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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2005My Cat Doesn't Like Seafood??
Hi All, My cat does not like seafood. Or chicken or tuna or any of those other things that other cat's I have had seem to die for, LOL. Is this normal?? Before you respond, my cat DOES like, peppers (jalepenos), mushrooms, pepperoni, pizza, and othe wacky things. But if I offer shrinp, tuna, chicken, turkey, ect..He wants nothing to do with it. not that these foods are a staple in his regular diet.. But I have had othe cat's that you had to ban from the kitchen if you were eating dinner that had those foods becasue they would go CRAZY for them. Any ideas??? Thank you!! JNGLES > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > JNGLES my cats aren't very "people" food oriented either. Bout they only thing they like is thin sliced deli turkey or baked ham. LOL, he doesn't like that either. I just don't understand it... > LOL, he doesn't like that either. I just don't understand it... My cats have never eaten people food. I can put fish or shrimp down and they will not touch it-or baked chicken either. They will eat canned tuna, but it is not good for them so I rarely give it to them. They have nutritional needs that this "people food" does not meet, so they need their cat food. Maybe they know that somehow. One of my cats (the semi-feral one) won't touch people food. She just likes HER food - preferably wet over which she salivates and acts like it is a miracle dropping from the sky everyday. The other one is an inveterate poacher of people food - will try ANYTHING - and lives for coldcuts and the occaisional pat of whipped cream. It's like people - some have adventurous palates and some don't. :> > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >dinner that had those foods becasue they would go CRAZY for them. Any >ideas??? Ha ha - our cats really only like cat food too, the girl especially. At first she would only eat dry food, absolutely nothing else, now she eats half dry, half wet, but treats? You can keep 'em! built a fine body though :- http://www.jimlawton.info/tabsfire.jpg Jim "Jim Lawton" <ucan@use.your.initiative> wrote > built a fine body though :- > http://www.jimlawton.info/tabsfire.jpg Oh! What a cutie! That belly spot is very unusual! >"Jim Lawton" <ucan@use.your.initiative> wrote > built a fine body though :- >> >> http://www.jimlawton.info/tabsfire.jpg > >Oh! What a cutie! That belly spot is very unusual! That's her tabby-tum :-) ... J > >"Jim Lawton" <ucan@use.your.initiative> wrote > built a fine body though :- > >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > > That's her tabby-tum :-) ... Forget that cat; can I have the house? :)  Signaturehttp://www.slywy.com/pages/hodge.html > > >"Jim Lawton" <ucan@use.your.initiative> wrote > built a fine body though :- > > >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Forget that cat; can I have the house? :) lol! > >"Jim Lawton" <ucan@use.your.initiative> wrote > built a fine body though :- [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > > That's her tabby-tum :-) ... But she just does not look RELAXED enough, you know? ;) > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > dinner that had those foods becasue they would go CRAZY for them. Any > ideas??? My mother's cat doesn't care for fish. She also doesn't know that cats can eat things other than cat food, for which my mother is grateful. Priscilla Signature"It is very, very dangerous to treat any human, lowest of the low even, with contempt and arrogant whatever. The Lord takes this kind of treatment very, very personal." - QBaal in newsgroup alt.religion.christian.episcopal > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > dinner that had those foods becasue they would go CRAZY for them. Any > ideas??? My cats at home like canned human tuna, but don't really like any fish/seafood flavored cat food. I only buy them poultry/been flavored foods so I don't end up having to throw it away. Both cats at home love chicken, turkey, ham and other human foods. The two cats at work have never had any fish flavored food. One of my co-workers eats tuna sandwiches a lot and she's always trying to give some to Harriet. I think she ate it once or twice. Harriet pretty much turns her nose up at all human food. I've offered her chicken, ham, pastrami and other meats and she wants none of it. However, if I have a bag of potato chips or cheesy crackers she's all over me. She's eaten Salt & Vinegar chips and Jalapeno chips. She seems to really like crunchy food, and isn't a big fan of canned cat food in general. Stinky will eat stuff from my sandwiches but she rarely begs for anything when I eat. That's unusual, because the majority of her afternoon is spent staring at the food cabinet and asking for her dinner. She actually leads people into my office and then starts screaming at them as she stares at the cabinet. My sister had a cat who would pretty much eat anything that was edible, inclduing fruits & vegetables. -- Liz I've offered her chicken, ham, pastrami and > other meats and she wants none of it. However, if I have a bag of potato > chips or cheesy crackers she's all over me. She's eaten Salt & Vinegar [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > -- Cheeks is very interested in anything I am eating when she is sitting near me. However, she only goes for dairy products. Her little nose starting going when I sat down with half a pastrami and provolone sandwich, but when I broke off part of the filling she left the meat and ate the cheese. (Actually she just licks it until it gets very small, lol!) Also, she loves to lick the salad bowl if we've used Ranch dressing. But she will not touch roasted meat or fish of any kind. > Cheeks is very interested in anything I am eating when she is sitting near > me. However, she only goes for dairy products. Her little nose starting [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > loves to lick the salad bowl if we've used Ranch dressing. But she will > not touch roasted meat or fish of any kind. Tiger also loves dairy. She likes sliced deli cheeses, cream cheese, milk, ice cream - you name it. Her favorite, though, is that cheese that comes in a can. If she sees the can she gets very excited and I have to squirt some into her mouth. Same for whipped cream in a can. Tiger wouldn't turn down pastrami, though. She'd want both the meat & the cheese. Tiger used to be a bookstore and would make the rounds at lunchtime, so she was very used to human food. I'm amazed that she usually leaves me alone when I eat at home now. -- Liz > Tiger also loves dairy. She likes sliced deli cheeses, cream cheese, milk, > ice cream - you name it. Her favorite, though, is that cheese that comes in [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > human food. I'm amazed that she usually leaves me alone when I eat at home > now. Luna digs the dairy too...especially ice cream. Jasper on the other hand digs ALL of our dinners. He is SO PESTY when we are trying to eat. It drives me INSANE. He must have been fed a LOT of human food in his years before coming to us! He is SO persistent! Sarrasine and Redunzel aren't hugely keen on most Human food apart from ham or turkey, they will kill for that (They had a very happy Xmas) but they don't even touch prawns Isis would NEVER have done anything so demeaning as to beg from a Hoomin but Fugazi loved fish and kebabs with chilli sauce- she used to lick the sauce off and leave the meat! Our all time varied diet winner was Speedy Joe our first cat, he liked, cheese, chips (from the Chinese takeaway), chicken curry and rice (also from the takeaway), brown bread, apple cores (they had to go a little brown first though) and he once rolled in spaghetti, I leave it to you to imagine how long it took to get the bolognese sauce off the walls and the cat But his all time favourite food was chicken giblets. Our local supermarket would sell these deep frozen "for animal consumption only" (Like I am going to eat them!) and I shall never forget one day. I had come back from the shops and Speedy was inspecting my shopping (How do cats know which bag is the one with their goodies in?) and I took out a packet of frozen giblets, at which point I had Speedy's undivided attention, so I put them on a saucer and put it in the cupboard to thaw. At once Speedy seeing his favourite treat vanishing from sight started to claw at the door. This cat could open doors so after about ten minutes of trying to stop him I just said "Right! If that;s the way you want it!" and unwrapped the frozen solid giblets and tipped them into his bowl. I figured he'd wait for them to defrost....I figured wrong. The next second I heard an enormous "CRUNCH!" and he sat there and pigged the lot....It was a hot day...after that we always used to say "Wanna giblet lolly?" to him Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Sarrasine and Redunzel aren't hugely keen on most Human food apart > from ham or turkey, they will kill for that (They had a very happy [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Wow. > Luna digs the dairy too...especially ice cream. Jasper on the other hand > digs ALL of our dinners. He is SO PESTY when we are trying to eat. It > drives me INSANE. He must have been fed a LOT of human food in his years > before coming to us! He is SO persistent! Doesn't Luna react to the cold? I would think it would be hilarious to watch a cat eat ice cream! >>Luna digs the dairy too...especially ice cream. Jasper on the other hand >>digs ALL of our dinners. He is SO PESTY when we are trying to eat. It [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Doesn't Luna react to the cold? I would think it would be hilarious to > watch a cat eat ice cream! She seems to dig it. She'll come up while I'm eating some kind of frozen treat and start pawing at my arm til I give her a lick. Then, yep, she just starts licking it like a person would. :) I don't let her have much though. hehe > She seems to dig it. She'll come up while I'm eating some kind of frozen > treat and start pawing at my arm til I give her a lick. Then, yep, she > just starts licking it like a person would. :) She sounds really cute--and looks it too! > I don't let her have much though. hehe That's probably best, as milk used to give my Gnarly nasty diarrhea. > > Cheeks is very interested in anything I am eating when she is sitting near > > me. However, she only goes for dairy products. Her little nose starting [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > human food. I'm amazed that she usually leaves me alone when I eat at home > now. They say dairy is not good for cats--or perhaps it is just milk? In any case, I rarely let Cheeks have any people food, and when I do it is just a tiny bit, enough for her to taste it.
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