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There's Always A First Time.....

Annabellethecat66 — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 18:08:38 GMT

So over the years I've had cats (many, many cats) who've had various tastes.

My cat (Jack) loved Italian food! I never gave it to him but if I put it down (empty plate), he'd be over there licking the tomato sauce from the plate.

One cat (Fabio) my late husband's cat would eat any human food.

For Bill I even order (from Chewy) specific prescription cat food. I'm very careful not to give him over the counter bought cat food. Katie the cat can eat any kind of over the counter cat food so I I stand and watch her eat and then remove whatever she leaves because Bill can't eat it.

Hang on....I'm getting to the point...So I just made myself Panera Chicken noodle soup, Panera salad, chips...Yum! I went into the kitchen to get something, came out and (you guessed it)...Bill was licking my soup! It won't hurt him but he's NEVER eaten human food, never showed any interest. I've left things and he's never touched it.

Now Panera soup is amazing (huge chunks of white chicken) so I understand it 'calling' him. But it was funny to see him just licking like crazy.

Out went the soup...(as I was saying good-bye down the sink) and I started all over again.

I know dogs will eat just about everything, but usually cats are more, much more picky.

What are some of the crazy things your cat will eat (either sneaky, or you give them a taste)?

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dex — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 18:22:34 GMT

I only have a stray cat and he eats his cat food with gusto.Once when I hadn’t seen him in awhile I thought he was gone so I took dog treats for my dog buds and no cat food...darned if the cat wasn’t there and howling for something.I had steak chunks only so I fed him those.I think the cat loved it but I worried about upsetting her stomach.

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KitTkat — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 18:47:04 GMT

A few of my cats love spicy chips and crackers. If I'm not careful, the bag of Doritos will get swiped.

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drizzellla — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 18:47:34 GMT

Sorry this is not a cat story - we are a family of 3 all highly allergic to cats.

BUT we were longterm babystitting my brother's collie. It was very well trained. My brother would only feed his dog the best dog food and definitely NO PEOPLE FOOD. So we followed my brothers wishes. In fact the dog never showed interest in people food. When we ate, he would be sitting in his bed. Even preparing food, he never ventured into the kitchen.

One morning before work, I was preparing my lunch. I was making a pastrami sandwich, with cole slaw and thousand island dressing. I needed more dressing, so I went to the garage where we keep an extra pantry. When I returned I could not find my sandwich. I thought, did I move it? I could not figure out where it could have gone. And it dawned on me the dog in no time flat ate every morsel - rye bread, cole slaw and all. There was not so much as a crumb. How could I be mad? I was the one that left it on the kitchen table and he figured out how to get it.

I keep saying someday I will learn - I am still waiting for that day.

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gunnergab — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 18:54:31 GMT

I had a black cat that I got from the shelter that was newborn. I had to use a baby formula for her until she was able to start on kitten then cat food.(the shelter had no facilities to care for the new born kitten) when she then got to the terrible twos in kitten years , she developed a like for pizza and especially pepperoni. If I brought a pizza in the house she was the first one to claim her "piece ". She continued to love it up to her death (age 23)

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x Hedge — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 18:56:14 GMT

Poody (see avatar) would eat any human food I gave him, but really loves any kind of mashed legume, especially baked beans with lots of sauce. But his all time favorite treat is asparagus, especially the tender tips.

Fortunately, he's also survived eating the handles on plastic shopping bags. Naughty boy!!

Swee' Pea had a congenital dental disorder, is missing half her teeth, can't bite or chew anything. She's swallowed food whole all her life.

She eats like a gekko, sticking her tongue onto her dry food, and reeling what sticks back into her mouth.

Sometimes she'll show an interest in my food, but can't manage to eat it.

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SahmIam — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 19:10:21 GMT

BBQ pork skin out of the bag; had to be cruncy. Had a cat that would sit up and beg like a dog for them. Cute as can be until an hour later when the gas attacks began......

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threecees — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 19:09:58 GMT

@gunnergab

I used to read my daughter a book titled Pizza Cat when she was young.

Your story reminded me of this book.

Cute story.

I love pizza too!

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bikerbabe — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 19:36:35 GMT

Cheetos

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goldensrbest — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 19:54:43 GMT

I feel dogs and cats , really like our human food because of the smell,and taste, my dogs get human food with their kibble.

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CelticCrafter — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 20:01:51 GMT

My current cat wants absolutely nothing to do with people food. She may sniff something you hold out but she will walk away. She's always been like that.

The one before was out of her mind for McDonalds fries, Cheerios and Doritos.

Our first one would steal corn cobs out of the garbage and gnaw on them until his gums bled, would pace waiting for chicken livers when I would make them and loved zucchini and chick peas.

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Drythe — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 20:45:40 GMT

Anything with tomato sauce, barbecue, asparagus.

Almost universal to all my cats.

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DearPrudence — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 20:55:11 GMT

I had a cat who would go crazy over ice cream cones. It would be almost impossible to eat one with her in the room. She would grab your forearm with both paws to drag the cone away from your mouth, so she could lick it.

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ninjawife — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 22:30:10 GMT

Popeye's chicken

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puttypiesmom — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 22:31:06 GMT

My cat will hover over us when we eat a cooked rotisserie chicken from the store. It has a lot of spices and for that reason never gave it to puttypie but we can't turn our back for 1 second. Puttypie is an indoor only cat so we've had to put her into another room and close the door while eating. She's always sound asleep when I check on her.

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blackhole99 — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 23:26:43 GMT

My old cat Moe wants to try everything,he smells it and than literally backs away from it. I feed him Fresh Pet because he has very few teeth left and I'm afraid he isn't chewing the dry food and just swallowing it whole. I had a big red cat we named Milo years ago and that guy would drink your coffee if you let it sit where he could get at it.

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PodyPo — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 04:48:54 GMT

My cat Jazpur jumped up on the couch and grabbed a huge bite out of my almond butter sandwich not too long ago. She does not normally show interest in people food.

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Isobel Archer — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 06:07:00 GMT

Years ago, I had a cat who could open cupboard doors and would get into the bread and chew the wrapper and eat some of the bread. It took me awhile to figure out he was doing it. I thought I had mice. Too funny.

He was also a cat who would run across the room and jump into your arms. If you weren't ready for this, the scratches from the claws - as he dug in - were paintful to say the least. Loved that cat!!!

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sfnative — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 06:25:30 GMT

@Annabellethecat66

When my grandmother "retired' from hostessing family holiday dinners, the responsibility became mine. So, just imagine a 12' diningroom table laden with food. There was to be a crowd, so service was buffet. Our sideboard held all of the desserts and kitchen table was the bar.

On one end of the diningroom table, we had a few bowls of munchies so guests could have a snack, while others arrived. One snack was "Dorritos," which my daughter liked. So DD and I are busy working on hot dishes and I hear a crunch. We go into the diningroom and there is our female Burmese, Shasta, on the floor with a Dorito and she ate the entire chip. Then she very daintily jumped up on the corner of the table, inserted her tiny mouth (she weighed 5 lbs) into the bowl and pulled out another one, without touching another chip and jumped down, finishing that one off, too. We did remove the bowl at that point. Shasta also loved french fries, but only from Burger King.

Her brother, Nigel, was very fond of parmesan cheese and butter. You could not grate parm for dinner and place it on the table and turn your back. He would be there in a thrice, with his face in the bowl. Caught him that first time, he looked up and had parm all over his face. Sooooooo funny!!!

Our Balanese male, Stanleigh, loved canteloupe and minestrone soup. Chatter and Snow (ginger and white Persian) simply loved ice cream, chicken livers and mice, which they would eat under the kitchen table. DD and I would head for her room, close the door and plug our ears, so we didn't hear the crunching. After they had passed, no more indoor-outdoor cats.

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Spurt — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 17:58:24 GMT

Since Easter is around the corner, it reminds me of a cat we had when I was a kid....she went crazy over ham....that cat would drive my mom crazy especially when she was preparing Easter dinner.....

I had a Himalayian rescue that loved potato chips....I mean absolutely went crazy over them...

And my sister had a cat that loved refried beans ......she would have go "guard" the beans whenever she prepared a Mexican food dinner...............

I currently have 2 Tuxedo cats that do not like human food, they like their kibble and especially Whiskas Temptations Blissful Catnip Treats 😺 😺