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Weird things your cats eat

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thetemptationofchocolate · 25/04/2017 10:05

I have two cats. One is normal and likes meat, cat food, that kind of thing.
The other will eat anything. She likes meat & cat food, but also loves bread. Any sort of bread, she is not fussy. She also eats raw pastry, cooked pastry, any vegetable, and porridge oats (raw or cooked, she doesn't care). My kitchen is locked up tighter than Fort Knox as she will steal stuff if she can.
Do your cats eat odd stuff? Please tell me, it will make me feel less weirded out about mine :)

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Toddlerteaplease · 27/04/2017 00:28

Eyeing up my dinner.

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problembottom · 27/04/2017 14:46

My cat adores Wotsits and yoghurt but turns his nose up if you offer him a piece of meat or fish.

HermioneJeanGranger · 27/04/2017 19:10

Our kitten eats tomato ketchup. She sat in some once and proceeded to stand up and lick it off!

Both love chicken and fish, especially tuna or fish fingers.

The Maine Coon licks butter off toast and my fingers when I feel nice and he likes vegemite as well.

They're also partial to hobnobs.

Toddlerteaplease · 27/04/2017 21:34

Snorg has for the first time accepted a titbit from me. Rump steak. She loved it and had 3 bits. Clearly previous offerings weren't good enough!

Nandocushion · 27/04/2017 22:00

Nerf gun darts.

OnNaturesCourse · 01/05/2017 22:26

One of my cats loves Wotsits lol. One likes quavers and the other loves pizza lol

CigarsofthePharoahs · 02/05/2017 15:29

Mine loves bread.
Ham, cheese, crisps…
If my toddler is having a fussy day with his lunch, I have to watch out for Ms SneakyCat.
The best was KFC. I gave her a bit of the skin and she loved it very much. Then she tried to get in the bucket and got a chip packet stuck on her head.

CigarsofthePharoahs · 02/05/2017 15:29

Mine loves bread.
Ham, cheese, crisps…
If my toddler is having a fussy day with his lunch, I have to watch out for Ms SneakyCat.
The best was KFC. I gave her a bit of the skin and she loved it very much. Then she tried to get in the bucket and got a chip packet stuck on her head.

Purplebluebird · 05/05/2017 13:07

One of my cats used to eat leftover salad with taco salsa on. Just the lettuce leaves. Not a lot of salsa, but definitely enough that there would be a taste of it! She only ate it when she was a kitten, until I learnt she actually enjoyed it and started taking it away before she got to it. (Cats probably should not eat salsa!)

RitaMills · 05/05/2017 13:10

We were sharing a Magnum ice cream yesterday after dinner.

Weird things your cats eat
user1467976192 · 05/05/2017 13:10

Another one who likes porridge. He is also fond of cheese, cheese and onion crisps, buttery toast and will try anything once

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sodabreadjam · 05/05/2017 13:17

Current two DCats have no quirks apart from one of them refusing all wet cat food - doesn't recognise it as food - walks straight past it.

Previous DCat loved the juice from melon - absolutely lapped it up.

yellowplumpreserves · 05/05/2017 13:20

This is my first post on the litter tray. One of our two cats just last night devoured some red cabbage that my almost two year old had dropped on the floor. Maybe it was because it had bacons bits in it!

user1467976192 · 05/05/2017 13:22

Soda bread. Georgie will eat all wet food but whiskers. When I buy that he jumps out of the window and disappears for a week

sodabreadjam · 05/05/2017 14:08

user1467976192 Grin they can be very picky little creatures. Our two live on Purina Pro Plan dried food by day.

DH poaches them some haddock in the evening to encourage them to come in.

fzz33 · 05/05/2017 14:16

One of mine accidentally put her tail in my cup of coffee whilst struggling in my arms... from that day forward she was obsessed with coffee. She also liked doughnuts and would try and swipe it while I was eating!

Current cat loves Pringles. Sits and stares at you while you eat them until you give her some.

CreamCrackerundertheSettee · 05/05/2017 14:24

Our cats love ear wax too. My children joyfully feed it to them!

Our little cat enjoys corn on the cob - she stole it from a neighbour's bbq once. She crunches the cobs long after all the corn has gone.

My ( now long deceased) cat used to chew wet flannels. It made the most awful squeeking sound, like nails on a blackboard.

BlahBlahBlahEtc · 05/05/2017 14:33

My old cat used to go mental for orange juice, like, scratch my face off kind of mental. Weirdo. I also a cat that liked cucumber and tomatoes. My cat now just likes cat biscuits, boring sod lol!

BlahBlahBlahEtc · 05/05/2017 14:35

creamcracker your post about flannels reminded me of the same 'orange juice mad' cat that used to nick used tea bags and suck the life of the them and then leave them places. I freaked out when I saw the alien baby looking things all over my kitchen / hall floor when I first got her.

Lambbone · 05/05/2017 14:37

Very Ancient Tabby, who doesn't make sudden movements these days, will lurch into action at the sight and smell of a melon rind. He will drag it away and kill it, and leave chewed bits under the table.

dailydance · 05/05/2017 16:02

Any fruit except pineapple. One of mine will try to paw the fruit from your hand.

The other one likes styrofoam and elastic bands (have been removed from her mouth).

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