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| 141.1 | Popcorn kitties | MPO::ROBINSON | starry eyes sparkling ablaze | Fri Jan 17 1992 09:19 | 10 |
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Katie and Punkin will watch popcorn being made by
sitting in front of the microwave window...and will BEG like
crazy when it's ready...Katie will eat about ten pieces, but
Punkin would eat the whole bag if I'd let him. If I toss it,
he will catch it with his front paws and stuff it into his
mouth all in one swoop - it's a riot!
Sherry
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| 141.2 | | JUPITR::KAGNO | Kitties with an Attitude | Fri Jan 17 1992 10:09 | 14 |
| Herbie eats Raisin Bran with Dana every morning. He also loves
anything bread-like. Pizza goes over real big with him!
Taja loves raw hamburger meat. I always have to put it in the
microwave to defrost (I guess this isn't too weird a food for a cat to
love!). When it is in the frying pan cooking he will jump on the
counter and start eating it right out of the pan! I can't turn my back
on him for a minute where hamburger meat is concerned.
My others are pretty much cat food only cats. Tuna always goes over
big as does fresh poultry meats with the entire crew.
-Roberta
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| 141.3 | | DYMNDZ::JUDY | must be the devil in disguise | Fri Jan 17 1992 10:49 | 13 |
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Chloe doesn't like much people food, neither does Brandi.
Probably chicken and tuna only.
Sasha loves eggs, cheese, popcorn (*loves* popcorn), chips
chicken and tuna.
Audrey will eat some of the same stuff as Sasha but only
if she's in the mood for it.....she's a strange one. =)
JJ
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| 141.4 | The Dorito Kid...Rico | SELL1::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Fri Jan 17 1992 11:51 | 11 |
| I just remembered something else that Rico absolutely loves...Doritos!
Whenever I have Doritos (the regular, Nacho flavored...and I say
Doritos, but I mean any brand), after I finish up, I first take a small
piece of one and give it to him, then I let him lick my fingers. He's
not too keen on the chips themselves, but he LOVES the flavored powder!
Tiki liked all cheese BUT American, and Alex likes ONLY American
cheese.
K.C.
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| 141.5 | | SANFAN::FOSSATJU | | Fri Jan 17 1992 11:59 | 21 |
| Let me start with Stitch:
Asparagus, artichokes, garbanzo beans, corn, any kind of people cereal,
a swig of beer now and then, and just about anything that we eat.
He'll try anything and come back for more if he likes it. This cat
would never starve. The other night Richard was working on some
chicken and he jumped up on the table and just about swiped it out of
his mouth.
Gino: Anything with spices, sausage, chinese food, mexican food,
chicken with papricka(sp) or any kind of pepper - he'll lick the hot
stuff off chips, french bread (we usually cut off the end and let him
work on it).
Pippin's diet has been restricted but her absolute favorite of all was
shrimp and tuna.
In addition to the above they all like shrimp/prawns tuna, petrale,
dried squid and Pasta, cottage cheese and pancakes on Sunday mornings.
Giudi
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| 141.6 | | SANDY::FRASER | Err on a G String | Fri Jan 17 1992 12:25 | 10 |
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The strangest craving at our house belongs to Beau, whose tastes
are extremely picky. He touches *no* people food, and only very
occasionally will eat canned cat food - he lives entirely on dry
kibble. Well, with one exception - don't know if you've all heard
or seen the strange item known as Wheat Nuts, but if I'm trying to
eat these, he will climb all over my face until I give him one!
Very weird . . .
Sandy :^}
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| 141.7 | Abby=indiscriminate eater | SA1794::RIVARDB | | Fri Jan 17 1992 14:28 | 19 |
|
Hamilton eats Pro Plan and the regular kitty treats -- Pounce,
Bonkers, etc. The only people type stuff he likes is the water that comes
in cans of tuna or sardines. Doesn't eat the fish, though. But Abigail
will eat ANYTHING. She loves spanish olives, especially the pimento.
When we're eating she jumps on Bob's back and lays across the back of
his neck with her head and front legs hanging over the front of his
shoulder until we give her some of whatever we're eating. She likes
mashed potatoes, but only if there's butter on them. So far she's had
a taste of everything we've eaten and liked it. She's more fussy about
cat food. Won't eat 9 Lives, canned OR dry. Usually I try to feed her
before we eat so she doesn't bother us so much, but since she's a
little eating machine that doesn't always work but it does cut down
on the length of time she bothers us for. Maybe she'll outgrow people
food. Hamilton did and now he's super fussy. Oh, well, from one extreme
to the other.....Cats. What would we do without 'em?
b.r.
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| 141.8 | snack food | TEGAN::LACORTI | | Fri Jan 17 1992 14:57 | 4 |
| Chief loves popcorn, nacho chips, peanuts, potato chips, and other
other kind of snack food. He also loves milk.
He has this new habit of going into the refrigerator every time
we open the door. I guess he loves it in there!
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| 141.9 | Apricots and soap | VMSMKT::THOMPSON | Kate Comiskey Thompson | Fri Jan 17 1992 15:05 | 13 |
| Poppy likes lots of people food you'd expect her to eat.
Probably the weirdest thing she likes is dried apricots. Like
another kitty mentioned earlier, she only likes milk if it has
(or has had) cereal in it. If I buy that muesli-type stuff with
dried fruit in it, well, it's quite a scene.
Her real favorite is soap lather. I can hardly wash my face at
the bathroom sink without her sitting on the counter trying to
lick the soap off my face.
kate
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| 141.10 | | TELALL::MORGAN_C | | Fri Jan 17 1992 15:28 | 22 |
| Well I was in for a new scoop on Mittens and Peaches. Usually
they stick to items like cream cheese, cheese, whipped cream,
ice cream, popcorn, chips - the usual garbage. But.....
last weekend I was going to a friends house for dinner (and
thank goodness it was close friends!). I figured I'd prepare
a batch of gingerbread for our dessert. Well, I take it out
of the oven, flip it over, sprinkle ever so slightly with sugar
- it looked beautiful! I ran to the shower and when I came out
I looked at the kitchen table. As I got closer I realized there
was a problem with my masterpiece - there were actual bites gone
out of it! As I looked closer I noticed the sugar from half the
gingerbread was licked off. I immediately looked for the "kids"
and there they were - napping (but oh, wouldn't you after a
yummy dessert?!)
End of the story - I had to cut off half the gingerbread and as
there was no time to whip up another I took it as was. When I
got to my friends house, she pulled it out of the bag and asked
where the rest of our dessert was - I told her in my cat's tummies!
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| 141.11 | people food | CSSE::FROST | | Mon Jan 20 1992 13:51 | 8 |
| Well my 3 love the usual "people food" popcorn, tuna, skim milk, eggs,
pizza,
As for Snookie he likes baked beans,
Goldie likes tomatoes
Mittens likes anything I eat....
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| 141.12 | I've given up trying to figure out my cats... | SRFCLB::RADAMS | | Mon Jan 20 1992 15:11 | 27 |
| Our two little wierdos will eat just about anything (save bananas). INCLUDING
NON-EDIBLE MATERIAL!..
On the Edible side they both love:
Bagels with/without cream cheese.. Raisin bagels seem to be the favorite.. It is
very difficult to eat a bagel slopping over with cream cheese while a cat is
standing on your chest swatting at the object of your appitite.
Cantaloupe. They can't figure out how to bite it so they just lick it until
it's gone.
Once I caught Cherie licking a slice of pizza that I had just POURED garlic
powder and red pepper flakes on.. It was almost to spicey for Bob the garlic
consuming pig to eat.. Cherie loved it..
On the NON-edible side they like:
Sand paper.. Don't ask me.. I can't figure this out.. It appears though the
the grain has to be 120 or higher.
Birch bark. When I bring wood in for a fire the first thing they do is start
chewing ont he pieces of birch.
Toilet paper.. This is the oddest. Our kitten just loves toilet paper..
go figure..
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| 141.13 | | RIPPLE::KENNEDY_KA | pffffffftttt | Mon Jan 20 1992 16:18 | 12 |
| Skeeters loves any kind of Italian food. She loves pizza and lasagna
the best. She also loves mustard. If I eat something with mustard on
it she will lick any drops off the plate after I have finished eating.
Alex loves french fries and potato chips. I don't allow him to have
these because of his digestion problems.
Cleo and Katie stick to cat food, they have never been real interested
in people food, unless it's chicken and then all four of them go nuts.
They love chicken.
Karen
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| 141.14 | | YOSMTE::CORDES_JA | Set Apt./Cat_Max=3..uh,I mean 4 | Mon Jan 20 1992 16:54 | 34 |
| Onyx likes cookies and crackers. Anything that was made with butter
or margarine. He's even been so bold as to come after a piece of
fudge I was eating. Wouldn't let him have it though since chocolate
is so bad for them. I had some Ben & Jerrys Vanilla with Chocolate
Chip Cookie Dough ice cream the other night and Onyx was all over
me trying to get at it.
Actually, I don't think Onyx really has a preference. He likes
anything that I am trying to eat. He has got to be the rudest
little cat when I'm eating. I'm trying to break him of this. There's
nothing worse than having a little cat face an inch from your face
when you're trying to eat.
Bailey and Amelia like to try to steal my chicken or pork off my
plate. They usually wait till I'm not looking but now and then
they get impatient and try to grab it right out of my hand or swat
it and send it flying off the plate. The weirdest thing I've ever
seen Amelia eat was cooked carrots. I think the only reason she ate
them was because they'd been stir fried with some chicken and her nose
told her it smelled like chicken so it must be just some really orange
chicken.
Bailey likes to steal cheese out of my tacos. I usually make a couple
and eat one while the other sits on the plate, she steals the cheese
out of the one on the plate. I try to offer her lettuce instead but
she'll have none of that.
Carrie doesn't particularly like people food. Except tuna, but then
she doesn't really consider that people food. It's cat food isn't it?
She turns her nose up at things the other cats would kill for. She will
occasionally deign to eat chicken if I hold it for her to sniff for
10 minutes first.
Jan
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| 141.15 | how about onions and vnailla ice cream? | USWRSL::BISHOPWAL_SC | Oh!/\;;/\Belfry Bats!/\;;/\ | Mon Jan 20 1992 20:26 | 12 |
| I think the strangest thing I've seen my beasties eat is mushrooms and
onions.
They love them when they come off a pizza, especially. All 3 of them
will come running when pizza is delivered to the house, and if they
don't get at least -something- off the pizza, they get very upset.
Alos, my oldest (she's almost 12 now) has to lick clean the bowl if
anyone in the house has ice cream, otherwise she sulks and pouts and
won't talk to me for about 3 days!
--Scot
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| 141.16 | Too cute to resist | WMOIS::BALSAMO_A | The Rock that is higher than I | Tue Jan 21 1992 09:03 | 9 |
| My furball, Midnight, loves to lick my cereal bowl after I am done with
it in the morning. She also gets a piece of my lunch meat as I make my
sandwich before leaving for work. And finally, she also likes to sample
our chocolate pudding (when we have it) in the evenings for desert.
I know we are spoiling her, but she is so cute the way she stands up
on her hind legs and begs that it's hard to resist.
Tony
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| 141.17 | The fork...the lever | SELL3::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Tue Jan 21 1992 09:14 | 13 |
| Eating with Alex is always an exercise in caution.
Rico behaves and sits away from us when we eat, but Alex, no matter
what we do (spray her, shout, etc.) will still come after our dishes.
What's worse...if a fork or spoon is in the plate with the handle
sticking out over the edge, she will use the utensil as a lever; she
will hit the handle as hard as she can, causing whatever food is ON it
to go flying, with her flying after it. We've learned not to leave
them like that.
She's also a chocoholic, and loves butter/margarine.
K.C.
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| 141.18 | foodies | MCIS2::HUSSIAN | She's some kinda wonderful, yes she is. | Thu Jan 23 1992 12:46 | 13 |
| Callie likes...Broccoli, GARLIC (as do most cats), raw (NOT cooked)
potatoes, chicken, bacon, ham, hamburg, milk, cheese, tuna, gravy,
and I think that's it for her.
Tabitha likes...potatoe chips, CARMEL (But I don't let her have it),
CHICKIE and TURKIE TURKIES are her FAVES, she'll take milk only
sometimes, she likes most meats, POPCORN is totally yummy too!
I think that just about covers my two!
Bonnie
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| 141.19 | | BOOVX1::MANDILE | Always carry a rainbow in your pocket | Thu Jan 23 1992 15:41 | 3 |
| The only food I think is really weird that my cats eat,
is that my 2 domestics go *nuts* for chocolate pudding.
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| 141.20 | | WISDOM::TAYLOR | Just ONE happy thought ... fly! | Fri Jan 24 1992 08:59 | 10 |
| A "weird" people food that the babies like? Well, most of them don't like
people food. Except for Sweetie and PIMA. They will eat almost anything.
I guess the only "weird" people food that Sweetie eats is that he absolutely
LOVES Cheezits! If you've got cheezits, he will not leave you alone!
Especially if they're Tri-sum cheezits!
Oh, and Michaela (RIP) used to love Powdered sugar doughnuts!
Holly
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| 141.21 | Another furry vote for Cheez-Its | CIVIC::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Fri Jan 24 1992 10:08 | 4 |
| Oh, yes! Alex LOVES Cheez-Its! If we don't stop her in time, she puts
her whole head in the box and just dives in!
K.C.
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| 141.22 | Benson and Sadie's tastes | PANDA::FRYE | Lisa Frye 223-9676 | Fri Jan 24 1992 12:51 | 15 |
|
Boy, is this a topic I can relate to. Benson, our Abyssinian, seems
to go crazy over most types of people food. His favorites are : any kind of
red meat, turkey, cheese, ice cream (especially strawberry cheesecake!),
nachos, potato chips, peanut butter, rice, pepperoni, peas, chocolate cake,
carrot bread, and the list goes on. He's not bashful about his "people food
demands" either. I made lunches this morning, and left the full lunch bags
on the kitchen table while I finished getting ready for work. When I returned
to the kitchen, I found one of the bags open, and a half eaten, smooshed up
peanut butter and jelly sandwich on the floor!
Sadie, on the other hand, only cares for turkey and roast beef.
Lisa
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| 141.23 | Plain cream cheese she ignores... | MANTHN::EDD | Press END or pay! {argh} | Wed Jan 29 1992 16:51 | 3 |
| Aja has recently discover cream cheese and olives. (Together)
Edd
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| 141.24 | Onyx likes Jell-o | YOSMTE::CORDES_JA | Set Apt./Cat_Max=3..uh,I mean 4 | Wed Jan 29 1992 18:42 | 8 |
| Onyx has decided he likes the fact that I am now bringing home
Cherry Jell-o snack packs. He thinks they are wonderful. I
have to fight him off when I'm eating one. I'm so glad Jell-o
has started putting more than pudding in those things. I'm too
lazy to actually make some up myself (like it's really alot of
work; put the powder in the boiling water and stir). ;-)
Jan
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| 141.25 | They like the veggies... | TEMPE::MERRICK | Twilight Zonie | Thu Jan 30 1992 18:43 | 6 |
| Tiger2 and Shadow and Kiana love anything "human". T & K will do their
little dance prior to trying to pounce. Kiana is a little more subtle,
she'll inch close and finally stick out a paw and try to swipe it.
Tiger will kill for peaches. Kiana will kill for macaroni and cheese.
Shadow will kill for peas n carrots.
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| 141.26 | | SANFAN::FOSSATJU | | Fri Jan 31 1992 12:20 | 13 |
| Well, we had Asparagus last night and I almost resorted to locking
myself in another room to finish what was left of my dinner.
Stitch is an asparagus junkie - don't turn your head - he's on the
table chomping off the tipps - try to get you hands on him and he runs
out of sight only to sneak up on you while you have one in your mouth
and will try to snatch it from you.
The litter box had this delightful Fragrance de' Asparagus this morning.
I can NEVER serve the sutff when I have people for dinner
Giudi
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| 141.27 | She's "Gotta Have It" | SELL3::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Mon Feb 10 1992 09:43 | 3 |
| We found out a new one...Alex likes Pepsi!
K.C.
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| 141.28 | | DYMNDZ::JUDY | Turn it up til your speakers blow | Mon Feb 10 1992 10:21 | 6 |
|
Sasha's latest? Teriyaki! We got teriyaki fried rice a few
nights ago and I gave her one of the little pieces of meat
they put in with the rice.....she couldn't get enough of it!
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| 141.29 | snow peas | TEGAN::LACORTI | | Fri Feb 14 1992 09:25 | 9 |
| Heres a new one. The other day I was making stir fry and Chief was
meowing up a storm. To keep him from bugging me I dropped a snow pea
on the ground for him. Well he just played with that thing for about
1/2 hour. He would throw it in the air, chase it, etc. Then after
he was tired of playing with it (I guess when he thought it was really
dead) he would eat it. I hope that raw snow peas is OK for him. Its
a toy and snack in one. Should I be concerned about him eating it?
Sandy
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| 141.30 | | SANFAN::FOSSATJU | You Can Leave Your Hat On | Fri Feb 14 1992 12:09 | 7 |
| I wouldn't be concerned - veggies are good for them - I wish that two
of mine would eat a little more - but I have one that loves veggies.
Well this is a new one, last night StItCh scarfed up a good portion of
baked sweet potato and wanted more.
Giudi
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| 141.31 | Corny | YOSMTE::CANTONI_MI | | Fri Feb 14 1992 14:57 | 4 |
| My Blaise wouldn't touch any meat, raw or cooked, but he loved
asparagus, artichokes, and chocolate pudding. His all-time favorite,
though, was fresh corn on the cob--no butter or salt, just fresh cooked
corn! :)
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| 141.32 | Sigh 8-) | BPS025::EGYED | Per aspera ad astra | Mon Feb 17 1992 02:15 | 3 |
| Cooked pumpkins...
Nat
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| 141.33 | | CAPITN::CORDES_JA | Set Apt./Cat_Max=3..uh,I mean 4 | Thu Feb 20 1992 13:44 | 13 |
| Onyx's new food loves include:
Double Chex cereal (dry--no milk)
Popcorn
Any cookie or cracker mom is eating
Strawberry Jello
Neufchatel cream-type cheese with a tiny amount of picante sauce and
the tortilla strip it sits on
He has been eyeing my artichokes lately but so far he has not made me
share them.
Jan
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| 141.34 | | WISDOM::TAYLOR | Just ONE happy thought ... fly! | Thu Feb 20 1992 16:17 | 9 |
| Sweetie has found a new one that he likes! JJ Chiasson, you'll like
this idea!
Sweetie goes NUTS over SMARTFOOD!!! you know, the cheese flavored
popcorn that came out a few years ago?? Well, he loves it! Will put
his whole head in the bag!!
Holly
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| 141.35 | | CAPITN::CORDES_JA | Set Apt./Cat_Max=3..uh,I mean 4 | Thu Feb 20 1992 21:50 | 6 |
| Just was reminded that I missed one of Onyx's new favorites.
He loves the juicy and creamy cherry centers from Sees Dark Chocolate
Covered Cherries. I have to practically fight him off for it.
Jan
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| 141.36 | | DYMNDZ::JUDY | Picard/Riker '92 | Fri Feb 21 1992 09:30 | 11 |
|
re; .34
He has good taste!
For those of you wondering why Holly would point me out for that,
my mom-in-law and her mom were founding investors in Smartfood.
MIL worked there for quite a while too.
JJ
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| 141.37 | Raw Spaghetti | TOOK::GEISER | | Fri Feb 21 1992 14:03 | 8 |
| Sawdust loves RAW spaghetti. She'll run from anywhere in the house
when I open the container. I think she really just loves the crunch
(but not the crunch of anything else - like chips or something). I
have to be careful, though that she crunches it up enough.
...wierd cat...
Mair
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| 141.38 | Maybe that's why I call him "Birdbrain" | VORTEX::DSSDEV::TAMIR | DECforms Roadie | Sun Feb 23 1992 21:26 | 8 |
| I was filling my bird feeders today when I came into the house to find
Biff with his head in the seed bag, munching away like this was the
best thing he's ever eaten. He was really enjoying himself.
Must have needed the fiber.....
Mary
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| 141.39 | | SUBURB::THOMASH | The Devon Dumpling | Mon Feb 24 1992 07:36 | 10 |
|
Reading that reminds me how careful I have to be with Tropical fish
flakes,
Both mine go berserk for them, even when the tub of flakes is sealed!
Heather
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| 141.40 | No popcorn for the Princess | SELL1::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Mon Feb 24 1992 08:32 | 4 |
| This weekend we found out that the only way Alex likes popcorn is as a
plaything. She won't eat it. (Rico will, tho.)
K.C.
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| 141.41 | | SANFAN::FOSSATJU | The Sky Is Crying | Mon Feb 24 1992 11:59 | 9 |
| RE: Fish Flakes
Mine go crazy over them as well. A couple of weeks ago I spilt some on
the carpet and all three cats were fighting over them. I wonder if
sprinkling some fish flakes on food would work to entice cats to eat
when thy aren't feeling well. I don't think that there's anything
harmful in them.
Giudi
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| 141.42 | Fish Flake Fanatics | MODEL::CROSS | | Wed Feb 26 1992 16:00 | 5 |
| RE: Fish Flakes
Make that three! As a new fish-as-pets owner I found that out quite
by accident the other day as all mine went lunging for the flakes.
Now I brought home that frozen brine shrimp.... yikes
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| 141.43 | | SANFAN::FOSSATJU | Ask Me-I Might | Wed Feb 26 1992 17:19 | 4 |
| Be sure you rinse the brine shrimp really well before you feed - that
goes for the live ones too.
Giudi
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| 141.44 | Mine hate fish flakes! | STUDIO::COLAIANNI | | Thu Feb 27 1992 09:14 | 26 |
| I think it's a riot that some of your furballs love flake fish food.
Mine on the other hand make a face like I was trying to poison them!
Their heads jerk back and their eyes squint like the fumes are burning
their eyes! You'd think they'd learn though. Whenever I open the fish
food to feed the fish, they have to check it out to make sure I didn't
put REAL food in there! I get to see those squished up faces almost
every morning!
Other than having to sniff everything that may possibly be chow, and
the normal meats and cheese and kitty food, my two are boring. It's
really cute when I give furby a piece of chicken or other meat though.
If you go anywhere near her she'll growl and swipe at you. This is
weird, because as far as I know, she never had to fend for herself.
It's really cute though!
Doonie likes potato chips, and thread if I'm not careful, which I am.
She steals the little plastic bobbins I keep my embroidery floss on and
chews them up. There's never any pieces missing, or thread for that
matter, but the ID number on the bobbin is usually bitten so many times
I can't read the number any more! :-( It's the loos thread I have to be
careful of. I usually sit on it while I'm working! I get poked when she
see a little bit of it sticking out sometimes too! Ouch! ;-)
Gotta love em!
Y
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| 141.45 | Rinse???? Yikes! | MODEL::CROSS | | Thu Feb 27 1992 10:21 | 16 |
| Re:.43
Guidi,
I didn't know that! Yikes. I've just dropped two cubes straight into
the warm water and then stirred a bit till the shrimp separated and
spread thru the tank! No one told me how to do it, I'm just a beginner
with this, and there were no directions on the packet.
Question, how do I rinse the shrimp without losing all the little
suckers down the drain? They look like downy little feathers....they'd
slip right through any colander I would use.
Nancy
P.S. Sorry, moderators for talking fish here in FELINE
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| 141.46 | Not too much of a digression | CIVIC::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Thu Feb 27 1992 10:44 | 5 |
| RE: .45, P.S.
I think it is relevant...it IS for feeding your furballs, after all.
K.C.
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| 141.47 | | SANFAN::FOSSATJU | Ask Me-I Might | Thu Feb 27 1992 12:16 | 20 |
| Nancy:
I feed both the live and frozen brine shrimp (feed the live it's really
something to watch) and in all the books I've read it specified rinsing
the food, especially ANY live food because of bacteria. At first I
didn't bother until some of my fish got sick (yuck)!
With the frozen brine shrimp - break off a piece, place it in a small
strainer (like a tea strainer) and put it under running water until a
little after it melts (cool water). With the live - scoop some out with the
strainer and rinse them in cool water (hot will kill them of course).
The water doesn't need to run very hard and then drop them in the tank.
If you feed worms - be sure you rinse them thoroughly as they carry a
lot of nasty stuff but fish love them. There are a lot of books
available with detailed sections on feeding.
Good luck - fish are a lot of work but so beautiful to look at,
Giudi
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| 141.48 | PEARLIE GIRLIE | GUCCI::SMILLER | | Fri Feb 28 1992 12:27 | 4 |
| My baby girl, Pearl, loves raisins!
shannon
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| 141.49 | And I used to complain of KIBBLE breath! | CIVIC::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Fri Feb 28 1992 14:18 | 3 |
| Add chunks of onions to Alex's list.
K.C.
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| 141.50 | *sigh* | CIVIC::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Tue Mar 10 1992 12:41 | 4 |
| This kitten is going to drive me to drink...NOW Alex likes Key Lime
Pie!
K.C.
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| 141.51 | who doesn't??? | FORTSC::WILDE | why am I not yet a dragon? | Mon Mar 09 1992 18:38 | 5 |
| > This kitten is going to drive me to drink...NOW Alex likes Key Lime
> Pie!
a feline with superior taste, in my opinion....
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| 141.52 | Key Lime Pie novice | CIVIC::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Tue Mar 10 1992 09:44 | 7 |
| Well, I have to confess that I had my very first piece of Key Lime Pie
less than a week ago. My husband (a born and bred Southerner) loves
the stuff, and it is his father's favorite dessert.
It IS rather yummy, tho. I just didn't think that SHE would like it!
K.C.
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| 141.53 | Mushrooms & rawhide chewees | WMOIS::GERDE_J | | Tue Mar 24 1992 16:13 | 13 |
| Mushrooms! My Maine-iacs love mushrooms. And this is great, because I
detest mushrooms -- it makes picking them out of my food worthwhile.
My three ex-feral Maine-iacs will try, and usually eat, anything I give
them. But little Edgell the local street cat isn't interested in any
people food. He flops down on the floor and watches the other three in
disbelief. His weirdness tends toward munching anything made of paper,
with an occasional potholder for dessert.
Weirdest so far is catching Jabba chomping on a corner of
Omega-the-dog's rawhide chewee.
Jo-Ann
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| 141.54 | | OXNARD::KOLLING | Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca. | Tue Mar 24 1992 16:18 | 6 |
| re: Jabba chomping on a corner of Omega-the-dog's rawhide chewee
My Pussycat used to love dog rawhide chewies. In the midst of
Christmas present wrapping one year, I couldn't find the chewy for
my brother's dog, only to find that it had been kidnapped byPussycat.
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| 141.55 | | SELL3::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Tue Mar 24 1992 16:19 | 4 |
| Dogless, we bought Tiki his OWN rawhide chewee on his 2nd Christmas,
and he loved it!
K.C.
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| 141.56 | | YOSMTE::CORDES_JA | Set Apt./Cat_Max=3..uh,I mean 4 | Tue Mar 24 1992 19:14 | 7 |
| Onyx has decided he likes Mueslix cereal. Of course, he probably
really likes the milk it sits in better but he'll eat anything to get
to the milk and Mueslix and honey crunch wheat germ was the choice of
the day yesterday. I was having to fight him off vigorously while
attempting to eat. Was quite a challenge.
Jan
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| 141.57 | | SANFAN::BALZERMA | | Tue Mar 24 1992 20:22 | 6 |
|
Well Jan, once he got a BEST he probably figured he could eat
whatever he wanted.... ;'D
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| 141.58 | | YOSMTE::CORDES_JA | Set Apt./Cat_Max=3..uh,I mean 4 | Tue Mar 24 1992 20:35 | 4 |
| And he's probably pretty close to being correct. I'm afraid
I spoil him rotten. ;-)
Jan
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| 141.59 | | GUCCI::SMILLER | | Wed Mar 25 1992 11:51 | 4 |
| Pearl was eating my left over brown rice-what a strange baby girl she
is!
shannon
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| 141.60 | | JUPITR::KAGNO | Kitties with an Attitude | Wed Mar 25 1992 12:09 | 3 |
| Herbie likes chick peas, especially the juice from the can. He must be
trying to make a statement in the vegeterian world. :^)
|
| 141.61 | He does like the cereal | YOSMTE::CORDES_JA | Set Apt./Cat_Max=3..uh,I mean 4 | Wed Mar 25 1992 12:55 | 10 |
| Last night I discovered that it was not the milk Onyx was after,
although I'm sure he wouldn't have passed it up if offered. It
was actually the Mueslix cereal he was after. I discovered this
while I was eating the cereal dry from the box. Onyx kept stealing
bits and pieces out of my hand. He was frantic for it, almost like
Amelia is with chicken. I tried to give him the dried apple pieces
to see if he'd eat them too but nope, he wanted everything but the
apples unless they were stuck in the middle of the pieces he was after.
Jan
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| 141.62 | | MPO::ROBINSON | You have HOW MANY cats??!! | Thu Mar 26 1992 08:46 | 10 |
|
Punkin and Katie have lately become fanatical about Cheerios,
altho Katie feels she must kill them first by dropping from a
great height, then finish em off by whapping against the cabinets
for a few minutes. By then she has usually forgotten what she
was supposed to DO with her prize, and it's pretty silly to see
her going to such great lengths over a single piece of cereal... =)
Sherry
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| 141.63 | Alexandra...the Vadalia onion lover | SELL1::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Tue May 19 1992 15:27 | 16 |
| Just as we thought that it was safe to eat...
This is Vadalia season...Vadalia onions are just about the sweetest,
best tasting onions ever created. Onion HATERS like Vadalias! We
picked up some Vadalia's last night.
Today at lunch, my hub had toasted cheese sandwiches, each with a slice
of these delectable onions in them. He finished off one sandwich, and
put it down to have a drink.
When he turned back to his remaining sandwich, he noticed that it was
thinner, and then he saw Alex...walking away, with the slice of
Vadalia in her mouth! When she got a "safe" distance away, she sat
right down and ate the WHOLE thing!
K.C.
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| 141.64 | Stella D'Oro Anise Biscotti??? | JUPITR::JYOUNG | | Tue May 19 1992 19:15 | 9 |
| My two cats are absolutely INSANE about those anise-flavored biscotti
... you know, the Stella D'Oro kind?????
One of my co-workers has rented a spare room from me, and she likes
these anise biscotti, so she brings them home and leaves the package on
the counter ... sure enough, Harry can't stay away from them!
I knew cats were fond of mint in just about any form ... but anise???
Anybody else noticed this, or are my two critters wacko?????
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| 141.65 | | SANFAN::FOSSATJU | I want the wind at my back | Thu May 21 1992 20:43 | 7 |
| Stitch and Pippin have just taken a liking to baked sweet potatoes.
I'm happy that she's going for it because I like to see her eat MORE
veggies, but the Stitchmeister has done everything but drag one off.
It's like the asparagus all over again.
Giudi
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| 141.66 | how about stuffed green olives? | LEDS::SIMARD | just in time..... | Mon Jun 29 1992 17:21 | 11 |
| I have a friend who found out her cat likes olives. She heard a crash
one night after a party and found a jar of olives on the floor and the
cat was nibbling one. So, she gave her another, and the cat rolled in
it and treated it just like catnip and then ate it.
I actually saw this and couldn't believe my eyes. My friend puts the
olive in a custard dish and gives it to the cat who rolls all over the
dish for a while and then takes her paw and picks up the olive and eats
the whole thing.
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| 141.67 | "I'll take my coffee w/out sugar, milk, water..." | CIVIC::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Mon Jun 29 1992 17:37 | 4 |
| I can't make drip coffee without Alex sticking her whole head in the
coffee canister and eating the ground coffee...DRY!
K.C. (who needs her coffee with LOTS of sugar & milk)
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| 141.68 | olive fascination explained | FORTSC::WILDE | why am I not yet a dragon? | Mon Jun 29 1992 20:58 | 4 |
| re: olives
green olives are made using lactic acid....milk acid....that is generally
the reason cats go nuts over them.
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| 141.69 | the hotter the better | XNOGOV::KAREN | when you wish upon a star... | Tue Jun 30 1992 06:37 | 8 |
| Georgie loves anything spicy - like curry or chili or ham off a pizza
or spaghetti bolognese. He also likes the odd bit of cheese or bacon.
It's funny but he always knows when we're about to eat his favourite
food and comes running in from whereever he is and then sits by the
dining table howling!
Karen (and Georgie)
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| 141.70 | Strawberry freak | MUTTON::BROWN | set home/cat_max=5 girls 2 boys 2 hhps | Thu Jul 02 1992 05:29 | 6 |
| Found out the other day that Oppie loves fresh strawberries. I was
having some with my breakfast and he swiped one off the plate. I
thought he just wanted to bat it around, but when I caught up with him
he was munching it down. He ate three that morning. Weird.
Jo
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| 141.71 | Breakfast anyone? | NEST::REED | Safe Sax & Violins | Fri Jul 10 1992 14:42 | 5 |
| Brandy surprised me by eating plain, dry cornflakes! He also philched
some carrot cake out of my hand. And this is from a cat who doesn't
really like people food!!!
Roslyn
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| 141.72 | Weird + | PROSE::GOGOLIN | | Fri Jul 17 1992 12:02 | 24 |
| I usually avoid giving my cats people food, but once in a while I'll
give them a taste of something. More often, they'll help themselves to
food on the counter when my back is turned (I never learn!).
The weirdest thing I've seen my cats eat is tofu. Why would they like
tofu?? I've been leaning towards vegetarianism and have been looking for
new ideas for meatless meals. I invented a dish consisting of cubed tofu,
microwaved frozen peas, and instant Chinese noodles (sounds yummy,
huh? :-) If I turn my back on the tofu while I'm preparing this
dish, I can expect to find Toby or Tweetie chowing down on it.
Awhile back I decided to give tofu pups (hot dogs with tofu instead of
meat and whatever else is in them) a try. I microwaved two, guessing at
the length of time. Evidently I overcooked them. I took two bites and
almost gagged. They were SO gross and rubbery! (The packaging didn't
mention they were smoke-flavored, either -- yuck!) The cats were all
milling around underfoot while this was going on, so I cut off a little
piece of one pup and put it down for them. They attacked it like sharks
after a piece of bloody meat! So I cut up the rest of the cooked pups
for them and they thought they had one heck of a treat!
Now that's weird.
Linda
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| 141.73 | Help yourself to the kitty bag! | AYRPLN::TAYLOR | One kitty .. slightly frosted!! | Mon Jul 20 1992 12:04 | 11 |
| Well, 2 of my furrballs were in BIG trouble this weekend for what they ate!
I had brought home some leftover seafood on Thursday night, and set it
on the table for a few minutes while I hit the bathroom. I came out of
the bathroom and there were PIMA and Sweetie chowing down on the one
lobster tail that I had left!! The almost finished it!!
Ugh!! I was ready to kill them!! But they looked up at me as if to
say, "OH, we thought you brought home a kitty bag for us!"
Holly
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| 141.74 | | MUTTON::BROWN | set home/cat_max=5 girls 2 boys 2 hhps | Thu Jul 23 1992 03:54 | 4 |
| I have a four month old kitten named Gunny (long story) and she likes
fresh pineapple! I always thought cats hated citrus.
Jo
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| 141.75 | | GOOEY::JUDY | Picard/Riker '92 | Thu Jul 23 1992 10:22 | 8 |
|
Audrey doesn't turn and flee at oranges like cats are
supposed to. She doesn't eat it though.....just sniffs
it a lot.
Found out last night that Sasha likes the Lasagne Hamburger
Helper. =)
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| 141.76 | NOT cat food... | CADSYS::HECTOR::RICHARDSON | | Thu Jul 23 1992 13:54 | 17 |
| Pineapple isn't citrus anyhow - luckily my two purr-cats don't seem
interested in, because I really like pineapple (PS - it's a
bromeliad!).
The Fickle will eat whole-wheat matzohs, sunflower seeds, wheat chex,
and a number of other odd people foods. Nebula is more likely to eat
non-foods, like aluminum foil! Since she is half-Siamese, the non-food
items she eats don't stay with her for long anyhow, though... This is
not so much of a problem now that both cats are getting pretty old and
are not as interested in trying to upend the kitchen trash can as they
used to be years ago - plus, their human slave is more careful about
throwing out potentially-interesting non-foods until right before the
trash gets emptied.
Good thing I like cats...
/Charlotte
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| 141.77 | People & Cat food habits | JULIET::CANTONI_MI | That really ghasts my flabber! | Thu Sep 10 1992 14:58 | 21 |
| The other night, Lasher stole a piece of red bell pepper out of the
sink and proceeded to chow down - very weird! Nicodemus likes pinto
beans and black olives, but not corn. Maybe the corn is too much like
their regular food, since most brands are made with cornmeal? My
previous cat, Blaise, absolutely loved corn on the cob; just went crazy
for it!
Another strange thing, neither Lasher nor Nicky will eat cooked egg
yolks. I even put some bacon bits and a little vitamin e oil in them,
but they wouldn't touch them. I thought maybe the yolks would be good
for their furcoats, and I was looking to do something with the yolks
that I don't eat. Oh well...
Can I whine in here? I just bought eight pounds of Science Diet Growth
dry catfood, and THEY DON'T LIKE IT! I found a pile of the SD behind
one food dish that Lasher had picked out of the bowl leaving the Iams
that I had mixed with it. What's really weird is that they had eaten
some SD mixed with their Iams just a couple of weeks ago and didn't
seem to mind it.
--Michelle
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| 141.78 | | SPEZKO::RAWDEN | Cheryl Graeme Rawden | Thu Sep 10 1992 15:22 | 5 |
| Chubs got a hold of my dessert a few weeks ago. (now how on earth could
that happen? :^) Warm bread pudding with a dollop of vanilla ice cream
and a topping of bourbon whiskey. Not only is the cat a piglet, he's a
lush too! He loves anything with ice cream. We should have called him
Haagen or Daz(?)!
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| 141.79 | Pasta and Ice cream | VMPIRE::BACHELDER | | Thu Sep 10 1992 16:41 | 4 |
| Ebony could care less about people food. Boo boo on the other hand
makes his presence known everytime I sit down to eat. His favorites
are pasta and ice cream. The only food he's ever turned his nose up at
is olives. He just bats them around a bit and forgets about 'em.
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| 141.80 | Mom, I want *fresh* eggs! | DKAS::FEASE | Andrea Midtmoen Fease | Fri Sep 11 1992 12:55 | 12 |
| Re. .77
Michelle,
Maybe the egg yolks aren't fresh enough. I've been told by a
reputable poultry farmer that store-bought eggs are as much as 45-60
days old! I have laying chickens and can attest that fresh eggs are
*much* better than store-bought.
Maybe your cats and I can work out a deal ;^) !
- Andrea
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| 141.81 | | JULIET::CANTONI_MI | That really ghasts my flabber! | Fri Sep 11 1992 13:36 | 13 |
| Andrea,
I know real fresh eggs are much better. When I was in high school, we
had about 6 chickens and a rooster. And believe me, if I had a nice
big yard, I would have some laying chickens.
I thought I would get fresher eggs at the local health food store, but
they were spoiled (not sure if it was from the very hot 15 minute drive
home, or not). And I'm afraid to buy the eggs they sell at the
farmer's market because they're not refrigerated.
Anyway, I just haven't figured out my kids yet. Sometimes they seem
very finicky, and other times they act like they'll eat anything.
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| 141.82 | Yum! Leftovers! | JUPITR::JYOUNG | | Sat Sep 12 1992 18:48 | 12 |
| Harry (no-longer-the-Rat) absolutely loves LEFTOVERS, as follows:
* Pizza CRUSTs (without all that gooey filling ... so I get rid of
it for him first) ..I'm such a good mother ... ;^) ...
* Canteloupe RINDs (ditto on the "filling")
* Corn COBs ... after I get rid of those pesky little niblets ...
And his favorite fruit of all time ...
* Raisins (he thinks they're sweet bugs, and he races around with
one in his teeth, growling as if someone's going to capture it from him
even tho' Wumpkin's not here anymore).
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| 141.83 | my garbage disposal | JULIET::LANE_BE | | Fri Sep 18 1992 18:22 | 7 |
|
Michelle,
Your Lasher's brother (my Stingo) also loves peppers - red and green.
Southwest kitties ya know! He also seems to like eggs and green beans
Becky
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| 141.84 | How big is Stingo getting? | JULIET::CANTONI_MI | That really ghasts my flabber! | Fri Sep 18 1992 19:10 | 5 |
| BECKY! Hi, how is Stingo anyway?? I like that name; are you a William
Styron fan? Me too. It didn't dawn on me reading your notes recently,
that it was you. 8^)
Michelle
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| 141.85 | | SALSA::MOELLER | SNMP Agent to the Stars | Mon Dec 21 1992 17:03 | 6 |
| corn. potato chips. french fries.
disclaimer; I know cats can't metabolise starch.. tiny quantities only
for experimental purposes..
karl
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| 141.86 | One chip for me, nine for the cats, one for me, nine ... | EMASS::SKALTSIS | Deb | Mon Dec 21 1992 20:52 | 4 |
| I've found that rustling a potatoe chip bag brings the FIRM running
faster then the cound of the can opener!
Deb
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| 141.87 | Kimba rides again... | FSTCAT::COMEFORD | I'd rather be a Bandit than a Bogey... | Wed Jan 06 1993 18:20 | 8 |
| Well, I've got one cat (Spike) who loves green beans. The other
one (Hurricane) will eat broccoli but only prepared in
an itlian fashion, (sauted in Olive oil with garlic and
red pepper flakes, I think the Olive oil is what he really wants).
And they'll both stare at me when I try to eat a carton of yogurt
until I share some...
Keith
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| 141.88 | Sauerkraut!! | SWAM1::DAVIS_RO | | Thu Jan 07 1993 17:25 | 3 |
| The favorite food of one of our cats (Gremlin) is sauerkraut. She goes
nuts for it.
|
| 141.89 | | GOOEY::JUDY | That's Ms. Bitch to you | Fri Jan 08 1993 13:30 | 4 |
|
Found out today at lunchtime that Sasha likes nacho cheese
Doritos. =)
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| 141.90 | my feline gourmets | TALLIS::PARADIS | There's a feature in my soup! | Fri Jan 08 1993 13:31 | 28 |
| Little Ebony (our black devil-cat) loves lettuce... guess it reminds
her of houseplants 8-)
Cleo (our gray 3/4 Siamese) goes absolutely wild for coffee... and it's
not just the cream she's after, either. She goes *most* wild for
fresh-ground coffee *grounds*! Since Daddy always grinds his fresh
every time, the sound of the coffee grinder brings her running. Lick
my finger, dip it in the grounds, offer it to her, and she licks it
clean!
Cleo also goes wild for certain tart candies -- Smarties and
gummy bears are her favorites... but the krinkle of any kind of
candy wrapper brings her running to investigate.
Lunette (or "Loonie", as the case may be) likes breakfast cereal; to her
it's a combination toy *and* food item! Toss her a Chex and she'll
bat it all over the kitchen floor before she finally cronches down on
it. Loonie also goes ga-ga over figs. Yes, figs. You gotta give
her little pieces so she can get her mouth around them, but she'll
chow down a couple of whole figs at this rate if you let her.
Ralph loves broccoli, but *only* the florets.
Athena's a real fruit-lover... offer her a peach pit with some flesh
still clinging to it, and she'll rasp it clean with her tongue.
--jim
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| 141.91 | Is eggnog weird? | STUDIO::COLAIANNI | | Fri Jan 08 1993 13:33 | 10 |
| I found out over the holidays that Feendoonie like eggnog! She always
has to inspect anything I'm eating or drinking to make sure it's not
something that she wants, so I put my glass of eggnog under her nose,
and she started lapping it up like crazy! She usually doesn't actually
like any of the things I let her investigate, so she totally took me by
surprise with this one.
You just never know what goes on in those little minds! ;-)
Yonee
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| 141.92 | | DELNI::MANDILE | Toepick! | Fri Jan 08 1993 13:43 | 2 |
| Casey sampled daddy's beer last night.....I'm afraid it's thumbs
down on Heiniken, tho'! (8
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| 141.93 | | SPEZKO::RAWDEN | Go ahead, make my dinner! | Fri Jan 08 1993 14:46 | 17 |
| Zelda attacked my leftover trifle last night. It was a raspberry
peach concoction that she went nuts over! She's really starting to
take after Chubs. She also attacks leftover cereal bowls for the milk.
She's convinced that the sound of a spoon in a bowl means milk although
she has recently learned that hot and sour soup looks and tastes very
different from 2%. :^)
Lea loves pasta, butter, and cheese. She will lick the remnants off my
husband's plate but she won't touch mine. (goes to show how much she
dislikes me)
Chubs eats chicken anything. His favorite is chicken dijonaise with a
close second being chicken marsala. He's the gourmet cat in the
household although he's not particular about canned or bagged cat food.
Anything put down in a clear bowl on the kitchen floor is marked as his
and his only. What a hoover.... but he's my favorite. (shhh! don't
tell!)
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| 141.94 | maybe next time I order some for Simon... | TOMLIN::ROMBERG | I feel a vacation coming on... | Tue Mar 30 1993 18:42 | 12 |
| Sunday night I was *planning* on consuming the leftover chinese food that
was in the fridge - spicy broccoli in garlic sauce, pork fried rice, peking
ravioli, chicken and cashew nuts. Well, I dumped it all out on the plate,
and the phone rang. By the time I got back to my plate, the broccoli was gone,
the pork and egg from the pork fried rice was gone, the chicken from the chicken
with cashew nuts, along with some of the water chestnuts were *gone*. There
was Simon picking through the remains to see if there was anything else he
wanted. It's a good thing the ravioli were as big as they were - if I had
broken them open, the stuffings would have gone too.
So much for my chinese dinner.....
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| 141.95 | olives, anyone? | BICYCL::RYER | This note made from 100% recycled bits. | Wed Mar 31 1993 10:43 | 9 |
| Chester has an olive fetish. I haven't actually let him eat one, but he goes
nuts when I do. He gets all over my face after I've eaten one. One time, I
decided to see how far he would go, and opened my mouth. He put his entire
muzzle in my mouth (I know, gross, but I don't think it's any worse than his
likcing the faucet, and I know he's not the only cat around that does that!)
Anyway, no matter how hard I try to sneak around, he always knows that I've
eaten one. He can be a real pain sometimes, but I love him anyway.
-Patrick
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| 141.96 | Human Tamer? | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | len, Engineering Technical Office | Tue Apr 13 1993 14:33 | 7 |
|
re .95 and cats putting their heads in their human's mouth - Merlin
does this whenever I yawn. Sort of the reverse of the old lion-tamer's
trick.
len.
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| 141.97 | Dog Tamer? | SALEM::SHAW | | Tue Apr 13 1993 14:46 | 11 |
|
My ex roommate had a germanshepard and a cat that grew up together.
When he broke up with his girlfriend she took the cat. After three +
years she returned the cat. The cat and the dog recognized each other
right away. One way of them showing thier affection to one another was
that the cat would jut sit up still next to him and he would open his
mouth and put it around her head kinda of all the way so all you could
see was the cats body. The first time I saw this, I almost flipped out
I thought he was going to eat the cat.
Shaw :-)
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| 141.98 | He's a wine conneseur! | SALES::LTRIPP | | Thu Jul 15 1993 14:12 | 22 |
| Does anyone relate to having two cats sitting only inches from my face
while I'm trying to eat a bowl of cereal? I've got the "old lady", the
11 year old tortie on the couch armrest, and Bandit the 3 year old half
siamese sitting beside me, with front paws on my thigh and everytime I
even stop for more than a second I've got two furry noses trying to
nose me out of the bowl! Geeeze guys, give me chance to eat the cereal
at least! Then I get my part of the milk, give the old lady her three
or so licks, and just stand back as Bandit breaks into hypespeed to
clean the bowl and then some....
Oh and we discovered when Bandid was a kitten that we like a sip or two
of White Zinfandel on occation. My cat the WINO!!
The old lady will positively Kill for a french fry and chocolate donut!
She doesn't watch her cholesterol!!
Oh and if anyone cares, Barney our newest member (see 31.211) had STEAK
leftovers as part of his supper last night, this was after I found my
father inlaw dropping parts of an italian sausage pattie on the deck to
him, thinking I didn't see what was happening!
Lyn
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| 141.99 | Another wino-kitty! | MIMS::BANTEKAS_G | | Thu Jul 15 1993 16:06 | 12 |
| Speaking of "wino's" Tai Tai our siamese has a very discerning palate.
He tastes only cabernets and zinfadels. My husband dips his finger in
the glass and Tai just laps it up. We have tried other varietals such
as burgandies, etc. and he just smells the drop and turns his nose up.
And as a responsible feline he only takes 2 - 3 tastes and then curls
up to sleep it off. On the other hand, Figaro loves leaf lettuce. I
start making salad and he's bouncing off the walls waiting for me to
drop a piece. He doesn't like head lettuce -- only the thin leaf kind.
Of course, I always manage to drop a piece or two. Also he does not
like red meat. If we try him with a small scrap of steak he won't eat
it -- will have alittle chicken or fish -- no hamburger etc. I think
he's taking after my vegetarian daughter.!!!!
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| 141.100 | Maybe his middle name should be 'Hoover'? | TOMLIN::ROMBERG | I feel a vacation coming on... | Thu Jul 15 1993 16:57 | 17 |
| Simon is usually 'in my face' while I'm eating cereal. It's kinda hard to get
the spoon into my mouth when there's a 15 lb cat in the way! Given a choice,
he will sit as close to the bowl as I allow. I keep a plant sprayer on the
table, just in case he forgets *whose* breakfast he's trying to commandeer.
He's gotten selective about the milk he prefers - skim is not very high on his
list
He will also aggressively seek out asparagus, mushrooms, onions (he loves sour
cream and chive potato chips!), and lately, cantaloupe, green and wax beans.
He's also quite fond of lo mein and boneless spare ribs, with or without duck
sauce ;^)
Little Miss Hannah cares not for food consumed by beings having fewer legs
than she. Her ever so delicate digestive system will only tolerate certain
Tender Vittle flavors (not gourmet or turkey) and Iams regular and lite
crunchies.
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| 141.101 | | POWDML::MANDILE | medium and messy | Fri Jul 16 1993 11:00 | 4 |
|
Re .98
Yup....I have 2 like that. Also if I'm eating pudding....
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| 141.102 | | JUPITR::KAGNO | Kitties with an Attitude | Fri Jul 16 1993 15:02 | 5 |
| Herbie is really into oatmeal cookies. I bake them often, and he begs
for a taste! Last night they were sitting on the counter to cool and
there was Herbie, licking one. So, naturally I had to break it up and
share it with him!! What a crazy cat!
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| 141.103 | | TOMLIN::ROMBERG | I feel a vacation coming on... | Mon Jul 19 1993 13:09 | 1 |
| Simon discovered watermelon this weekend. Now I have to share.....geesh...
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| 141.104 | yogurt/ in my face | SHARE::MILES | | Mon Jul 19 1993 17:48 | 7 |
| my Precious loves yogurt and is absolutely annoying when I'm eating it.
She just knows the looks of a container of yogurt and will be in my
face in a minute. None of the others are pesky like that except for my
new kitten Pickles is taking lessons and is learning to be just as
annoying....
what funny creatures!
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| 141.105 | Sauerkraut!! | SWAM1::DAVIS_RO | | Mon Jul 19 1993 18:20 | 3 |
| Our Gremlin's absolute favorite treat is sauerkraut. She'll stand up
and whine and wave her paw in my face to get a bite. Niblets corn is
also high on the list.
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| 141.106 | | SUBURB::ODONNELLJ | | Tue Jul 20 1993 04:50 | 5 |
| I can't win with my two - Rosie loves anything sweet (chocolate, honey,
ice-cream) and Jimmy accounts for everything else!
They both love cheese and ham, and Rosie absolutely dies for tuna and
mayonaise spread! She also likes garlic, which really surprised me,
because Jimmy won't go near it.
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| 141.107 | | AKOCOA::LEINONEN | | Fri Nov 12 1993 09:40 | 17 |
|
This doesn't exactly qualify as "people food" but I wasn't
sure where else to place the entry ....
Jebb absolutely loves the little pills of cloth that come
off of my sweatsuits! You know how the insides often leave those
little balls all over the place when you first put them on? Jebb
can't wait to scarf them up - he thinks it's some kind of
delicacy! He twists his face into all sorts of funny expressions
trying to digest it and it's usually a battle to see who can get
to them first - him or me.
They don't seem to bother him any, but could this be due to a
lack of fiber (no pun intended)? I can't imagine that they
really "taste" all that good!
Heidi
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| 141.108 | | MCIS5::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Fri Nov 12 1993 10:31 | 8 |
| I can't beat the sweater pills :-) but last night Veto was in my lap
while I was snacking on a slice of provalone. The rude boy reached out
like lightning and snagged it; I held fast, but then ripped off the
unmutilated half for me. He chowed down the rest of it and nosed all
over me looking for more! He *is* a feline garbage disposal, but he
seemed to think it a delicacy....
Leslie
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| 141.109 | | USCTR1::SRYLANDER | YouAin'tNeverHadAFriendLikeMe! | Fri Nov 12 1993 10:38 | 14 |
| I've had Markie for more than 2 years now and I always thought she'd
only eat dry cat food (no preference as to the brand - just as long as
it's dry). On many occasions I've offered her a piece of whatever it
was that I was eating and she'd usually just sniff it, maybe lick it,
but leave it and walk away. The other night my son decided he'd like
to have some pawcorn (as he calls it (-: ). While the popcorn was in
the microwave popping away, Markie sat there staring at the microwave
with a possessed look on her face. She couldn't wait for it to finish
popping. She jumped up on the chair and sat there staring at the
popcorn as I poured it into a bowl. I swear she was salivating.
Anyway, she joined my son and me in a popcorn feast. I think she ate
more than my son did. :-)
Lori B.
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| 141.110 | Donut Cat | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | len, Engineering Technical Office | Fri Nov 12 1993 11:49 | 7 |
|
Merlin's developed an irresistable attraction to "cake donuts". He
seems able to smell them across the room and comes running, and if you
don't offer him a piece, he'll steal it out of your hand...
len.
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| 141.111 | two more garbage disposals... | RICKS::PSHERWOOD | | Fri Nov 12 1993 14:27 | 9 |
| Cain and Abel like:
Macaroni and cheese
Waffles
rubber bands
carpet fuzz
leaves from the plant they like to tip over
dirt
anything else they can fit in their mouths it seems...
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| 141.112 | | AYRPLN::VENTURA | Cats Rule! Dogs Drool! | Fri Nov 12 1993 14:36 | 8 |
| RE: .111
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't let them eat rubber bands!! This is a VERY
dangerous item for them to play with ... eating them can be fatal.
They can get caught in their intestines.
Holly
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| 141.113 | I don't, but how to stop? (when dont know exist) | RICKS::PSHERWOOD | | Fri Nov 12 1993 15:02 | 13 |
| I don't!
I also don't let them play with twist ties, which they love dearly (if
ones gets one, the "lucky" one growls at the other one - which is how I
catch them with things they aren't supposed to have)
I only know about the rubber bands, because when I clean out their
litterbox.... well, let's just say that I find "evidence" of what
they've been eating...
(a few non-food items have yet to be identified...)
...but of course at that point, there's nothing to be done except make
sure they can't get anymore....
I didn't even realize I had rubber bands in the house until I found
these...
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| 141.114 | | SUBURB::THOMASH | The Devon Dumpling | Mon Nov 15 1993 05:07 | 13 |
|
Cider "catches" elastic bands for me, the postmen tend to drop them
when they take them off the post before putting it through the letter
box.
Luckily, he thinks they are a wonderful treat for me, so once he's
"caught" them, he brings them in and drops them at my feet, or in the
corner by the scratching post.
Elastic bands always turn up when yopu least expect them, but when you
really want them, there's none to be seen.
Heather
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| 141.115 | The French Fry Monster | AKOCOA::LEINONEN | | Thu Nov 18 1993 09:55 | 36 |
|
Well, you would have thought that Jebb died and went to kitty
heaven last night .....
I had stopped at Burger King on my way home and picked up MY
dinner, complete w/burger, fries, soda. While jostling my
bags, briefcase, and such in the door a few of the fries dropped
out on the kitchen floor. My two kids were like flashes across
that floor to grab the new "toys". Before I could even move they
has sent them flying in each direction and Whitney was off in
hot pursuit of the one that headed under the table. Jebb pounced
on one then picked up the "prize" in his mouth to show it off.
Well it broke in half, and the look of sheer incredibility that
came over his face was hysterical! He looked at me as if to
say, "My gawd, this is great!".
He then proceeded to inhale the french fry in a matter of seconds.
Diving under the table he stole the fry from Whitney and gobbled
that one too. He rounded up all of them in the center of the
kitchen then laid down, held them upright between his front paws and
nibbled slowly, savoring every bite. While Whitney circled round
meowing he merely growled when she got too close, which he NEVER
does. I've never seen a more contented look on his face before -
this had to be the best food Jebb's ever eaten.
Once the delicacy was finished and he determined there was no
more to be had, he sat there liking his chops for another hour.
By this time I was close to tears from laughing and Whitney was
howling at the top of her lungs cause she was sure that she'd
lost out [again] on a special treat. I tried placating her
with kitty treats, but no interest whatsoever ..... finally she
walked over to Jebb (still liking his chops) cuffed him up
side the head and stalked off in a huff! He still sat there
smiling ......
Heidi
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| 141.116 | Navel Oranges | POWDML::CORMIER | | Fri Nov 19 1993 11:10 | 7 |
| My son decided he didn't want to finish his orange right away, so he
left it on the kitchen table. Next thing I new, there was Spike up on
the table, happily munching away on a navel orange. How he jumped up
there without me hearing him is one mystery - he's quite large and
considerably ungraceful. But he enjoyed his orange - unfortunately I
paid .50 for that little cat treat!!!
Sarah
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| 141.117 | | AYRPLN::VENTURA | Cats Rule! Dogs Drool! | Fri Nov 19 1993 12:32 | 11 |
| Last night, Bob and I had porkchops, potatoes, and peas for dinner.
Bob had left the bowl with a few peas left over on the kitchen counter.
I went back into the kitchen to get something, and found Tabitha
finishing them off! She had eaten about a spoonfull of peas, and
licked the butter off of the bowl!
Unbelievable!
Holly
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| 141.118 | Stuffed olives | EASI::GEENEN | Vescere bracis meis. | Fri Nov 19 1993 14:00 | 7 |
| Actually, Shiva (a cat we had many years ago) would tear up the
green part to get to the pimiento! If you had an olive in your hand,
she would attack your hand til you let go of the olive.
Those kitties sure are silly!
Carl
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| 141.119 | he's not a cat, he's a BEAR | MROA::DJANCAITIS | water from the moon | Mon Nov 22 1993 13:21 | 15 |
| my roommate called this morning and told me that Peanut (the *first* of
the three cats who own me) is NOT a cat, but a BEAR - when asked why, she
told me she was in the process of making bread which had HONEY as one of
the ingredients and Peanut jumped up to get some, liked it so much he tried
to get INTO the breakmaker to get more and then, when she wouldn't let him
have any more, walked off in a huff to a sunny spot and just licked and
licked and licked his chops !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The girls (Missy & Patches) have been known to jump up onto the counter
and go after leftover lamb bones - they'll even get into the *sink* to
go after egg shells !! And of course, all three of them will go after
the leftover doggie food if one of the canine boys doesn't finish his
breakfast/supper !
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| 141.120 | Cauliflower?!!! | NETWKS::GASKELL | | Fri Dec 10 1993 09:50 | 13 |
| Do any of our cats eat cauliflower?
Like so many of your furfaces, our family of cats have come from
very dysfunctional backgrounds and indulge in some odd-ball
behavior, but Christopher Robin has come up with a quirk
that really beats the band.
Chris loves a plate of warm, boiled cauliflower, for him it's
a treat. We found out after he stole several pieces from my
plate. Now it's his treat-of-choice after a dose of antibiotics.
The others like ham, salmon, shrimp, steak, chicken breast and
that I can understand. But Cauliflower?!
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| 141.121 | Oh, sure...EVERYTHING! | POWDML::MCDONOUGH | | Fri Dec 10 1993 10:10 | 22 |
| My Pepurr will eat just about any cooked veggie, from green beans to
brocolli, carrots, baked beans, etc.....and she is a real
"milk freak"...especially if it's got a bit of sugar in it....like in
the breakfast bowl. She just nudges her way in, pushes the spoon and
whoever is eating the stuff aside, and dives in.
We usually get home fairly late and end up with a bown of soup,
chili, stew or sandwiches on a tray in front of the "boob-tube", and
this little Black Feline Witch has a 100% thing about at LEAST checking
out what we have. If we ever have the audacity to stop by Kentucky
Fried or Boston Chicken, (we usually pick up a whole rotisserie broiled
bird..), we can be almost certain to split the meal in 3 portions,
because Pep-the-Mew will INSIST on eating as much as she can get...and
if we aren't fast enuff tearing it into small pieces, she has NO
problem attacking an entire leg or breast and happily chowing it down.
She also sounds like a runaway outboard motor when she eats...her
"purrrr" mechanism going overtime.. She never turns down HER food
either, but since she's a dynamo of motion most of the time, she has
not gained a lot of weight....
John Mc
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| 141.122 | so why doesn't Kostas loose weight? | EMASS::SKALTSIS | Deb | Fri Dec 10 1993 11:32 | 11 |
| yep; Alex and Kostas love it, and brocolli too. Kostas sees to prefer
vegtables to meat. He loves beans, tomatoes, lettuce, cukes and
whenever I have any melon he has to get a full size serving or else I
won't be able to eat mine. Canary melon is his favorite, but he also
likes honydew, cantolope and watermelon.
The summer before last he was really being a pain; he woun't eat supper
unless he had a fresh garden salad (complete with cheeze and olives)
along with his c/d.
Deb
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| 141.123 | Vegie stew! | WECARE::FALLON | | Fri Dec 10 1993 12:36 | 7 |
| I always keep a jar of Gerber strained spinach in the house. They love
it! They also like green beans petite peas (not the big ones mind you)
and wax beans. My rex goes ballistic for cantaloupe. He licks it for
a while purring like a pigeon and then finally eats it. I think he
likes the juice most, but will eat the whole thing.
Karen
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| 141.123 | FrozFruit Kitty | MSE1::SUTTON | He roams the seas in freedom... | Mon Dec 13 1993 07:16 | 5 |
| 141.124 | jello eater | NETWKS::GASKELL | | Tue Jan 11 1994 08:42 | 5 |
| in addition to .120
That rotten Christopher Robin of mine, the cauliflower eater, stole a
dish of jello. Not only does he eat his vegies, he likes dessert
after. This is the strangest cat I have ever been found by.
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| 141.125 | even without milk! | RHETT::LACORTI | | Mon May 09 1994 11:26 | 10 |
| Here is a good one.
The other night I was eating dry fruit loops in bed and of course
when Chief heres food he comes a callin and just stares at you.
I finally threw him a fruit loop and he loved it! It was berry
flavor so I decided to see what he would do with cherry, orange,
lime, and lemon. He liked them all. It was so cute watching him
chew. After about 6 or so, he had had enuf.
sandy
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| 141.126 | | JUPITR::KAGNO | | Mon May 09 1994 11:36 | 4 |
| Sandy,
Herbie loves Cheerios and Raisin Bran!
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| 141.127 | | JULIET::CORDES_JA | Four Tigers on my Couch | Mon May 09 1994 13:16 | 3 |
| Onyx loves Mueslix cereal.
Jan
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| 141.128 | Another fruiter... | BPSOF::EGYED | Per aspera ad astra | Thu May 12 1994 09:04 | 3 |
| Laurena's Macy eats *pineapples*.
Nat
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| 141.129 | | JULIET::CORDES_JA | Four Tigers on my Couch | Thu May 12 1994 12:33 | 5 |
| For some odd reason Mac has decided he likes iceberg lettuce. He
was scarfing down pieces while I was prepping it for storage in
the fridge. Strange cat.
Jan
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| 141.130 | The kitten loves bread crumbs and crusts | WRKSYS::RICHARDSON | | Thu May 12 1994 13:52 | 11 |
| My Maine coon kitten, Melody, eats breadcrumbs. She's a funny little
beast! The Fickle still hasn't really gotten used to her - we got
Melody because poor Fickle was so lonely after Nebula died last fall.
She isn't lonely anymore, but the kitten can sometimes be a pest to a
16-year-old kitty who really doesn't want her tail pounced on, etc.!
Melody's purr is so lo-pitched that I can't hear her at all, and Paul can
only just barely hear her. You have to be touching her to feel her
body vibrate to know for sure that she is purring!
/Charlotte
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| 141.131 | FrozFruit addict... | MSE1::SUTTON | He roams the seas in freedom... | Mon May 16 1994 11:55 | 8 |
| Rhiannon, my little vet stray, has the same afinity for yogurt that
my last cat had; and she absolutely refuses to let me eat one of those
frozen-fruit-on-a-stick bars without giving her some. She sits waiting,
not terribly patiently, on my lap while I eat most of it. When I forgot
(only once) to give her the last little bit, she actually stuck her
paw into my mouth and tried to pull the food back out!!
/Harry
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| 141.132 | peas... | FSTCAT::COMEFORD | I'd rather be a Bandit than a Bogey... | Wed May 18 1994 18:16 | 10 |
| To make a short story long, my daughter is old enough to eat solid food
and to like to feed herself. Peas make a good item for this. However
when she is done with whatever it is she is eating she flings it.
All 3 of our guys have a fondness for peas, as well as other more
reasonable foods (i.e. bits of chicken leg meat) that rain down
from the high chair like manna from heaven. Alas, none of them has a taste for
bannanas or pears(they just duck those).
Thanks,
Keith
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| 141.133 | my kitty is a bit weird. | ABACUS::MINICHINO | | Thu May 19 1994 12:22 | 7 |
|
My little furball likes...get this.. guacamole.
She can't eat enough of it. It doesn't seem to hurt her, so I
guess it's ok...I'm a new "mother" with this kitten. I got her in
Nov, very tiny and very cute..now she's gaining weight, and eating
anything she wants. She's still a bit petite.
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| 141.134 | | SUBURB::ODONNELLJ | Julie O'Donnell | Thu May 19 1994 12:41 | 1 |
| What is guacamole? I've never heard of it.
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| 141.135 | | VLNVAX::PGLADDING | Noters do it with a 8-) | Thu May 19 1994 12:53 | 5 |
| Guacamole is mushed up avacado - used in Mexican recipes, dips, etc.
Don't care for it myself - too green and mushy!!
Pam
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| 141.136 | | DSSDEV::RUST | | Thu May 19 1994 14:36 | 14 |
| Avocadoes are the butter of the fruit kingdom (seriously - they're the
only fruit that has a high enough fat content to be specifically
excluded from "eat all you want"). This may explain why some cats like
it - I've had two now who seem very fond of it. Phillip (aka The Velvet
Bat) especially likes to fish a chunk of avocado peel out of the sink
(OK, so I'm not a scrupulous housekeeper) and carry it around the house
to play with.
And the other day I caught him lapping condensed tomato soup from
the open can...
[Have I mentioned that he also likes marshmallows?]
-b
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| 141.137 | Guacamole & Avocadoes | KAHALA::JOHNSON_L | Leslie Ann Johnson | Thu May 19 1994 14:58 | 13 |
| Welll.....quacamole is more than mushed avocadoes. :-) Guacamole is a dip made
of avocadoes, lime juice, garlic, maybe some tomato, hot peppers in some form,
and maybe some cilantro. There are various versions. My husband makes the
best in the world :-), even people who think they don't like it have found
the one he makes to be tastey. Guacamole is generally eaten with corn chips
(but not Fritoes).
Avocadoes are high calorie but the fat they have is the good, low cholesterol
type of fat, and I think they're high in vitamin C. They're green, soft, and
"buttery" but kind of bland tasting in and of themselves so they act as a good
foil for other flavors like lime, garlic, etc.
Leslie
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| 141.138 | Popcorn, watermelon, and honey | ANGLIN::SHARROW | If the man wants to box, I'll out box the man... | Thu May 19 1994 17:57 | 11 |
| Magic(my little black kitty) likes popcorn. Everytime I pop some she is
sticking her face in the bag wanting a piece or two (which she gets).
She also seems to like watermelon. I had some the other day and she
jump into my lap and started licking away.
Abby (my little tan kitty) likes honey. I spilled some once and she was
on the spot cleaning up my small mess. Once in a while I make sure I
give her a small taste.
Greg
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| 141.139 | Cat who LOVES olives! | TPSYS::HILBERT | | Fri Aug 26 1994 12:42 | 16 |
| Hi,
Just came across the strangest thing with my kitties. I and my SO were
eating green olives the other night and after we were through and
washed our hands, my kitties were going nuts over the juice that was
apparently still left in my fingers to the point that he was biting me.
I did give my kitty 1 olive and he reacted to it like a cat does with
catnip! I was shocked when he ate the whole thing and wanted more (I
didn't give him anymore after that though).
I was just wondering what is in these olives to make a cat want them
so badly!?
Dawn
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| 141.140 | Could it be the salt? | WMOENG::NEUVONEN | | Fri Aug 26 1994 13:53 | 4 |
| I wonder if it's the saltiness that they liked? Our cats love to lick
our hands, legs, arms (even feet!). The only thing that I can think of
is they like the salt. Green olives tend to be very salty... Hmmm.
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| 141.140 | | JULIET::CORDES_JA | Four Tigers on my Couch | Fri Aug 26 1994 14:34 | 3 |
| 141.141 | Wheat Thins, and sunscreen | ASABET::HAROUTIAN | | Fri Aug 26 1994 14:59 | 7 |
| Max will walk a mile to get Wheat Thins, and has perfected a scooping
maneuver that gets just one of 'em out of the dish at a time.
He also goes nuts over sunscreen; not exactly a people food, but one of
his favorites, nonetheless.
Lynn
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| 141.142 | Celery tops | ASABET::HAROUTIAN | | Fri Aug 26 1994 15:01 | 5 |
| Noel is nuts for celery tops and will engage in begging behavior that,
were she to see videos of it later, would totally mortify her
*enormous* sense of dignity.
Lynn
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