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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2006Silver is a very strange cat...
We bought a pizza and some spicy chicken nuggets for dinner last night and I was just eating the leftover chicken. Silver the vulture jumped up and stared at me like she does whenever I have some kind of protein in my hand, and I told her she wouldn't like it... evidently she didn't believe me because she reached out and sneaked a lick when my attention was taken by the monitor. Ugh. Kitty spit on my chicken! So to teach her a lesson (the nuggets are as spicy as I can stand to eat, even without hot sauce on them, and I was SURE that she'd hate the pepperiness) I said 'okay, you can have that bit, and she went lick, lick, lick... I waited for signs of distress. Nope... she licked it some more! I gave up and pulled the breading off that side of the nugget and offered it to her and she scarfed it down... The only sign of discomfort was a bit of lick-licking but that could just have her way of saying 'yum! Can I have some more?' Strange cat... She also adores any form of sugary carbohydrate, like cake (I don't give them to her but she'll rapidly scarf up any crumbs that fall to the floor), dairy products, and anything 'meaty'. About the only flavours she doesn't like are apple, cinnamon, and tomato. Scouty's much more conservative, and only eats cat food or dairy products... and Tessie still thinks she's starving in the gutter and she'll eat ANYTHING if you turn your back on it, or even if you don't... What do your cats like to eat that's not conventionally recognised as 'cat food'? > What do your cats like to eat that's not conventionally recognised as > 'cat food'? Abelard loves sweet corn, asparagus and brussels sprouts (even frozen ones). Eli loves whole wheat bread. > We bought a pizza and some spicy chicken nuggets for dinner last night > and I was just eating the leftover chicken. Silver the vulture jumped [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > What do your cats like to eat that's not conventionally recognised as > 'cat food'? The late beloved Isadora adored tortilla and potato chips. One day, I'd bought myself a small bag of chips to go with my lunch, and at some point, I was distracted enough to leave my (mostly empty) bag of chips unguarded on the table. When I returned a few minutes later, the empty bag was skating around the kitchen floor with Izzy's hindquarters protruding from the open end of the bag. She was determined to get every last CRUMB!! Luna, the cat we had when I was growing up was crazy about nutter butter cookies. She would ignore every other kind of cookie, but she had a mania about those. Melissa > We bought a pizza and some spicy chicken nuggets for dinner last night > and I was just eating the leftover chicken. Silver the vulture jumped [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > What do your cats like to eat that's not conventionally recognised as > 'cat food'? D*g food. It's only one of our cats but anything that goes in Bear's bowl gets a big sniff and a couple of licks from Winnie. He doesn't get to eat much but Bear just stands there astonished for a second before very gently shoving him aside. Bear weighs exactly one hundred pounds while Winnie goes a little over four, so a gentle shove is all that is needed. The cats all eat from one bowl on a counter where Bear cannot climb. He gets any crumbs that drop. Noblesse oblige makes Winnie a sloppy eater. Will in New Haven -- "Hunting is hunting and mating is mating; the prey has no gender." Feather in _Poker for Cats_ >What do your cats like to eat that's not conventionally recognised as >'cat food'? Hobo's favorite is broccoli. Speckles favorite is a pineapple/cream cheese spread liberally dotted with pineapple chunks. Jeanne > What do your cats like to eat that's not conventionally recognised as > 'cat food'?//// Tiger likes Lasagne or any form of tomato based pasta sauce. Lily likes oatmeal, yogurt, curry, rice, pasta, apple, malted fruit loaf, croisants with blueberry jam, pancakes..... ;o) Helen M > What do your cats like to eat that's not conventionally recognised as > 'cat food'? Well, there's Miranda who doesn't eat anything that is conventionally recognized as cat food. ;o) At least not if it comes in a tin, pouch or bag and is labelled 'catfood'. She will try almost any human food. She eaten or at least licked a carrot, a roasted peanut, peas, corn, potato, pasta complete with tomato sauce (no onions), bread, and lots of other stuff that I can't even remember. She also once licked up some fruit juice that I'd spilled. Caliban will eat anything, whether recognized as cat food or not. ;o) On several occasions, he has opened a bag of bread and eaten a great deal of it before I realised what he was up to. One time, I had drained my spaghetti and somehow carelessly left some of it in the colander. A moment later, when I was eating my pasta dish, I heard some noisy smacking at the sink. Went to look, and Caliban was happily munching away on the cooked spaghetti. I don't eat take-out (or meat at all), so I don't really get to test whether they will eat exotically spiced meats. The only meat I buy is meant for them, so I don't add any spices to it.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > > What do your cats like to eat that's not conventionally recognised as > > 'cat food'? Smokey's worst was dragging grease-soaked napkins out of the trash and eating them. Poor boy. He quickly learned that there's no point in eating paper soaked in bacon grease, when begging gets him bacon. --Fil >Smokey's worst was dragging grease-soaked napkins out of the trash and >eating them. Poor boy. He quickly learned that there's no point in >eating paper soaked in bacon grease, when begging gets him bacon. I have to admit that bacon grease paper towels are tempting. Cellulose saturated with fat - it's like a very rich and savory vegetable. It seems appropriate though that a cat named Smokey would like bacon. But probably, they all like bacon. > I have to admit that bacon grease paper towels are tempting. > Cellulose saturated with fat - it's like a very rich and savory > vegetable. It seems appropriate though that a cat named Smokey would > like bacon. But probably, they all like bacon. Nocturne has no use for bacon. If it doesn't go crunch, Nox probably doesn't like it. I cook bacon chewy :) Smokey, even more appropriately, loves ham best of all. --Fil > > I have to admit that bacon grease paper towels are tempting. > > Cellulose saturated with fat - it's like a very rich and savory > > vegetable. It seems appropriate though that a cat named Smokey would > > like bacon. But probably, they all like bacon. > Nocturne has no use for bacon. If it doesn't go crunch, Nox probably > doesn't like it. Well, neither would I! Bacon, that is. If it's not crunchy, I don't like it. > I cook bacon chewy :) I would call that "rubbery". :) If it bends without breaking, it's raw. :) > Smokey, even more appropriately, loves ham best of all. Roxy's new fixation is Neiman Ranch hot dogs. She's a bit frightening in her determination to get some from me when I'm eating it. Joyce > > Nocturne has no use for bacon. If it doesn't go crunch, Nox probably > > doesn't like it. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I would call that "rubbery". :) If it bends without breaking, it's raw. :) Dylan and I do not agree on bacon. He thinks mine is raw; I think his is burned/burnt. His goes in first and comes out last. As for me, there's this certain degree of shine that you see when it's raw, and when that's gone and it's pleasantly chewy, rather than soft, then it's the way I like it. Bacon should not shatter when you stab it with a fork, IMHO, it should cut the way ham does with a knife. --Fil > As for me, there's this certain degree of shine that you see when it's > raw, and when that's gone and it's pleasantly chewy, rather than soft, > then it's the way I like it. Bacon should not shatter when you stab it > with a fork, IMHO, it should cut the way ham does with a knife. Mmmmmm, crispy bacon..... <Homer gurgle> Joyce Memphis likes savoury sauces, we have to stop him licking plates that have spicey ones! Phoenix has a fondness for sweet things, cake and biscuit crumbs, custard tarts, flavoured yoghurts and icecream, sweetened cereals....... I have a friend with two cats, one will only eat cat food, the other you have to watch like a hawk. Melon skin, cheese, ham, sultanas, doughnuts, just an eating machine! sandra > We bought a pizza and some spicy chicken nuggets for dinner last night > and I was just eating the leftover chicken. Silver the vulture jumped [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > What do your cats like to eat that's not conventionally recognised as > 'cat food'? > What do your cats like to eat that's not conventionally recognised as > 'cat food'? Smokey: Pizza, especially the cheese; Chicken, especially Popeye's Cajun style; potato chips - especially the Jalapeno ones that are too hot for me; maple-flavored sausage links; any form of ice cream except sherbet (we got dirty looks for that one:)) Mistletoe: Nada. If it's not in her bowl or Smokey's it's not fit to eat! SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe >pepperiness) I said 'okay, you can have that bit, and she went lick, >lick, lick... I waited for signs of distress. Nope... she licked it >some more! I gave up and pulled the breading off that side of the Spicy as in "Chili Spicy"? IIRC there's a lot of animals that don't have the nerves for capsaicin - which is what makes us taste Hot & Spicy in chili - and also make a very good analgesic, BTW I do not know it, but it may very well be that cats don't have any receptors for capsaicin either. Regards Aleks > Spicy as in "Chili Spicy"? IIRC there's a lot of animals that don't have > the nerves for capsaicin - which is what makes us taste Hot & Spicy in > chili - and also make a very good analgesic, BTW Analgesic? I *need* an analgesic after eating some hot and spicy dishes!! Joyce > > Spicy as in "Chili Spicy"? IIRC there's a lot of animals that don't have > > the nerves for capsaicin - which is what makes us taste Hot & Spicy in > > chili - and also make a very good analgesic, BTW >Analgesic? I *need* an analgesic after eating some hot and spicy dishes!! Hehe, I know that feeling. Still, when not used orally, capsaicin seems to work pretty well - maybe it numbs other nerves too. ;-) Never looked too much into the biochemical actions of it. Aleks > What do your cats like to eat that's not conventionally recognised as > 'cat food'? Sarrasine- Nothing apart from ham or chicken other than that it comes out of a tin, bag or box with a picture of a cat on the front or she doesn't eat it Redunzel- Like Sarrasine through Id still like an explanation over the missing fried chicken incident! (We didn't even find the bones I said maybe they ate them and Dave said that it says in the books cats should never be fed chicken bones to which the reply was "then it's too bad that cats don't read cat books" (They don't even like prawns!) Fugazi (RB)- Lamb doner kebab meat with chilli sauce, which she used to lick off the meat first. Fried fish batter Isis (RB)- Fried fish but otherwise she was a strict "only if the packaging has a cat picture on it" eater The winner... Speedy Joe(RB)- let's see. Brown bread (health conscious), chips (only from the Chinese through), chicken curry and rice (Also from the Chinese), apple cores, spaghetti bolognese (we never got the stains off the kitchen wall after Dave left his spag bol unattended for a moment!), crisps, kebabs, frozen chicken giblets, cheese (We used to have to cut the cheese with one hand and hold him back with the other). Basically anything, he also used to like chocolate (I didn't know it was toxic back then) but he didn't like eating it, he liked holding it in his mouth and creating a slobbery gooey mess which he would then leave for us to stand on Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Speedy Joe(RB)- let's see. Brown bread (health conscious), chips (only > from the Chinese through), chicken curry and rice (Also from the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > in his mouth and creating a slobbery gooey mess which he would then > leave for us to stand on Heh, Speedy Joe sounds much like Caliban in the food department. BTW, said young lad hit a new low yesterday, when I dropped some potato peel on the floor by mistake, and he gobbled it up and looked to me for more. I gave him what was left of the peel from an unusually dark new potato, and he ate it all enthusiastically. I think I'll have to store my potato peel from now on and let him snack on it whenever he begs for food. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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