On 8/16/2011 4:30 PM, Joy wrote:
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On 8/16/2011 4:10 PM, Joy wrote:
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On 8/16/2011 1:34 PM, ---MIKE--- wrote:
I shop one day a week (stores are 20 miles away). I usually buy a
fried
chicken breast. Tiger knows that when I have been shopping, he will be
getting some chicken breast when I eat supper. He won't touch his
regular dish until after he gets his chicken. Amber is not interested.
---MIKE---
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')
I always find it strange how some cats will eat (or at least taste and
try) human food, how some cats will eat only certain foods (like
Lesley's
Sarsi who *LURVES* ham, and my (RB) Sammy who loved cantaloupe of all
things!), and how some cats will not eat any human food at all (Like my
Jessie).
Archer will try anything mommy gives him - at least enough to lick and
give a chew or two. He'll eat most meats and bits of cheese, but not a
lot, but his litter-mate, Ozzy, will not eat *ANY* human food
(perversely,
he will sit and stare at you while you eat, even extending a paw in
supplication, but refuses to even try anything you feel bad and give
him.
Synopsis... cats are weird!
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Hugs,
CatNipped
Yes, they're very different in that respect. I've had cats who were
crazy
for human food, including one that liked nothing better than to chew on a
corn cob, even after you'd eaten the corn off of it. I've also had cats
who
wouldn't go near human food. One would beg for bits of raw hamburger
when I
was cooking it. Another wanted bites of chicken when I was fixing that.
Until recently, my current two showed no interest in human food. Pickles
couldn't even be bothered with canned cat food. However, she has
discovered
that she loves tuna. If I give Waffles canned tuna catfood, she has to
have
some. Otherwise she'll shoulder him away from the dish so she can eat
it.
And if I drain a can of tuna to mix up for sandwiches, she has to have
some
of the juice. I think she'd take it all, immediately, if I'd give it to
her, but I give them each a little when I open the can (Waffles likes it,
but not as much as Pickles does) and put the rest in a little jar in the
fridge. Then when I give Waffles his canned food, I pour a little of the
juice over it for him, and put some in a dish for Pickles. That way they
can enjoy it for a few days.
Lately, Pickles has also shown great interest when I have turkey.
Joy
The water from a can of tuna is a *great* way to get cats to drink when
they're having kidney problems and refuse to drink water. Lots of times
this will save you from having to syringe it down them, but you have to be
careful of the sodium in it too, so it's best to ask your vet first.
--
Hugs,
CatNipped
There may be some sodium in it, but getting a couple of teaspoonfuls a day
for a few days every now and then shouldn't do too much damage.
Joy
Oh no, I wasn't talking about that - I meant when your cat is having
kidney problems and you can't get them to drink enough water. In that
case, when it's maybe the *only* thing you can get down them and you
want to get a good bit of fluids down them *then* you need to be
concerned. I've always given my cats, the ones who like it, tuna water
as a treat.
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Hugs,
CatNipped
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