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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2005Study shows cats don't taste sweets
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/24/AR2005072401107.html >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/24/AR2005072401107.html You want to try telling that to Scout and Silver? If it's sweet they're into it, and not just if it's yoghurt! The little blighters steal bits of cookie, and lick icecream bowls, dessert bowls, cakecrumbs, pie filling... you name it. The only thing they hate is cinnamon - they think it ruins a perfectly good bowl :P  Signature~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com So then why does Harvey love dreamsicles so? If I am eating a dreamsicle then you can best belive Harvey is there for his licks. And yes I do share often we lick it together. Skritches, KittyLady > So then why does Harvey love dreamsicles so? If I am eating a > dreamsicle then you can best belive Harvey is there for his licks. And > yes I do share often we lick it together. > > Skritches, > KittyLady on the radio article I heard, they say cats that go for ice cream are attracted to the fat content. Hmmm.....Or perhaps the sweet smell. THey can SMELL sweet, they just can't tatste it. That sounds like it could be right, because the more his fishy food stinks the better he likes it. Skritches, KittyLady >> So then why does Harvey love dreamsicles so? If I am eating a >> dreamsicle then you can best belive Harvey is there for his licks. And [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >attracted to the fat content. Hmmm.....Or perhaps the sweet smell. THey can >SMELL sweet, they just can't tatste it. Well it's not the fat content. Samson won't touch plain milk. However I nearly have to speed eat my cereal ,which has sugar in it, so that Sammy doesn't start drinking the milk before I'm done with the bowl myself. Yesterday I had the feeling he was going to push me aside to get to the bowl, and I hadn't even started eating at the time. Debra in VA >> So then why does Harvey love dreamsicles so? If I am eating a >> dreamsicle then you can best belive Harvey is there for his licks. And [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >attracted to the fat content. Hmmm.....Or perhaps the sweet smell. THey can >SMELL sweet, they just can't tatste it. Most sweet foods have other flavors in addition to being sweet. For the comparison to be meaningful, the researchers would have to add sugar to some otherwise non-sweet food, and see if cats preferred the sweetened version to the non-sweetened version. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >>>So then why does Harvey love dreamsicles so? If I am eating a >>>dreamsicle then you can best belive Harvey is there for his licks. And [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > sugar to some otherwise non-sweet food, and see if cats preferred the > sweetened version to the non-sweetened version. Still no valid comparison - how many humans (even those with the most persistent "sweet tooth") would prefer any food sweetened that wasn't SUPPOSED to be sweet? Personally, I will never eat (except as a dinner guest, when I feel I must for the sake of good manners) any meat or poultry dish that contains anything sweet. When I encounter something like chicken salad with grapes and/or pineapple at a luncheon, it's all I can do to choke down a couple of mouthfuls, just to be polite! (I don't even like sweetened salad-dressings.) > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/24/AR2005072401107.html I think Ranger and Tabitha will have a good laugh at this one. They both seem to prefer sweet snacks. Ranger especially - she has almost tried to beat me up in the past when I didn't share my sweet snacks quickly enough. >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/24/AR2005072401107.html > >I think Ranger and Tabitha will have a good laugh at this one. They both >seem to prefer sweet snacks. Ranger especially - she has almost tried to >beat me up in the past when I didn't share my sweet snacks quickly enough. Methinks you are underfeeding your cats to save money. Charlie > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/24/AR2005072401107.html i still say its bulls**t. Both Tygra and Lilly (rehomed now) loved sweets and would come begging when i was eating cookies, muffins, cake, etc... Kristy > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/24/AR2005072401107.html > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Kristy It is a little odd, when lots of us have known cats who liked sweet stuff. My RB Mikey's very favorite food was watermelon, with grapes a close second. ------ Krista |
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