What would you do?

carolpetunia · Jan 25, 2009

It does no good to get upset with them -- after all, they can honestly say that they wouldn't mind if we shared their food, right?

My mom actually puts a little more milk in her cereal than she wants, so when she's done, she can give the rest of the milk and the few floating bits of Blueberry Morning to Dylan... who stands politely waiting for her to finish.

misty8723 · Jan 25, 2009

I try to keep them out of my food, and it's really only Swanie that will get pushy enough to stick his head in my stuff. I usually say to him, do I do that when you're eating your food? No I don't! But if he does manage to get in there and steal some of it, I'll keep eating (including the piece he's eaten off of). It just doesn't bother me. I'll give him a few licks of my ice cream too once in a while. Cindy is much more polite. She doesn't like a lot of people food, but she's a freak for baked lays. DH said one day he heard some rustling, and she was totally inside a bag he had left laying around! I'm sure he didn't throw the bag away either (although it may have been mostly empty)

going nova · Jan 25, 2009

Originally Posted by strange_wings

Remove the part they licked/chewed on and eat the rest.
For the most part I don't leave my food unattended, so this isn't a problem. If they try to touch it while I'm eating I'll hiss at them - if that doesn't work, I'll swat at the air near them in a similar fashion to what they do to say "MINE. Back off".
Kitty language works with even the most stubborn of cats so they usually give up the idea of attempting to steal my food before even trying it.

I don't let Nova at my food, but she's such a beggar.

If, for some reason she manages to touch some part of the food, she can have that part and I'll eat the rest.

mrblanche · Jan 25, 2009

By the way, we don't have the problem in our house. Punkin won't eat any human food. Ella might, but she doesn't show much interest. Sterling just wants to know what it is, usually. So it was a theoretical question on my part, inspired by the poster who said her cat was stealing her cereal milk.

kara_leigh · Jan 25, 2009

GAG, GAG, GAG!! I would throw it out right away. NASTY!!

vampcow · Jan 25, 2009

that happens alot in my house...but only with my fiance.

somehow moo and tilly know better then to go after my food. THey will come up and sit by the plate and then they know I will give them a piece of whatever I'm eating.

However, my fiance and tilly have an interesting relationship. She hates him EXCEPT at meal time...she climbs up to his plate and just steals whatever she wants from it. Usually my fiance stops this by giving her a piece of whatever we're eating when he sits down. But one day we had roast beef and he likes his so rare its still bloody (GRRROOOSSS) anyway He sat the plate down and realized he forgot a fork so he stood up to get it....in that INSTANT tilly (who really is a tiny cat) jumped to his plate and snatched a HUGE piece of roast beef and jumped off the table with it in her mouth. My fiance saw her running across the apartment with this huge and bloody peice of roast beef and took off after her....LOL he came back a few minutes grumbling since she and the roast beef disappeared under the bed

sneakymom · Jan 25, 2009

Sneaky Pie won't touch people food.

Mistoflees had this habit of when the kids were babies. I would have finished feeding the baby their cereal (usually rice with formula). I'd take the baby out of the high chair, put her down, and hear this "clink,clink,clink". Mistoflees would be on the chair- at the tray of the high chair, eating the baby food

. At least he'd wait until she was finished.

Now he can't eat any people food. And he loves Cheese-its, shredded cheese and any kind of meat. My youngest was making lunch one day. Dropped a cheese it on the floor, and the cat made a beeline over to where it was.

But if the "people food" he eats has fat in it- he gets terrible diareah.

Including cheese and cheese its. At least that's what I'm assuming, we have quit giving him anything but baked chicken and turkey, and he hasn't been sick in several months. I guess it's because he's 16.5 years old, and his system just can't handle too much fat.

amberthe bobcat · Jan 25, 2009

I would just eat it. There are no such things as cat germs

Heck, I kiss my cats on the mouth and let them lick my face, so it's no big deal to eat after them

MoochNNoodles · Jan 25, 2009

I caught Noodles licking the corner of my roll at lunch earlier and I just scolded her and then ate it. It wasn't like she was licking it all over, just a tiny corner.

tara g · Jan 25, 2009

I'd keep eating it. I dont mind if they get their little kitty germs on it. Especially if it's something good

kittkatt · Jan 25, 2009

Originally Posted by catlover19

I wouldn't eat anything my cats have touched. They stand in their litter box and lick themselves I don't want that in my food.

Sometimes I will give them a little piece of whatever I am eating though.

My cats are pretty good about not stealing food off my plate, but if they do happen to sneak a bite, I'll cut around the piece they were eating from and continue to eat the rest. I hate wasting food. But if they end up slobbering all over it, I won't eat it and I'll give whatever's leftover to the strays.

keycube · Jan 25, 2009

My cereal bowl is community property in my home.

pami · Jan 25, 2009

My cats have never bothered my food, but I do offer those sweet looking eyes looking back at me, some food. I usually take it from what I am eating but if they DID come and taste it, I would keep eating. After all cats have enzymes

dragoriana · Jan 25, 2009

Well i answered 'give them the rest of the food and find something else' but that's if it was food food like a piece of meat or a sandwich. I'd give them the rest if i knew it wouldn't upset their tummy. I'd never let sir poopsalot drink a whole bowl of 'human' milk, but if he had lapping of it or my glass of water i'd keep drinking it

caprice · Jan 26, 2009

Immediately throw it out

tigerontheprowl · Jan 26, 2009

Originally Posted by AmberThe Bobcat

I would just eat it. There are no such things as cat germs

Heck, I kiss my cats on the mouth and let them lick my face, so it's no big deal to eat after them

My thoughts exactly. I'd keep eating it without hesitation.

baloneysmom · Jan 26, 2009

Originally Posted by AmberThe Bobcat

I would just eat it. There are no such things as cat germs

Heck, I kiss my cats on the mouth and let them lick my face, so it's no big deal to eat after them

My thoughts exactly.

I share with them. In fact, I donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t think I have had a glass of water in 2 years without having to share it with one of the pets. I also donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t think I have had ice cream without sharing in two years.

my cats are pretty good with the food they are not allowed though. Sometimes Bugsy will get annoyed and try and swat our food because we will not allow him to have some (the dinners I make are usually extremely spicy with lots of items not good for animals) but thatâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s it.

I totally donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t mind sharing my water, ice cream and a few other things with them.

alleygirl · Jan 26, 2009

Riley is such a beggar it would be hard to eat something he hasn't at least swiped at with his paw

I kiss him on the mouth, so why wouldn't I share my food with him too

clixpix · Jan 26, 2009

I'm fortunate my girls generally leave my food alone. Sabina, however, has a thing for straws, so I have to watch that.

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