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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / July 2005Why cats don't like chocolate
Here's why... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-1707077,00.html I wish I didn't like it either! chas > Here's why... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > chas They want me to register to read this. What did it say? I found out my cat likes waffles. (just crumbs, no syrup) My cat likes chocolates. I do not eat much of it. Once a month or so. But, if he sees me eating he runs to me immediately. His previous owner used to give him peanut butter. I, particularly, do not think this is very good for him. So, I only give him a tiny tiny little piece. Mylene For thos ethat cannot view it - the article in todays Times in the UK is as follows - Why cats do not like chocolate By Mark Henderson CATS cannot taste sweet things because of a newly identified genetic mutation. Pet owners have long known that while dogs are fond of sweet treats, cats are indifferent. The lack of a sweet tooth is not confined to domestic cats: lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars are known to share it. Researchers in the US and Britain have now pinpointed a peculiarity in feline DNA. Cats never develop the sweetness receptors that exist on the tongues of other mammals. The findings will be used to create better-tasting catfood. Joseph Brand, of Monell Chemical Senses Centre in Philadelphia, a member of the research team, said: "No wonder cats are cranky. Not only do they have to hunt for their food, but they also can't enjoy a sweet dessert." In mammals, the sweetness receptor is made up of two protein sub-units, known as T1R2 and T1R3, each of which is produced by a gene of the same name. In cats a small stretch of DNA is missing in the T1R2. The results are published today in the open-access journal Public Library of Science Genetics > For thos ethat cannot view it - the article in todays Times in the UK is as > follows - [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > ` > end I wonder if they make bloody meat flavored cat food. > I wonder if they make bloody meat flavored cat food. I know I told this, but it's been so long ago I fed a stray raw meat for 2 days. on the 3rd night. he was trying to hump my arm while I was sleeping. I flicked him off, and as soon as I dozed off again, he was back at it! after about 2 more flicks, I put him outside. I think it was the raw meat that gave him all the energy. >My cat likes chocolates. I do not eat much of it. Once a month or so. >But, if he sees me eating he runs to me immediately. His previous owner >used to give him peanut butter. I, particularly, do not think this is >very good for him. So, I only give him a tiny tiny little piece. > >Mylene Chocolate is toxic to cats. -mhd > My cat likes chocolates. I do not eat much of it. Once a month or so. > But, if he sees me eating he runs to me immediately. His previous owner > used to give him peanut butter. I, particularly, do not think this is > very good for him. So, I only give him a tiny tiny little piece. > > Mylene Please, do not give your cat *any* chocolate. Please google "cats and chocolate," and you will find a number of sites that explain the toxic effect that chocolate (sometimes even small amounts) can have on cats. If he really likes it all that well, get some of the cat treats that have an artificial flavor that is supposed to emulate chocolate. MaryL Duffy: http://tinyurl.com/cslwf Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e (...) > Please, do not give your cat *any* chocolate. Please google "cats and > chocolate," and you will find a number of sites that explain the toxic > effect that chocolate (sometimes even small amounts) can have on cats. Baking / cooking chocolate - very dangerous. If your cat ate a single square, it would probable kick the bucket. Milk chocolate - not so dangerous, but not exactly safe to feed. If your cat ate an entire small bar, it would probably join the choir invisible. If your cat ate an entire small bar, in the sense of a tavern, it would also be unhappy although not due to theobromine. White chocolate - safe. Your cat could probably eat a truckload and still be living, albeit spherical. S. > (...) > > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > S. Obviously cats can process some sugar, but I would think chocolate is one thing (cocoa) in the case of milk chocolate, it has less cocoa in it than dark. (I mean, I know you know that, but, what about all that sugar.) do people feed their cats lots of sugar? (...) > Obviously cats can process some sugar, but I would think chocolate is > one thing (cocoa) This issue has entirely bugger all to do with sugar. S. > > Here's why... > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > I found out my cat likes waffles. (just crumbs, no syrup) It says you can't have any chocolate til you register! > It says you can't have any chocolate til you register! Well HEll! copy and paste some chocolate this way 2 for me please pout your lips out like you're going to kiss and say it with me t w o Thanx :0 sorry... > > It says you can't have any chocolate til you register! > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > sorry... lol > Here's why... > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-1707077,00.html The link requires registration. In my opinion, you should always give a small relevant quotation when you post a link/reference. > I wish I didn't like it either! Apparently chocolate can kill dogs, just in case the idea of giving chocolate to a dog pops up. I guess that problem does not apply to cats. > > Here's why... > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-1707077,00.html [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > chocolate to a dog pops up. I guess that problem does not apply to > cats. SILENCE! SPECTATOR! troll > Path: newssvr19.news.prodigy.com!newsdbm06.news.prodigy.com!newsdst02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail > From: "whitershadeofpale" <bigbadbarry adelphia.net> [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > SILENCE! SPECTATOR! > troll I see you stand like a greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the post. NOW BOW BEFORE ME TOO! SUBJECT nym shifting, sock puppet, troll > Path: newssvr19.news.prodigy.com!newsdbm06.news.prodigy.com!newsdst02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail > From: "thickjuicypuissant..........." <thickjuicypuissant yahoo.com> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > post. > NOW BOW BEFORE ME TOO! SUBJECT > nym shifting, sock puppet, troll <O> - Hey! \\ // oo You get jealous when someone else pulls one of your tricks. Yep! I know for a fact John (but choose not to rat you out) 3 other nyms you have! Yep! > nym shifting, sock puppet, troll You THINK you are talking to Whitershade! YOU BIG DUMB a.s! HAHA You still haven't figured it out and you never will. You leave one NASTY NASTY crumb when you go trolling. You never fail to leave it. I know all about you boy! >> Here's why... >> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-1707077,00.html [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > chocolate to a dog pops up. I guess that problem does not apply to > cats. Yes, it also applies to cats. MaryL Duffy: http://tinyurl.com/cslwf Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e |
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