from my soup bowl. Baaaaaaad cat! We were always able to leave food uncovered on the table or the counters, but not anymore. What causes them to change their habits? Jazz's mama  SignatureIrulan from the stars we came, to the stars we return from now until the end of time > > For years, I have told people how well behaved my cats are. > > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Hugs and Purrs, > > Mark > Funny, Jazz never wanted to eat or even smell people food until recently. > Now he will jump up on the counter and steal a potato chip or start slurping > from my soup bowl. Baaaaaaad cat! We were always able to leave food > uncovered on the table or the counters, but not anymore. > > What causes them to change their habits? You were getting too comfortable? ;o) -- Marina >Funny, Jazz never wanted to eat or even smell people food until recently. >Now he will jump up on the counter and steal a potato chip or start slurping [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >What causes them to change their habits? >Jazz's mama Maybe he's hungry. > Funny, Jazz never wanted to eat or even smell people food until recently. > Now he will jump up on the counter and steal a potato chip or start slurping [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > > Hugs and Purrs, > > > Mark Nancy will climb down your face to steal the food from your plate, growling the whole time. Patrick tries to sweet talk you out of it and Mr. Bob does the "if I move veerrrryy slowly they won't see me heading for the plate" move. When we first got Moogie, we made a point not to let him on our laps when we were eating (er, we don't eat in the kitchen) and he was real good about it. That is until we took him to my parents' house and Grampa had a bowl of ice cream and invited Moogie to share from the bowl while standing on Grampa's shoulder. Geez. Stacey :) > > Funny, Jazz never wanted to eat or even smell people food until recently. > > Now he will jump up on the counter and steal a potato chip or start [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > Stacey :) Omar's the feisty food filcherer in our household; he and I have had tug-o-war with chicken legs before...now he spends a short while in our bedroom while we poor slaves eat... Christine If it is food then as far as Bruiser is concerned it must be his. Since it must be his, he sees nothing wrong with just walking up shouldering aside whatever or whoever is there and laying claim to it. I shove him back, and keep shoving him back until he understands that I am usurping it from him. I am sure that is how he looks at it. He still surprises me, I never expected him to dive into that bowl of potato chips. Fortunately, my guests have cats and thought it was funny. I don't normally have them in the house but I bought some for the occasion. Maya has had discussions with him on the matter as well. I once was making a ham sandwich and I was interupted by a neighbor and Maya stole the ham. The odd thing was I had tried giving her some a couple of times and she was never interested. Bruiser just gobbled it down when I gave him some. Man, that cat can eat. > If it is food then as far as Bruiser is concerned it must be his. Since > it must be his, he sees nothing wrong with just walking up shouldering [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > was never interested. Bruiser just gobbled it down when I gave him some. > Man, that cat can eat. LOL I still think Bruiser and Dakota must be some kind of distant cousins - they have similar habits. My two have certain daily rituals with regards food. Every night as hubbyb makes up his sandwiches for his night shift "lunch", Dakota starts a demanding dance - hubby has to give him a wee bit of the sliced ham (or whatever he's using) to shut him up. Of course this means if hubby *isn't* making sandwiches, or isn't using any kind of sliced meat , but happens to be near the fridge at the appropriate time of night, Dakota still does his "feed me I'm starving" dance, yowling to let everyone in the whole block know that he is being starved. Apache isn't so demanding - unless you happen to be having fish, at which point all bets are off. She'd be in your lap eating off your plate if she could, for fish. If I get a chinese take-away I usually get Yung Chow fried rice - it's a mixed dish that always includes prawns...... not that *I* get any of the prawns, those are hers. The other night hubby had made up a boxed meal to go with him to work - some frozen veggies and a couple of small fillets of salmon, all ready to be shoved into the microwave in the staff room to cook. The little tupperware box stood on the kitchen worktop while he got dressed and Apache wanted it OPEN!! NOW!! till I stuck it in the fridge to keep her from knocking it to the floor. SignatureJette Goldie jette@blueyonder.co.uk Apache and Dakota http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kitties.html >Omar's the feisty food filcherer in our household; he and I have had >tug-o-war with chicken legs before...now he spends a short while in our >bedroom while we poor slaves eat... >Christine Marble is the demon in this household. He will try to filtch the food from your plate, fork, spoon and mouth given the chance. He has a "nicking claw" - a single claw he extends to try to swipe food. I'm sure it's his "if I only extend a single claw, she won't realise what I'm trying to do" act. He can get so bad at times I will *hissspit* at him and it's only this that gets the message across. Then he's okay for a while but the bad habit comes back when he thinks the human brain has lost the memory. His single brain cell has one function in life and that's to get food from anywhere, anytime and at any cost. Francis is a highly refined gentlemanly cat. He will patiently sit by my feet, looking up at me with big eyes staring. I'm sure he's doing the hypnotism bit "Look into my eyes... you are feeling veerrry sleepy... now give me the food..." but he will wait until the human has finished eating. Waffles *knows* she will get offerings of tidbits from her adoring human slaves. She sits, regal in her bearing, and royally accepts the offerings which are her due. She takes them in a manner befitting a highly refined ladycat. Unlike a certain striped cat, who will have your hand off in his attempts to secure food... Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ > Nancy will climb down your face to steal the food from your plate, growling > the whole time. Patrick tries to sweet talk you out of it and Mr. Bob does [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > bowl of ice cream and invited Moogie to share from the bowl while standing > on Grampa's shoulder. LOL! Grandparents! They always undermine your attempts at bringing up your furkids right. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >When we first got Moogie, we made a point not to let him on our laps when we were eating (er, we don't eat in the kitchen) and he was real good about it. That is until we took him to my parents' house and Grampa had a bowl of ice cream and invited Moogie to share from the bowl while standing on Grampa's shoulder. >Geez. > >Stacey :) It is a Grandpurrant's job to spoil the kittys. Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= I've learned to not sweat the petty things, and not pet the sweaty things. > When I went into the kitchen to get a plateful, I find Little Feet > nose-deep into the sauce. He looks up at me, jumps off the counter, > and runs away. Fez does that, but he doesn't run until you get close enough to touch him. He's good at calculating your velocity and the distance, and takes off the moment you'll be able to catch him! His middle name is Trouble. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >Fez does that, but he doesn't run until you get close enough to touch >him. He's good at calculating your velocity and the distance, and takes >off the moment you'll be able to catch him! His middle name is Trouble. I've heard of "Cat Math" before (that's what cats are doing when they stare intently at the high-up target they're about to jump up on). But your cat sounds like he's definitely studied "Cat Physics"!! Sherry >For years, I have told people how well behaved my cats are. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >Hmmm... I'll just serve myself from the other side of the dish, and >let Senyah help herself from that side (evil grin)... That must have been some really good stroganoff for Little Feet to change his habits. As for cat slobbers, Last night Amber and I had an intimate interlude eating cereal together... from the same bowl...at the same time! CATherine Well, I just think that's togetherness...cute....years ago, used to eat bacon with Toopy snagging hers off my plate....but everybody since has been too well-behaved that way, darn it. With the exception of BT Rowdy once wrestling the thawing Thanksgiving turkey *up* out of a deep double stainless sink (it had to be him, no one else was that strong) and onto the kitchen floor, where I discovered them all enjoying it raw early that a.m. We ate with relatives in Miami that year, who found it hysterical. : >For years, I have told people how well behaved my cats are. : > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] : : CATherine >For years, I have told people how well behaved my cats are. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >Hugs and Purrs, >Mark Well, Sammy frequently looks like a vulture hovering over my plate. She reaches over in slow motion to snag a bite to taste before deciding if what I'm eating is worth taking. When Sammy decides she likes something I'm eating I put a little on a plate and put it on the floor. Little Bit, on the other hand, has impeccable manners and assumes a meatloaf position at my feet when I'm eating. When I put a little on a plate and put it on the floor, Sammy usually loses interest, which means Little Bit gets it. So the other night my neighbor came over as I was cleaning up after dinner. She said something about the chilli smelling good, so I ended up dishing up a small bowl and stuck it in the microwave to reheat. While it was heating I went ahead and fed the cats. Since Rocky is still something of a pig, I feed him on the floor and the girls eat on the counter. Anyway, I get the chilli and set it on the table and go to get a spoon. When I turn around there's the perfect little lady, Little Bit, sampling the chilli. BTW, my neighbor would fit right in with this group. She sat there watching Little Bit and just jaughed and said that she hoped it wasn't too spicey for Little Bit, then ate she chilli LOL SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >>For years, I have told people how well behaved my cats are. >> [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >plate and put it on the floor, Sammy usually loses interest, which >means Little Bit gets it. That sounds like Tribble (RB) and Natasha! Tasha just watches while I eat, and has never made a move (still!) for food that I'm eating or have up on the counter or table. Tribble, OTOH.... I made some chili last night, and had the passing thought that it was really strange to be able to leave it cooling on the stovetop without worrying about someone getting into it. While Trib was around I couldn't even turn my back sometimes! Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha http://www.jhedge.com I thought for a moment you were going to say you a little BIT on a plate, and I thought OH NO, not Little Bit! seriously though, have I counted three people with cats called Little Bit ? Jean. P. > >>For years, I have told people how well behaved my cats are. > >> [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > http://www.jhedge.com Even though Soncek almost never eats human food, he has to closely inspect everything I eat, so I cannot leave any food unattended. Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > For years, I have told people how well behaved my cats are. > > We've never had problems with the cats reaching into our plates, and > they have often waited patiently, if very closely, for samples of our > food. <snip Sounds like the time my family and I were visiting my mother's sister in Texas. Uncle Buster was frying fish in a deep fat fryer on the grill outside. My stepfather, Walter, was sitting at the table chatting with my uncle. Uncle Buster was putting the fresh fried fish in a plate on the table. Directly I heard him say, "That fish must be pretty good." Then in a little bit, ""You know, there are other people here, too." I came around the corner just in time to see a little hand appear from under the table and feel around the plate for some more fish. My little brother was eating it fast as Buster could cook it! > For years, I have told people how well behaved my cats are. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Hugs and Purrs, > Mark > Tonight, I mad a nice stroganoff. When I removed it from the oven, I > left it on the counter top to cool for a few minutes. > > When I went into the kitchen to get a plateful, I find Little Feet > nose-deep into the sauce. He looks up at me, jumps off the counter, > and runs away. Otis checks our plates constantly but is started looking kind of depressed about it. He's not much for vegetarian cusine :D Susan M Otis and Chester Once I caught Mischief tasting my spaghetti sauce while it was in the pot! (the stove was turned off) She always has to inspect the fridge when I open it. If I'm drinking milk, she'll jump on my desk and try to dab her paw in it so she can taste it. Like most cats, she'll always be rubbing against my legs while I'm trying to cook, giving me the "I'm STARVING!!!" look. Once I was cooking beef, and after several meows, I finally gave her a small piece, and the little brat turned her nose up at it. Then 5 minutes later is rubbing me. Sheesh! Imp comes in occasionally to investigate. Most of the time he just wants to sniff. One time when I sick, I put the empty bowl that had held chicken soup on my nightstand. a few minutes later I hear slurping noises and his head is in the bowl. There have been times I've been eating at my computer and I look down and both of them are watching me. I pick up my bowl and move it side to side and watch their heads follow every movement. Sometimes I'll give them a bit, like chicken or beef. MIschief likes peaches too. Lately, they're latest tasty discovery has been cream cheese, of all things. Mischief jumped into my lap and tried to lick off the cream cheese from the very bagel I was eating. *sigh* Everyday, she proves she's worthy of her name. Kristi Slave to Mischief and Imp When I first started eating nutragrain, Henri R.B.came and actually dipped his head in at the other side and started eating I was gobsmacked to put it mildly but after that I gave him some in a saucer every morning till he tired of it,I also have a picture of him into my dinner when I'd left it on my small table that I use when I want to watch tv. Wilson loved to have some of the baby's mashed pumkin.so Iwould put him some on a dish right on the endand he would pick each mouthful up with his paw he still eats half his teatime raw meat that waybefore he reverts to eating it normally. JeanP. > Once I caught Mischief tasting my spaghetti sauce while it was in the > pot! (the stove was turned off) [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Kristi > Slave to Mischief and Imp > When I first started eating nutragrain, Henri R.B.came and > actually dipped his head in at the other side and started eating [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > he still eats half his teatime raw meat that waybefore he reverts > to eating it normally. JeanP. Nikki eats with her "fingers" too, sometimes. If the food is really boring, she will pick some up on a claw, then shake the paw vigorously so the piece of food flies away, and then she gets to hunt and kill it, making it much more interesting. ;o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki Is that what he's doing when he fling it off sometimes I'm so dumb I thought it had just caught on his claw, Mum always said I should have been a blonde,[apologies to all blonde's] some of my best friends are blonde hugs JeanP. > > When I first started eating nutragrain, Henri R.B.came and > > actually dipped his head in at the other side and started eating [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi > Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki ROFL! I wish Soncek did this too. Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Nikki eats with her "fingers" too, sometimes. If the food is really boring, > she will pick some up on a claw, then shake the paw vigorously so the piece > of food flies away, and then she gets to hunt and kill it, making it much > more interesting. ;o) > ROFL! I wish Soncek did this too. Be careful what you wish for, Polonca! I keep finding bits of cat food on the walls near the cats' food bowls. ;o) -- Marina I never thought of that! Purrs for your walls ;) SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Be careful what you wish for, Polonca! I keep finding bits of cat food on > the walls near the cats' food bowls. ;o) > > -- > Marina > Otis checks our plates constantly but is started looking kind of depressed > about it. He's not much for vegetarian cusine :D Frank and Nikki have the same problem. It's no fun with a Meowmie who is a vegetarian. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >>Tonight, I mad a nice stroganoff. When I removed it from the oven, I >>left it on the counter top to cool for a few minutes. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Reminds me of the time when my brother shared my house for a while. Unlike me he's a meat-eater, and Sid, my cat of that time, just sat bug-eyed in the corner of the kitchen watching Ian load up his own fridge with steaks. Poor Sid had never seen that much meat in his life and actually let out a little sigh as the door closed. Helen Wheels > Reminds me of the time when my brother shared my house for a > while. Unlike me he's a meat-eater, and Sid, my cat of that time, > just sat bug-eyed in the corner of the kitchen watching Ian load > up his own fridge with steaks. Poor Sid had never seen that much > meat in his life and actually let out a little sigh as the door > closed. Aww! My cats can't believe their luck when they stay at my Mum's, and she slips them little tidbits when she is cutting up meat for herself. -- Marina > Reminds me of the time when my brother shared my house for a > while. Unlike me he's a meat-eater, and Sid, my cat of that time, > just sat bug-eyed in the corner of the kitchen watching Ian load > up his own fridge with steaks. Poor Sid had never seen that much > meat in his life and actually let out a little sigh as the door > closed. Oh, that's cute! I hope Sid got a few extra meat snacks from your brother. Joyce >For years, I have told people how well behaved my cats are. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >Hugs and Purrs, >Mark Spoken like a man! My Chaundra (RB) had a thing for KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken). She was never one to counter surf, but she couldn't get enough fried chicken. She would dumpster dive to get the bones. It got so bad we had to wrap the bones up and keep them in the fridge until we took the trash out. After she was diagnosed with lymposarcoma, DH suggested a stop at KFC and get an extra piece for her. Signature-Kim owned by Egbert, Niobe, Sekhar and Rocket take the cat out before you reply one cat just leads to another... http://photos.yahoo.com/sir_eg_of_bert > > For years, I have told people how well behaved my cats are. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Hugs and Purrs, > Mark What a sweet DH! Years ago, when we used to go down to the Keys to dive for lobsters in season, of course it was a regular pigout feast with the catch when we got home to Miami. Our cat, Toopy, would raid the kitchen garbage, eat the *shells*(those shells smell to high heaven even after the meat is gone) and barf them all over the house during the night. Ditto keeping shells in freezer till garbage pickup day, frustrating Toopy no end. She did get her share of lobster meat treats during the feast, and wasn't piggish, like some other cats we've had, but just went lobster-wacko. : My Chaundra (RB) had a thing for KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken). She was : never one to counter surf, but she couldn't get enough fried chicken. She [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] : > Hugs and Purrs, : > Mark >Tonight, I mad a nice stroganoff. Great. I read that as *mice* Stroganoff and thought "no wonder the cats wanted to get it". Brrrr. <Reaches for coffee> Aleks Aleks A.-Lessmann <aleks@lessmann-consulting.com> had some very interesting things to say about Re: *MY* cat would *never* do that: >>Tonight, I mad a nice stroganoff. >Great. I read that as *mice* Stroganoff and thought "no wonder the cats >wanted to get it". >Brrrr. <Reaches for coffee> LOL! Sounds like you do need a little less blood in your caffeine stream. :-) Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL Funnily enough so did I actually I read it as mad mice Stroganoff maybe were the 'mad ones' or I'm suddenly Dyslexic. Jean P. > >Tonight, I mad a nice stroganoff. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Brrrr. <Reaches for coffee> > Aleks Poor senyah!but she'll never know, *will she?* > For years, I have told people how well behaved my cats are. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Hugs and Purrs, > Mark |
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