Turkey Day/How much Turkey did your cats get?

[SANDY FROST]

I cook a turkey breast in the crock pot and it drives the cats crazy all day.
They are all wired up chasing each other. Eight and a half hours later the turkey is done. The cats beg by our trays. Sometimes I think they are going
to climb right into are plates. We give them a few scraps. After Im through eating. I get a plate full of turkey for the boys and they can't believe their eyes. All this for us. 2hours later it's all gone and one of the cats is full of turkey and so sound of sleep, I had to check to see if he was alive. He lifted his head and yawned at me. As if to say leave me alone mom I had my turkey high.
Sandy Frost

[Nomilynn]

That's so cute. It reminds me of when my mom and I rescued two strays on Christmas last year. My dad found these two cats in the garage - we didn't know they were there because we rarely use the garage in the winter except to pull out the snow plow (my parents run a hotel and they also live right on site, so the garage is like a huge workshop and storage place). On Christmas eve, he came in the house and said to us, you better go to the garage right away! And there were two pretty kitties! One was very friendly and vocal, while the other was very shy and skittish. They were mom and baby - both calico. We brought them food and water and a litter box (they had been in the garage for about 3-4 days dad thought, and they had water because of a drainage system or something.. how lucky!) and then the next day we took them turkey with gravy because they were very thin and needed some good protein (the only food we had was weight control). They sure loved their Christmas feast! They ate up the rest of the leftovers! After the new year, when my mom had checked around for two missing cats posters and no one claimed them, we kept them. Patches, the mom, was spayed and friendly so we knew she had lived with people. Punkin, the kitten (about 5-6 months at that time) was very skittish. We think that whoever had them might have moved or something because the mom had been spayed so they obviously cared enough about that, but it's a really small town and if they moved far away they might not have known when or how they lost them. Anyway, it was a great gain for us! They are precious!

[neko1]

no turkey for us, we had ham instead...yum!!

[wayne0214]

I had a large thanksgiving dinner, for free, but it was given at one of the local restaurants in town. (I did leave a donation, however). My cats were going crazy over some chicken I had stewing in a crock pot, not to mention the pizza I had yesterday. I think that they love the pizza more than any other food I eat around this place. I constantly have to fight them off. Finding that feeding them with some cat food that they really like helps in their aggression toward my meals.


...........wayne

[All Creatures Great And Small]

As much as he wanted, since it's good for him ! He's too skinny anyway, and turkey is good protein. And he LOVES IT! He usually takes a place at the dinner table anyway, and does that cute little head-tipped-all-the-way-to-the-side thing while staring at our food. We gave him lots of yummy scraps. In fact, I didn't clear the table right away after dinner (nothing new around here, LOL), and after a few minutes I heard his tag clinking against a plate - sure enough, he was enjoying more turkey and gravy while standing on the chair.

You know, that reminds me of my RB girl kitty - she knew she wasn't allowed completely on the table, but could sit in a chair next to the table and sometimes place her front paws on it. If something was on the table far from her, she would keep her back feet on the chair alright, but stretch her entire torso across the table as far as she could - you couldn't help but laugh since she was technically obeying the "rules".

[Barbara]

Originally posted by All Creatures Great And Small
she would keep her back feet on the chair alright, but stretch her entire torso across the table as far as she could

This is what we call "telescope cat". Incredible how long they can be

[smokey the elder]

Moby, Diva and Bosun bummed some turkey off me while I ate, then I made up some plates for them. The only cat that didn't go nuts was my foster Spliffy. She's weird; she doesn't like catnip either.

[moosmom]

I went to my friend's house for Thanksgiving and brought home leftovers. I cut up a little for everybody and they each got their own little plate, although Maya, the little HOOVER that she is, scarfed hers down then made the rounds to everyone else's plate. I should've named her Miss Piggy.

[catmandu]

I am not much of a cook , so I bought one of those turkey in a box kits , all you have to do is put it in the oven and heat. i always know what the meal is going to be like when I see the number of cats waitng in front of the stove, well athe the appointed time 10 of the 14 wre there, and when I opened the container it was very fragrant , and I had to fight my way to the table. It was too good as the cats would gobble thier portions and thwen meeeeow for more, and out of the 1 . 5 lbs I got about 7 ozs. But I was glad that they liked it , and it was cheaper than deli turkey , thier other favorite, now I have stuffed kittys , all purrrring away.