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Guiness book of world records nomination: cat won't eat fish
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Hash: SHA1 OK, so maybe it isn't really that rare, but it surprised me. I had a tin of sardines as part of my supper a couple of nights ago, and offered one of the sardines to Cinders. Rather to my surprise, she sniffed it politely, but declined to eat it. The sardines were packed in water, so it wasn't a case of the sardines being packed in a sauce that she didn't like. I haven't tried tuna yet. If she turns that down, I really will be surprised. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQFKLFTMYPge5L34aEQI5fQCdGjuDhfM+ti+8T1ZnIbl5xW/qJjsAoIjF Cjk+E7t3k6N9uDf1/ZPGMwqY =3jor -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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"John F. Eldredge" wrote OK, so maybe it isn't really that rare, but it surprised me. I had a tin of sardines as part of my supper a couple of nights ago, and offered one of the sardines to Cinders. Rather to my surprise, she sniffed it politely, but declined to eat it. The sardines were packed in water, so it wasn't a case of the sardines being packed in a sauce that she didn't like. I haven't tried tuna yet. If she turns that down, I really will be surprised. Nikki doesn't eat either tuna or sardines. Even Frank got a bit tired of both, because I used to mix his meds in either tuna or sardines, so he ate them twice a day for a long period of time. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:17:05 -0600, John F. Eldredge
wrote: OK, so maybe it isn't really that rare, but it surprised me. I had a tin of sardines as part of my supper a couple of nights ago, and offered one of the sardines to Cinders. Rather to my surprise, she sniffed it politely, but declined to eat it. The sardines were packed in water, so it wasn't a case of the sardines being packed in a sauce that she didn't like. I haven't tried tuna yet. If she turns that down, I really will be surprised. If there's one thing I've learned about cats, it's that there's just understanding them - perhaps because they don't want the hoomins to catch on to what they really think. Just take my two girls concerning people food - which they get very little of. Sammy will taste anything I'm eating that I let her, and enjoys it only when she can steal a bite. I get her own plate and give her something she really seems to like, she just turns up her nose. Little Bit has never shown any interest in hoomin food when I'm eating. She won't even lick a plate when I'm done, except for the leftover milk after cereal. But, once Sammy has found something good on my plate, gotten a plate of her own, and turned her nose up at it, Little Bit will clean Sammy's plate. Then, there's Rocky and treats. The girls devour all the Pounce treats I give them - Rocky won't taste them. Course, he may come around. This time last year he'd never been on a lap or played, and now he does both. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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Little Bit has never shown any interest in hoomin food when I'm
eating. She won't even lick a plate when I'm done, except for the leftover milk after cereal. Leftover Cheerio milk is much coveted around here. I have to divide it 3 ways into their bowls, about a tablespoon apiece!! DH has a real hang-up about the cats eating out of my bowl, so just outta respect for him I don't let them. Can't imagine why!!?? No germ could survive the dishwasher, right? Sherry |
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John F. Eldredge wrote:
I haven't tried tuna yet. If she turns that down, I really will be surprised. Persia won't eat tuna. Go figure. Jill |
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John F. Eldredge wrote in
: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 OK, so maybe it isn't really that rare, but it surprised me. I had a tin of sardines as part of my supper a couple of nights ago, and offered one of the sardines to Cinders. Rather to my surprise, she sniffed it politely, but declined to eat it. The sardines were packed in water, so it wasn't a case of the sardines being packed in a sauce that she didn't like. I haven't tried tuna yet. If she turns that down, I really will be surprised. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQFKLFTMYPge5L34aEQI5fQCdGjuDhfM+ti+8T1ZnIbl5xW/qJjsAoIjF Cjk+E7t3k6N9uDf1/ZPGMwqY =3jor -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- My cats won't eat people food, normally. However, they will go for tuna. -- --- Chip "Oderint dum metuant." - Lucius Accius |
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:17:05 -0600, John F. Eldredge
wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 OK, so maybe it isn't really that rare, but it surprised me. I had a tin of sardines as part of my supper a couple of nights ago, and offered one of the sardines to Cinders. Rather to my surprise, she sniffed it politely, but declined to eat it. The sardines were packed in water, so it wasn't a case of the sardines being packed in a sauce that she didn't like. I haven't tried tuna yet. If she turns that down, I really will be surprised. Most of the cats I given sardines to refused to eat them - canned mackerel too. I think I know one (out of maybe 50 that I have known) that won't eat canned human grade tuna (chunk light in water) I haven't tried him with solid pack white tuna which every one of the others that I know about will drop the chunk light in favor of. T.E.D. - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body) |
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Ted Davis had some very interesting
things to say about Guiness book of world records nomination: cat won't eat fish: Most of the cats I given sardines to refused to eat them - canned mackerel too. I think I know one (out of maybe 50 that I have known) that won't eat canned human grade tuna (chunk light in water) Felix turns up his furry nose, but will drink the water it was packed in [won't touch oil from a can of oil-packed, though]. -- "The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL |
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"John F. Eldredge" wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 OK, so maybe it isn't really that rare, but it surprised me. I had a tin of sardines as part of my supper a couple of nights ago, and offered one of the sardines to Cinders. Rather to my surprise, she sniffed it politely, but declined to eat it. They were probably too salty! I don't imagine a cat would be too thrilled with pickled herring, either - even the kind in sour cream. Also, some cats do not particularly LIKE fish, while others won't eat much else but. (NOTE: I expect any number of replies telling me how much somone's particular cats adore pickled herring - one can never generalize about our feline friends.) |
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On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:13:54 -0800, Seanette Blaylock
wrote: Ted Davis had some very interesting things to say about Guiness book of world records nomination: cat won't eat fish: Most of the cats I given sardines to refused to eat them - canned mackerel too. I think I know one (out of maybe 50 that I have known) that won't eat canned human grade tuna (chunk light in water) Felix turns up his furry nose, but will drink the water it was packed in [won't touch oil from a can of oil-packed, though]. I've noticed that cats do seem to prefer the water to the tuna itself - they lap that up first. I've also noticed that cats liking oily stuff appears to be something of a myth - cats are supposed to like tuna oil, sardine oil, butter, etc., but the only pure fat I've seen any of mine eat is bacon grease ... they will even try to eat the paper towel used to drain bacon on, and it doesn't seem to matter how deeply I bury it in the garbage can, they dig it out. T.E.D. - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body) |
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