Does your cat eat things other than cat food?

[ganime]

LOL, so in other words, everything goes

Casper_Kitty he dosn't like spinach, leeks, fruits

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Out of the four "cat kids" I have now, Luke is the only one with strange food cravings. You don't get between him and a red grape. He also loves black olives. Go figure. I never give them to him but his is such a thief! I had a cat named Lucy a long time ago that loved cantaloupe and Nacho chips. She would grab the chips out of my hand on the way to my mouth if I wasn't quick. She would chew through plastic trash bags to get at cantaloupe rinds.

[wayne0214]

Jumper has now found a new way to express his hunger to me, he licks the monitor and printer during the times I'm using them!

[felinequine]

My cats eat any meat that I give them(well, cold cuts are favored over cooked stew meat,too tough for kitty teeth, but if I fed them raw meat they'd probably eat that...) They depise veggies, but if I was serious about feeding them to the kooters I'd figure it out..

My dog, eats everthing handed to her, and being a dachshund,the weight to back problems, carbs are limited to her kibble and the occasional bite of cracker at parties...she usually eats cooked veggies, especially mixed with (mmmmmm) gravy or meat leftovers, but despises all raw veggies except chunks of carrot and small apples from our trees, which she naws like bones...

But this is for cats, right...

[Ila]

I cannot pack our lunches for work without Misty being underfoot wanting a piece of the turkey I put in our sandwhiches. She loves ice cream and her most favorite is cheddar cheese. I don't like giving her much cheese but my husband cheats and feels sorry for her and lets here have a little bit.
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[krazyaboutkatz]

Yes. I have three cats and their favorite people food to eat is rice pudding. They have learned to recognize the container that it comes in and get excited when they see it. Storm will eat doritos, cheese, ice cream, hamburger meat, chicken, bagels and probably more if I'd let him. Sunny seems to only like yogurt, ice cream, and of course rice pudding. Pepper only likes rice pudding although I have seen him eat flies. I try not to feed them anything but their cat food.

[mollymc]

My cat, CJ, loves a variety: ice water (she eats the ice, sure it's not good for her teeth, I know), brussels sprouts, salad, crowder peas and mushrooms are some of her healthy favorites. She REALLY loves the following, but does not get them anymore, (only got small amounts infrequently, anyway) as she is 15 yrs. old, has hyperthyroidism and has been advised to watch her fat intake: salad dressing, lasagne, bernaise sauce, crown roast of lamb, lobster thermador (would not eat plain lobster, only this dish), popcorn (buttered, of course) and pastitsio (a Greek dish). She really mourns the loss of her "haute cuisine" in favor of "nouvelle" but I've made the change with her and it's really been good for both of us. My other cat, Bubba, however, eats cat food and nothing else....she puts her ears back and growls at anything else....and she's the tubby one....go figure.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Welcome mollymc, CJ and Bubba!

Tubby can relate to CJ not getting any of the "good stuff" anymore. He's also 15 (16 this summer) and is in the beginning stages of kidney failure, so he was throwing everything up, so even though he regrets it, we had to stop giving him anything but the occassional kitty treat and microwave popcorn now and then. He has somewhat resigned himself to it, but that doesn't stop him from begging and making his daddy feel guilty.
(Mom has no qualms about not giving him treats so he can't make me feel guilty about that, but giving him enough attention, well that's another matter. )

[Kazius]

This might sound very amusing. My deceased kitty "Malysh" used to like eating canned sardines with tomato sauce (Woah!) and he LOVED olives! I miss him so very much.

Our Sydney loves a good piece of barbecued chicken !!!
A left over of fish , is also always welcome !!!
A few weeks ago , my daughter Indra had been eating spare ribs . She left the "leftovers" on the kitchen sink .
Guess what we found in a corner of the living room that evening ?? Yes , a "naughty-looking-kitty" with a piece of those ribs between his teeth ... Waw , he must have loved it , because there was no more meat left on the bone ... !

[maxx's mom]

Maxx loves to eat any kind of bug, especially spiders (bless her!) I am absolutely terrified of spiders, so when I see one in my house (we have big furry spiders here), I just point it out to Maxx and she goes to work! She loves tuna and cheddar cheese too. She sits at the window and "chirps" at the birds, so I think she would probably eat one if given the opportunity.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Tubby got a spider this morning for breakfast. I had just given Peanut a treat, so when he was done with the spider I gave him his treat, but he didn't want it. Full of spider I guess. And Peanut was more than happy to oblige in finishing off the treat.

We don't have that many bugs anymore, but when I lived in Green Bay (long time ago when Tubby was just a yougun) and when we lived with my mom, there were flies and spiders everywhere. All I had to do was say "Bugs, kitty, bugs!" with excitement in my voice and he was there in a flash! Now when I say that, he looks at me with a little recognition in his face, but he doesn't move at all.

[sasvermont]

My two just love flies and spiders. They don't bother ladybugs that much. They also try to snag whatever it is I am eating if I am not at the table. They know better than to hop on the table while I am eating. They like ice cream the best...

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Originally posted by sasvermont
They don't bother ladybugs that much.

To my mother's huge regret, her kitty doesn't bother the ladybugs either. She is one of the unfortunate ones that is infested with the Asian Ladybug (or whatever it is that's a ladybug but different). She has thousands of them around and no matter what she does she can't get rid of them. If only the cat would.......

[luvdemabys]

AAAAHHHW! POOR L'il Guy...he's tried most of the things and loves all kinds of people food....and now he can't have ANYTHING but his hypo-allergenic food. He's on my lap, dying as I read this thread. Poor, poor pussums!