Great stories, everyone. I have one to add about D'Artagnon -- my "chunk o' cheese" boy (translate that to BIG). When my little JRT had Parvo, I had to clean the house with bleach solution before she could come home and I was on my hands and knees doing this when I noticed D'Ar rubbing around on a small piece of carpet we kept in front of the door. I had already done the bleach solution on it and he was in kitty heaven. Saw him do the same thing on top of the washer when I had bleached some whites. Silly boy. He's such a big lover, but when we have chicken for dinner -- he about tears up my leg trying to sneak up to see what it is.

Troy: Why don't you think cats have sweet taste buds? I can't see why they wouldn't have much the same form of taste buds we do or they would have difficulty differentiating between tastes of things such as cat mint and meat. Admittedly, smell plays a large part of taste, but it also does for us. Consider how food tastes when your nose is stuffed up -- pretty bland. I'll have to check it out -- wonder if anyone has done a study on it or identified the taste bud areas of cat or dog tongues???? I'll let you know.