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Odd things your cat eat...mine just ate kale.

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Startingagainandagain · 10/07/2024 14:49

I was having my lunch and the cat jumped on the kitchen table and before I could stop her ate a big chunk of the kale and mushroom garnish (I am vegetarian) I was having with my pasta out of my plate.

Never had a cat eat interested in veggies before...

Is that common or is she just trying to start a vegetarian cats trend?

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PollencaCalling · 10/07/2024 14:51

We have one who is absolutely obsessed with green vegetables - particularly mange tout and spinach! I joke that she’d be happier if we fed her salad instead of cat food..

vitahelp · 10/07/2024 15:02

Ours loves lettuce and spinach. She isn't a greedy cat and has no interest in our food, aside from these salad items. She thinks nothing of hooking lettuce leaves from the salad bowl right in front of us while we're eating..😁

delilabell · 10/07/2024 15:04

Sweetcorn! Ours adores it. He also eats plastic though so I wouldn't say he's that reliable for healthy foods 🤣

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 10/07/2024 15:05

Our cat likes green beans and peas. She likes eating grass in the garden so I guess it makes sense lol

IdLikeToBeAFraser · 10/07/2024 15:06

My cat growing up would sell her soul for a piece of watermelon. It was very amusing.

DH' and my first cat absolutely LOVED coffee grounds - if we spilt a few while making coffee, he was in there like a shot to lick them up.

spikeandbuffy · 10/07/2024 15:07

Plastic Confused

spikeandbuffy · 10/07/2024 15:07

Oh and five guys Cajun fries

Spirael · 10/07/2024 15:08

Garlic and coriander naan bread! We have to be really careful when it's served, because she'll smell it from the other side of the house, then be on the table and whip it off your plate in the blink of an eye.

The same cat is also partial to lemon juice, despite the internet assuring me that cats hate lemon.

She may have malfunctioned.

Defiantlynot41 · 10/07/2024 15:08

Cake, especially home made
Crisps, quavers etc

RainbowZebraWarrior · 10/07/2024 15:08

Mine loves coffee and toast crumbs. In particular, cappuccino. I don't actually let him drink it, but he has a sniff and a lick of the foam off the top and licks the toast crumbs off of the plate. Breakfast of Kings, apparently. Also likes to lick crisps.

He doesn't eat anything else 'human' (won't touch a prawn, piece of salmon, chicken etc)

Weird bugger.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 10/07/2024 15:09

Mine is partial to Red bush tea!

Cattery · 10/07/2024 15:09

French stick

myfitbitisfucked · 10/07/2024 15:10

One of my two cats likes hummus
the other one loves homemade cake icing and all
they both like malt loaf and cold tea

don’t ask me

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 10/07/2024 15:10

Chickpeas

myfitbitisfucked · 10/07/2024 15:10

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 10/07/2024 15:10

Chickpeas

How strange that you posted this as I wrote a be of mine likes hummus 🤣

acatcalledjohn · 10/07/2024 15:11

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 10/07/2024 15:09

Mine is partial to Red bush tea!

We used to have a cat who was partial to vanilla red bush too.

Current cat steals lettuce and spinach leaves out of the colander whilst it's draining. He loves it. Other current cat has been known to eat peas. And another previous cat would eat carrot and parsnip soup.

RainbowZebraWarrior · 10/07/2024 15:11

spikeandbuffy · 10/07/2024 15:07

Plastic Confused

Oh yes. Mine loves plastic. Daren't leave a cellophane wrapped gift anywhere unattended, otherwise it will end up given to the recipient with chew marks and slobber on it.

skkyelark · 10/07/2024 15:13

A childhood cat liked peas, garibaldi biscuits, and wine – we had to be really careful that any wine glasses were cleaned immediately.

She was also utterly clueless when it came to things like mice, and the other cat we had at the time gave her 'you call yourself a cat!?' looks on a regular basis.

Lovelynames123 · 10/07/2024 15:14

Mine likes crisps, particularly pringles! She also loves eating ribbon, which she then vomits back up, so we have to be very careful at birthdays and Christmas!

spikeandbuffy · 10/07/2024 15:15

@RainbowZebraWarrior mine broke into my handbag, pulled out a blood test form, ripped off the plastic bag and ate it
Vet ConfusedHmm

Bongosbanjo · 10/07/2024 15:16

One of mine likes chips drowned in salt n vinegar but is a wee bugger for maltesers to the point can't have them in the house. Know another wee furry horror sweetie who loves babybel n yoghurt not always in the one dish right enough

BobbyBiscuits · 10/07/2024 15:19

Your mushrooms and kale must have had a lovely savoury, creamy flavour. My cat loves creamy things. Yoghurt especially.
All my cats always loved marmite, but I don't think that's too weird.
One of mine is obsessed with chewing plastic bags and plastic packaging. He also adores furiously licking clean towels.

MightyGoldBear · 10/07/2024 15:21

I have one that absolutely loves melon and potato peelings 🤷🏼‍♀️

SplendidUtterly · 10/07/2024 15:21

Raw savoy cabbage. If he heard it being chopped up there would be carnage until you gave him a bit!

WithASpider · 10/07/2024 15:22

I have one that's partial to Broccoli. Thankfully the other two seem to have normal tastes in food!

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