Is there anything she won't eat?

When we got Bonnie we christened her "The Gannet" not because she had wings but because her apetite was impressive

But she's an amateur compared to Spirit- she watches Spirit inhaling cat food in sheer disbelief she looks at me as if to say "WELL I was never THAT bad!"

Today though Spirit excelled....

Dave had ravoli for breakfast nothing fancy just a tin of Heinz so he ate it amd the next thing he looks round and the white bits of Spirit's face are red. She then proceeded to go to sleep on the plate.

I got in thinking given how fluffy she is (I swear if I shaved that kitten she weighs 2 ounces she is mostly fur) I might have to cut the tomato sauce soaked fur off or even worse give her a bath....

You could have eaten your dinner off the plate apart from some bits of cat hair she'd licked it totally clean before sitting on it

Dave says she was purring up a storm when licking the sauce up and seemed very happy about it...Me? I dug the tin out the bin to make sure it didn't contain anything she shouldn't have eaten. It does contain a tiny amount of onion so now I am worried about that.

She of course gaving stuffed her face on her breakfast then tomato sauce was ready for supper

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

On 2015-02-10, The Other Guy wrote:
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:37:58 -0800 (PST), Lesley Madigan
wrote:

I've had a couple of cats that loved tomato sauce, but only a few,
most wouldn't come near a tomato.

I thought tomatoes were bad for dogs and cats, but I just learned from
the ASPCA website that it is the green part of the plant and unripe
tomatoes not normal red ones that are bad! I was always afraid to even
leave ketchup on a plate around the cats.

On 2/11/2015 11:08 AM, The Other Guy wrote:
On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:42:42 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham
wrote:

Sweep used to love tinned sardines or pilchards but only in tomato sauce.
It was very useful when I needed to give her pills because the strong
taste hid the taste of the pill.

The strangest food obsession any cat of mine had was
a tortie who lived with me for quite a few years,
and would always want to share my asparagus, eating
2 large stalks.

But one was Cheez-it fanatic, another would just about
kill for a slice of bread, and others were as strange.

That's WHY we love them.

Food obsessions can be startling. Once, many years ago, we had four
cats and a dog. At dinner we had peas and mushrooms in butter sauce.
There was a small amount left over - not enough to save. I put the dish
on the floor, thinking the dog would eat it. One of the cats got there
first. When I checked later, the peas were still there, although the
butter sauce had been licked off of each of them, but what surprised me
was that the mushrooms had been eaten.

Joy


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On 2/11/2015 2:08 PM, The Other Guy wrote:
On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:42:42 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham
wrote:

Sweep used to love tinned sardines or pilchards but only in tomato sauce.
It was very useful when I needed to give her pills because the strong
taste hid the taste of the pill.

The strangest food obsession any cat of mine had was
a tortie who lived with me for quite a few years,
and would always want to share my asparagus, eating
2 large stalks.

But one was Cheez-it fanatic, another would just about
kill for a slice of bread, and others were as strange.

Persia thought she wanted Cheez-It's but after a couple of bites she
spit it out. Since I'm not fond of picking up wet snack food off the
floor I stopped paying attention to her begging.

That's WHY we love them.

Persia never cared much for people food which is a good thing given her
health issues and the need for r/x food early on.

Except for milk. Anytime I went near the refrigerator she'd prance into
the kitchen, wishing for a drizzle of milk. More often than not she was
disappointed. But she was ever hopeful.

A couple of times a month I'd give her a few sips of milk as a treat.
Somtimes I'd say to her out of the blue (while we were snuggled on the
couch together at the opposite end of the house), "Want some milk?"
She'd immediately jump down off the couch and lead me straight to the
kitchen. Right to the refrigerator. LOL

You can't tell me cats don't understand what we're saying. Persia
certainly did. :-D

Jill

On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:44:42 -0800, Joy wrote:

On 2/11/2015 11:08 AM, The Other Guy wrote:
On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:42:42 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham
wrote:

Sweep used to love tinned sardines or pilchards but only in tomato sauce.
It was very useful when I needed to give her pills because the strong
taste hid the taste of the pill.

The strangest food obsession any cat of mine had was
a tortie who lived with me for quite a few years,
and would always want to share my asparagus, eating
2 large stalks.

But one was Cheez-it fanatic, another would just about
kill for a slice of bread, and others were as strange.

That's WHY we love them.

Food obsessions can be startling. Once, many years ago, we had four
cats and a dog. At dinner we had peas and mushrooms in butter sauce.
There was a small amount left over - not enough to save. I put the dish
on the floor, thinking the dog would eat it. One of the cats got there
first. When I checked later, the peas were still there, although the
butter sauce had been licked off of each of them, but what surprised me
was that the mushrooms had been eaten.

Picked up a dirty, filthy stray in the early 1990s in the dead of
winter. I couldn't have a cat where I lived, so I took it to my
parents - mother and stepfather.

Sir Percy turned out to be a beautiful Himalayan, and by chance, we
found out that he had a pedigree. He was used for breeding and then
given to an elderly man who couldn't or wouldn't take care of him. His
name has originally been, "Berryhill's Dewy Morn".

Unfortunately, my stepfather fed him from the table - or his chair
where he usually ate with a TV dinner tray. Sir Percy's paw would
follow my stepfather's fork to his mouth, waiting for handouts.

Of course, that breed has a weakness and should be fed a special diet.
We had him for about eight years, and he died from a urinary tract
blockage. We even tried surgery to no avail.

He was one fine puddy-tat, though, and I cried like a baby when he
died. He would sit on the counter and carry on a conversation with
you! He knew exactly what you were saying to him, and you knew what
he was saying, too.

http://cheerslove.org/images/percy.jpg

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On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 1:59:48 PM UTC-8, The Other Guy wrote:

I've had a couple of cats that loved tomato sauce, but only a few,
most wouldn't come near a tomato.


Many years ago when we had Gaz and Issi I got sent a voucher for a free tin from a new range of catfood, which included tuna in tomato sauce so I thought as it was free I'd see what happened....

The food dish was eventually found twenty feet from where it had started having been licked all the way- they loved it! The same range came up with a turkey with cranberry sauce as a Xmas special....that time I can't remember if we ever found the food dish!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 11:44:45 AM UTC-8, Joy wrote:
When I checked later, the peas were still there,

Spirit loves peas..and special fried rice

Believe me eating my Chinese takeaway is a fraight business

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

jmcquown wrote:

A couple of times a month I'd give her a few sips of milk as a treat.
Somtimes I'd say to her out of the blue (while we were snuggled on the
couch together at the opposite end of the house), "Want some milk?"
She'd immediately jump down off the couch and lead me straight to the
kitchen. Right to the refrigerator. LOL

You can't tell me cats don't understand what we're saying. Persia
certainly did. :-D

Jill

Oh, they UNDERSTAND us just fine - it's just that they usually don't
care! (Unless it's something they WANT to understand.)

On 2/11/2015 2:49 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


jmcquown wrote:

A couple of times a month I'd give her a few sips of milk as a treat.
Somtimes I'd say to her out of the blue (while we were snuggled on the
couch together at the opposite end of the house), "Want some milk?"
She'd immediately jump down off the couch and lead me straight to the
kitchen. Right to the refrigerator. LOL

You can't tell me cats don't understand what we're saying. Persia
certainly did. :-D

Jill

Oh, they UNDERSTAND us just fine - it's just that they usually don't
care! (Unless it's something they WANT to understand.)

And they get very impatient when we don't understand them.

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On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:49:23 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:



jmcquown wrote:

A couple of times a month I'd give her a few sips of milk as a treat.
Somtimes I'd say to her out of the blue (while we were snuggled on the
couch together at the opposite end of the house), "Want some milk?"
She'd immediately jump down off the couch and lead me straight to the
kitchen. Right to the refrigerator. LOL

You can't tell me cats don't understand what we're saying. Persia
certainly did. :-D

Jill

Oh, they UNDERSTAND us just fine - it's just that they usually don't
care! (Unless it's something they WANT to understand.)

No, they don't understand YOU, Evelyn, because you are at least three
bricks shy of a full load.

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