Strange Things Your Cat Eats...

Corky is definatly the garbage disposal cat in our family.

She loves baked bean juice, yoghurts, any type of sauce left on a plate for her to lick off, and the strangest one is chips.

She has on one occasion disappeared in and out of the cat flap and brought back warm chips from somwehere.

One of the women in my office has a cat who has not only managed to go get a fish from a neighbours pond, but also managed to get a whole chicken from the neighbours kitchen, when it had been left on the side to cool, she had a lot of apologising to do

My mother-in-law's cats, which my wife and I watched for a year, loved those Goldfish crackers. I would feed them to the cats while I watched football.

Hey, my first post. Look at me go!!

Alf likes cold tea with cow's milk, cold bottled water straight from the fridge, ice cream.

Ronnie loves cheese and flies.

Moogie used to eat anything - potatoes, tofu, curry sauce.

But the only fish they will eat has to come from a fish and chip shop - I've given them trout, salmon, tuna, prawns and they just turn their noses up at them - but the smell from fish and chips gets them so excited. Maybe it is the vinegar.

Jesperi enjoys:
Black olives
ice-cream
potato chips

It seems like black olives are catnip to him!

Yikes! Baked beans, potato chips, ice cream... Isn't that kind of stuff bad for cats? Aren't they supposed to be carnivorous? I mean, Wiggles clearly thinks he's been getting the short end of the stick when it comes to food, and I'd be happy to give him his own little portion of whatever we're having (especially if it would keep him from jumping up on the table to get ours) but I always assumed it would make him sick! Am I being needlessly cautious?

I'd especially like to know if cats like - and can safely eat - eggs. I try to cook only with egg whites, for health reasons, but I always feel guilty about all the yolks going down the drain.

(By the way, Wiggles likes to eat moths.)

Joey likes Pringles and Cheez-Its.

The only people food that I've given the cats has been a little roasted turkey breast. THAT was a big hit!

Both Opie and Rowdy catch flies and eat them. Moths are a favorite treat, too.

Until yesterday, I thought Ivo really didn't like people food. I've tried chicken, roast beef, corned beef, cheese...She would take a taste or two and not want it ever again. But yesterday, I got red and green leaf lettuce from the West Side Market. While I was cleaning it and putting it away, I dropped some on the floor. The next thing I know, Ivo had her paws up on the sink cabinet, begging for more! I never thought to try lettuce!

Why do cats enjoy bugs so much? LOL I have to cover my ears whenever one of my furbabies finds a bug. I just can't bear that crunching sound...

Mely likes dried beans. The ones you buy from the store in a bag that have to be cooked for years...lol. If I drop any on the floor, there she is! Ninja likes flat Dr. Pepper. He only takes a few swallows though. The triplets (Heidi, Miney, and Bandit) like bird seed. Puma likes Cool Whip. The others (Maranda, Kinjo, and Lionheart) turn their noses up at human food. Although, when Kinjo was a kitten, he used to go nuts over cheese puffs. So nuts that he would growl at anyone who came anywhere near him...lol.

Wigglesmom - I don't think any of us are feeding our people food to our kitties as their regular food, but sometimes as treats, or sometimes accidentally when they do a smash and grab.

Originally posted by valanhb
Wigglesmom - I don't think any of us are feeding our people food to our kitties as their regular food, but sometimes as treats, or sometimes accidentally when they do a smash and grab.

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"Smash and grab" is definitely the right term for it.
Socks only gets people food as the occasional treat.
I forgot to mention that around Christmas time though, if anyone leaves the smallest bit of eggnog around, they can consider it gone! Socks just adores eggnog, but I don't imagine it can be good for her...eggnog and rice.
She loves it best when she gets warm rice mixed with a little of her dry food. It looks disgusting but she enjoys it. Is rice bad for cats? (She only gets it once in a blue moon.)

sockiesmom- rice isn't bad for cats. As a matter of fact when cats are sick...as in vomiting and diarrhea, vets will sometimes recommend boiled chicken and rice. Also, when I was in school, my teachers had said if cats beg for veggies, it's ok to give them to them sparringly, means they are craving (needing) the ruffage and some of the vitamins that veggies offer that many of the cat foods don't have.

Thanks Kinjo, I won't feel so bad about letting her indulge in rice once in a while now.

you're very welcome.

Originally posted by sockiesmom
Thanks Kinjo, I won't feel so bad about letting her indulge in rice once in a while now.

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Just found out.... Cooper likes Soy Sauce and grape Jelly!!!

(bad kitty!)

What a cute picture!!! Funny how cats are different...if I put a plate of peas on the floor for Merlin, he would look at me like, "What...are you crazy????" :laughing:

kim, however did you find out your furbabies like peas?? I can't believe that photo! :LOL:

lol! they're really tucking in!
My childhood cat Leroy used to adore frozen peas, straight from the bag :laughing: carnivores eh?

Milla loves:
Tofu
All Bran w/soy milk & fruit
banana soy shake
Spirulina
radish leaves
spring onions (but just the green tips)
ice cream

and both her & Kate like iced tomato juice so much that we have to put down a bowl of it for them so that they won't try & stick their heads into our glasses!

Oh, & for total weirdness...they won't eat steak unless it's been in our mouths first

Ash