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Yuk -- I've just realised I've eaten off a plate the cat has licked !

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GoldMoon · 21/02/2025 21:03

So earlier this evening I put a little butter on a plate and microwaved to soften .
Then later fancied some mango and put it on a plate from the table.
Just had the realisation the cat must have jumped up there ( it never does ) and kicked it clean !
Feeling a bit yuk now , the thought of it , not actual unwell yuk .
Make me feel better by telling your stories such as this .

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FrazzledHippy · 21/02/2025 21:08

This has happened to me several times OP. My DD has also watched me eat things only to tell me when I've finished them that the cat(s) have licked them when I'm not looking. I woke up once to one of our cats licking my mouth too. My personal horror highlight though - I woke up with the cats bum hole touching the tip of my nose as she scratted around down the side of the bed.

Reading back on this, it's a wonder I still have my cats!

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 21/02/2025 21:15

Meh.

You’re family. It’s fine. Don’t give it another thought.

>••<

Gothzilla · 21/02/2025 21:22

Could be worse. I found out mine prefers drinking water from a glass tumbler. How did I find that out? I have a special glass that’s very thick which I keep by my bedside. Thicker because if it falls/gets hit in the night it won’t shatter. Anyway one night I got water put it on the side, went to get a book and I got back to the cat merrily drinking away. No idea how long that had been going on...It’s her water glass now and I use a water bottle with a lid!

chelseahealyslips · 21/02/2025 21:27

One of my orange ones likes to drink from people's glasses. Except he uses his foot to dip and then licks the water from said foot.
I drank from a glass once that he'd dipped into, got a mouthful of water with added bits (can't stand to think what the bits actually were probably cat litter and poo)

Sonolanona · 21/02/2025 21:45

My dearly departed tortie used to drink from my water glass at night... as I found out the night I woke to a slurping sound (I took a screw top bottle after that)
Current cat has knocked the lid off the butter dish more than once... I'm still alive Grin

GoldMoon · 21/02/2025 22:18

Phew ....... I will wake up in the morning !

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SilverPearl · 21/02/2025 22:28

Our ginger and white regularly had first lick of my husband’s toast and marmite. Cat passed away after 18 years, husband has survived 😁

Purplecatshopaholic · 21/02/2025 22:38

If I am not careful my cats and my dogs take a sneaky drink out of my glass. I’m still alive, lol.

MrsSkylerWhite · 21/02/2025 22:41

Meh. Our cats frequently lick the butter on my bread as I turn my back to pick up the filling. Various have done over 40 adult years now. I’ve a brilliant immune system 😁

WellsAndThistles · 21/02/2025 22:46

Immune system building, it's all good especially if the cat has recently licked his butt 🤣.

Try not to think about it!

NewYorkBuilder · 21/02/2025 22:49

it’s happened to the best of us!

even used the “special spoon” for the pet food once by mistake, it was spotlessly clean and I’m still alive but even so…!

SwanOfThoseThings · 21/02/2025 22:53

Been there, got the t-shirt 😻

notprincehamlet · 21/02/2025 22:56

You'll be fine - unless the cat finds out you're using his plate and then you'll have to sleep with one eye open forever

PsychoHotSauce · 21/02/2025 22:59

My aunt had a poorly trained retriever, and he would steal anything off you - your phone, paperwork, food, right out of your hand if he felt like it and then aggressively snarl at you all possessive over his prize. He had bitten a few people, but it was like he was daring you to take it from him. My aunt used to give him treats to make him drop it, saying she was giving him a better alternative to have instead... so he actually got rewarded for stealing, not dropping!

Anyway I went to her house for a belated birthday dinner and a "birthday" cake she had kindly bought for me. The cake was square, and cut into six pieces ready before dinner. There were four of us eating.

After dinner, aunt cleared the plates and went to get the already cut cake. She waited til we had finished to tell us through tears of laughter that there had been a "mishap" with the cake.

The dog had jumped up against the worktop and straight up swiped the front two pieces from the plate, leaving four. Presumably gobbing dog slobber all over the rest. She was laughing as if it was sooo funny that the dog had claimed the two spare pieces before my cousin could snaffle them, or, you know, I could take them home? Never mind that she knew as she served them to us, and knew we'd be like errr no thanks, I'll leave the cake, she should have just kept her mouth shut forever but was almost gleefully telling us. Still makes me feel sick years later.

ETA she plated the remaining cake and brought it into the dining room, hiding the evidence now she couldn't bring the whole cake with great fanfare.

BlackCatsAreBrilliant · 21/02/2025 23:05

chelseahealyslips · 21/02/2025 21:27

One of my orange ones likes to drink from people's glasses. Except he uses his foot to dip and then licks the water from said foot.
I drank from a glass once that he'd dipped into, got a mouthful of water with added bits (can't stand to think what the bits actually were probably cat litter and poo)

Our cats do this. Unfortunately, DC1 has a habit of leaving half drunk glasses of milk or water sitting around. A significant number has been discarded after we have caught them dipping their paw in. I expect a lot that weren't discarded should have been.

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 21/02/2025 23:11

Mine had a crafty lick of the bacon hanging out of my sandwich the other day. I ate it anyway. I then caught him licking the wooden spoon I was using on the pot of bolognese sauce I had simmering. He is orange, obviously.

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 21/02/2025 23:14

I share our mcdonalds with my cat

She gets a chicken nugget torn apart for her and eats with us on the sofa 🤭

I've caught dd sharing her lollipop with the cat as well, had to put a stop to that but I was also proud of her for sharing, was a confusing few mins 😭

You'll be fine x

Vegboxwonder · 21/02/2025 23:22

Too many incidents to mention over the years 🤣
My much missed orange boy once jumped up and landed his bum hole right in the middle of my partner's pizza, which was on the sofa. The pizza got binned, obviously (but not before he and our other DCat at the time nicked a slice of pepperoni each)

maudelovesharold · 21/02/2025 23:33

I read somewhere that cat’s saliva has antiseptic and antibacterial properties, so quite similar to anti-bac wipes?
<hopeful>

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