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Cat Forum / General Topics / December 2004Cat Begs For Food...
I have an American Shorthair cat that's quite a character. Everytime I eat he puts his front paws on my thigh and looks at me longingly. Everytime I open the fridge he is there, with his paws on the shelf. When I prepare food he stands on his hind legs with his front paws against the lower cabinets, and swipes at the countertop with his paw trying to get the food off the counter. He's also rather a bandit, climbing up and stealing unattended food from the countertop. He weighs about 16 pounds so he eat's too much. He's at his food dish all day. I've never had a cat before. Is this usual, or do I have a cat that thinks he's a dog? .,^-~^, Once a cat gets a taste for human food it's { ?o? } difficult to keep them away. .`~-'~` . > I have an American Shorthair cat that's quite a character. Everytime I eat he > puts his front paws on my thigh and looks at me longingly. Everytime I open the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I've never had a cat before. Is this usual, or do I have a cat that thinks he's > a dog? >.,^-~^, Once a cat gets a taste for human food it's >{ °o° } difficult to keep them away. >.`~-'~` My Callico doesn't like human food, she wants to smell it, but will not eat it. |I have an American Shorthair cat that's quite a character. Everytime I eat he | puts his front paws on my thigh and looks at me longingly. Everytime I open the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] | I've never had a cat before. Is this usual, or do I have a cat that thinks he's | a dog? If I were you I'd discourage the cat from overeating by giving low calorie stuff or even a brand he does not like that much. You didn't say how old the cat is, but for a young cat he's too heavy. About the begging, I would just ignore it and give him a tiny tiny bit when it suits you, but always in the same situation in order to train him. Carola >I have an American Shorthair cat that's quite a character. Everytime I eat >he [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > swipes at > the countertop with his paw trying to get the food off the counter. And let me guess, he's just so cute that, frequently, you give him something, right? He's got you well trained :-) >I have an American Shorthair cat that's quite a character. Everytime I eat he >puts his front paws on my thigh and looks at me longingly. Everytime I open the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >I've never had a cat before. Is this usual, or do I have a cat that thinks he's >a dog? Sounds like my Millie, except that she lies on the back of my chair and tries to get at my food by crawling over my shoulder instead of coming in from the side, and since she's way to small to reach the counter, she can't try to knock things off the. She does show up immediately whenever I do anything at the counter I use for food preperation. The others are somewhat smarter: they show up only when I'm doing something that is likely actually to result in them getting something (Millie shows up when I get out a can of beans, but the others don't crowd around unless I open a can of tuna (in order for me to get one can, I have to give them three cans). T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. >He weighs about 16 pounds so he eat's too much. He's at his food dish all >day. > >I've never had a cat before. Is this usual, or do I have a cat that thinks >he's >a dog? The only ones I've had are ex-strays. They are "opportunistic eaters", i.e., they've known extreme hunger and can't seem to grasp the fact that there's another bowl of food around the corner. So they don't want to miss the opportunity to eat. Sherry > The only ones I've had are ex-strays. They are "opportunistic eaters", i.e., > they've known extreme hunger and can't seem to grasp the fact that there's > another bowl of food around the corner. So they don't want to miss the > opportunity to eat. > > Sherry I second that! My Charlie has been with us for over 2 yrs and still rushes to the kitchen the second I go in :) Just in case. Lately he even took up jumping into the open fridge( I let him), cos he finally realised that's where lots of goodies come from :) Luckily he doesn;t like too many human foods, but fridge still seems to be very amuzing to him anyways :) He's ever so slightly overweight now (7Kg that's about 14 pounds:) But that's not too bad cos he is a big large cat anyways. He never steals food tho, cos I always gave him whateva he wants. He deserves it, having a tuff life on the street and all, I think someone has either beat him and broke his tail, or he was in car accident and not sufficiently looked after during recovery. Having experience with 6 cats so far, I can confirm that cats rarely eat TOO much like dogs tend to. They do feel they are full, adn will leave the food when full. Some may nibble more then others during the day, but they never overeat. So no they are not really like dogs in this respect. >I second that! My Charlie has been with us for over 2 yrs and still rushes >to the kitchen the second I go in :) Just in case. Lately he even took up [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >so slightly overweight now (7Kg that's about 14 pounds:) But that's not too >bad cos he is a big large cat anyways. When I got Biskit, she was starving and skinny. Now besides snarfing her own food...she's a one-cat clean-up committee for the other three cats. She's getting very round. I started having to lock her in the bedroom till the others finish eating, and take their bowls up. It's a pain but I had an obese cat once, and I swore I'd never let her get fat like that. Sherry .,^-~^, When my little Tortie colored kitty eats a really good meal { ?o? } she lays on her back on the couch and pats her fat little ..'~`~' stomach with an air of accomplishment. . I bought some canned cat food a few weeks ago and my cats snub it but the young male cat that's been coming over for dinner recently thinks that's the best food he's ever had. . > > The only ones I've had are ex-strays. They are "opportunistic eaters", > i.e., [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > when full. Some may nibble more then others during the day, but they never > overeat. So no they are not really like dogs in this respect. | .,^-~^, When my little Tortie colored kitty eats a really good meal | { ?o? } she lays on her back on the couch and pats her fat little [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] | young male cat that's been coming over for dinner recently thinks that's the | best food he's ever had. Stray cats are ever so thankful, it's a real joy. My feral Minka was so thrilled about the food available all day round that you could really tell; and if I spared a tiny bit of ham or cheese for her, it made her day. Carola > Stray cats are ever so thankful, it's a real joy. > My feral Minka was so thrilled about the food available all day round that > you could really tell; > and if I spared a tiny bit of ham or cheese for her, it made her day. > Carola .,^-~^, { ?o? } Today I had Spam (the canned kind) for breakfast and gave ..'~`~' the oldest some and she really really likes it. | > Stray cats are ever so thankful, it's a real joy. | > My feral Minka was so thrilled about the food available all day round that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] | { ?o? } Today I had Spam (the canned kind) for breakfast and gave | ..'~`~' the oldest some and she really really likes it. What's Spam? Some cereal? Yoghurt? Canned meat? Carola >>> Stray cats are ever so thankful, it's a real joy. >>> My feral Minka was so thrilled about the food available all day [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Carola http://www.spam.com/ Basically, it's a canned meat, made up of 'mostly ham', produced by the Hormel company. I personally find the stuff barely edible, but some people like it - it's mostly a matter of taste. --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > Basically, it's a canned meat, made up of 'mostly ham', produced by the > Hormel company. I personally find the stuff barely edible, but some > people like it - it's mostly a matter of taste. And whether your tastes were formed during the years of rationing! | http://www.spam.com/ | | Basically, it's a canned meat, made up of 'mostly ham', produced by the | Hormel company. I personally find the stuff barely edible, but some people | like it - it's mostly a matter of taste. Well, if there's a spam fan club then some people must like it, I like the spam boxer shorts :-) Thanks for the link. Carola I have three cats at my house 2 of which are do the same thing, but all of them know the sound of the can opener. and whenever a member of my family uses it they all come running into the kitchen. The two calicos do eat a lot but they're very active. My black calico once started to eat the neighbor's dog food, poor mut, and because of that he grew heavy. I've had so many cats in my life and all of them have eaten a lot. so don't worry i'm sure that it's normal, but you may want to be a dietary cat food for your cat. > >He weighs about 16 pounds so he eat's too much. He's at his food dish all > >day. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Sherry |
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