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My cat is an arsehole

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Besswess88 · 09/12/2021 17:58

Digs into one type of food like it’s his last meal on earth, I go and buy a box of 40 sachets and he looks at me like I have presented him with his own shit to eat.

Argh!! What to do? Why is he so fucking fussy?!

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MamaWeasel · 09/12/2021 21:13

One of my pet arseholes took a flying leap from the desk and landed, all four paws and claws, squarely on my head earlier. Swining animal.

He also jumps into the ferret hutches when we are exercising the ferrets and scarfs down their kibble at every opportunity.

I do love him though 😍

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CrimbleCrumble1 · 09/12/2021 21:15

We have to have three on the go

crimsonlake · 09/12/2021 21:16

I am also on a rota with several variety selections, problem is said cat decides he does not like any of the selections anymore....Who will crack first, me from the never ending whining or self inflicted starving cat?

Stigsmother · 09/12/2021 21:16

Yab very unreasonable, it's a cat, what else would expect
Xmas Grin

Dreamiedispenser · 09/12/2021 21:18

My two arseholes will only eat the tuna loin Hi-Life Perfection sachets from B&M (not the tuna and pilchard one, they won’t touch that). My local B&M ran out last week so I substituted actual tuna. Fuckers wouldn’t touch it.

HarrisonStickle · 09/12/2021 21:21

I had to donate a load of Lily's Kitchen because he loved it up until the moment I thought I'd better get a stock in.

He's an ex stray and when he was a stray I'd give him all sorts and he was So Grateful!

Weirdly he won't now eat things like chicken or fish or ham. He'll sniff round me if I have them, but if I give him a little bit he'll lick it and look at me as if to say, hmmm very interesting. But he won't eat it!

blujohnstons · 09/12/2021 21:27

My cat is exactly the same!! I was constantly buying different brands flavours etc and he would only eat maybe one sachet out of each pack them turn his nose up.. I was getting worried after a few weeks of this and thought he was sick so took him to the vets.. Cost me 95quid and a blood test later to tell me nothing was wrong he was just fussy!

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 09/12/2021 21:29

I cannot buy in bulk. My cat is a refusnik most of the time. Its infuriating.

PatriotCanes · 09/12/2021 21:29

I should also mention Dcat1 will only eat "sky chicken" ie chicken which is thrown at him off of a human plate. You could give him a larger piece, in his bowl, but he wouldn't touch it. It has to fall from the sky. If he doesn't see it land, he won't eat it either.

pointythings · 09/12/2021 21:30

Mine love the gravy based wet food, but their stomachs don't tolerate it, so I don't give it to them. They happily scoffed their Seriously Good chicken pouches tonight after having turned up their noses at them several times - go figure.

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CrimbleCrumble1 · 09/12/2021 21:31

I’ve found chucking in the odd Felix pouch (in gravy) into the three other varieties rota works well.

user7514254 · 09/12/2021 21:32

You take that back @Besswess88

I am sure he’s lovely 😌

crimsonlake · 09/12/2021 21:33

Said fusspot!

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FitYeDaeinYeMadRadge · 09/12/2021 21:35

Yup

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Cluckycluck · 09/12/2021 21:37

I'm fairly certain that my cat is unaware that he is in actual fact a cat and should be a fussy arsehole. Mine will eat anything presented to him. He eats his biscuits, follows that up by eating the dog biscuits and will then demand more of his biscuits or come and stick his face in whatever I'm eating. When we had neighbours he would break into their houses to eat whatever he could get to.

WFHiswank · 09/12/2021 21:40

All those posting saying they've finally found one brand their cats like. You are cursing yourselves and within 24 hours of your cat reading your post, they will refuse to eat it. Grin

Our cat also cycles through food. She hated the duck, salmon and lamb wet foods for ages now they are the best thing ever and all her old favourites are barely sniffed. We rotate a lot. Little sod also stopped eating white fish for a while so I had to finish that. Seems she doesn't like fish that has been frozen. Then she went off prawns and would only eat turkey. Now prawns are the best thing ever and turkey is a total no go. How do they do this?

Twofurrycats · 09/12/2021 21:41

Furry cat 1 would like to exist on dreamies and goat's milk. Not happening so will only eat one type of cat biscuits.
Furry cat 2 couldn't care less about biscuits, likes one type of wet food but not the fish one.

Pericombobulations · 09/12/2021 21:47

My bastard cat is just the same. I havent forgiven him for waking me at 3am this morning coughing up a furball! And his last present is still living somewhere in the house, making nests out of my lovely blankets and eating my chocolate bars.

LoveGoldberg · 09/12/2021 21:50

I’ve started ordering from that republic of cats (genuinely and not an advert) we’re about a year in and my cat hasn’t turned their nose up once. You pick which flavours they like most and you get more of them.

MothralovesGojira · 09/12/2021 22:15

Our fluffy arsehole can only eat one type and variety of cat food which is weighed out and divied up through the day for medical reasons. Luckily he loves his food. In fact he loves all food with the exception of vegan cheese which is the only thing that has earned me his bestest wtf look!
No, my cat is an arse because he raids all the neighbouring bird tables and is particularly fond of fat balls. My next door neighbour made some lovely Christmas garlands for her bird table by stringing prawn crackers on to string and hanging them from her trees which my cat snaffled in one afternoon. He has also been known to raid food waste bins and was very annoyed when I had to take half a large pepperoni pizza off him which he had dragged back home by pulling it through hedges and over the fence pulling it with his teeth and walking backwards the whole way!!!

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Besswess88 · 09/12/2021 22:21

I gave him some roast chicken once, and actually made him some gravy (I can’t believe I am admitting that), he turned his fucking nose up at it. I felt devastated 🤣🤣🤣

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Toddlerteaplease · 09/12/2021 22:24

Mine aren't real cats. They are absolute angels. Sleep in their beds and are never fussy with food. GrinGrin

Dashel · 09/12/2021 22:30

My cat will only eat gourmet perle fish, if they ever stop making it, then I will cry. I planned to feed her on different foods to start with, but she refused anything else after tasting this, even more expensive foods or roast chicken or food she would eat previously.

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 09/12/2021 22:30

I've never had a cat that was fussy with its food

They've still all been arseholes though

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Beamur · 09/12/2021 22:34

My fluffy arsecat has repeatedly asked for food today. I have her favourite in so have mostly obliged. But after 3 tins where she has eaten 2 mouthfuls and declared herself full I have declined to open a fourth tin. Gave her biscuits. She has looked at me in disgust and gone out.
Neighbours cat who gets her leftovers is looking visibly chubbier!