By weird I mean outside of regular cat diet, things like cornflakes, ketchup or banana bread (these are real examples from my and my friends’ cats).
Asparagus peels, he loves them.
Mine sits politely at the counter while we cook (no paws on the counter) waiting to taste anything we are cooking.
I don’t think she knows she’s a cat.
Broccoli. The vet says it’s ok.
One of our cats care’s 0% for most foods but will beg for provolone cheese. Only provolone.
And tuna but that’s not weird.
Not my cat, but a family friend’s. The cat would go nuts for olives. One of them liked having olives on their pizza, and the cat would eat their way through unattended pizza boxes to get to the olives on the top of the pizza.
My one cat always tries to steal my marmalade and bread. His favorite food is shrimps.
The corners of drywall in my house. Hes fine he’s just an asshole who thinks he’s going to starve if he can see the bottom of his food bowl.
I used to have a cat that would go mental for Pringles. She would not leave you alone if she saw a can in the house until you would put it down on the floor for her to see for herself that it was empty.
I let my cats sniff almost everything, and they usually walk away. For example, today I let them sniff some both raw chicken that I was preparing for my own dinner, and both gave it a few good sniffs before walking away. Most recently, I discovered that my youngest enjoys peanut butter! I believe it was the same cat who has also tried to eat my dried mango on multiple occasions. It was either my oldest or a friend’s cat who repeatedly took me up on the offer of banana chips.
I know a cat that loses it’s mind for Nutzo, the one with a bunch of different nuts. I’ve seen it even get the classic dog and peanut butter mouth situation going on too lol
The bottom of a kitchen cabinet at the air gap of the skirting (licking it). Only ever when I’m getting his food ready. Never any other time.
It’s a weird appetiser, I guess
Our plastic Christmas tree. It’s a constant battle.
my parents had a huge vet bill last year because dummy loved that plastic flavor
One of my cats has what I call social pica. She is always trying to get me to eat paper with her.
Mine does this too, she will tear up pieces of paper on the floor and leave a mess. I’ve wondered if it’s something to be concerned about
Very important papers. Try spending time with her and her pile, it might make her so happy
What methods of persuasion does she use?
She leads me to her pile of paper scraps and starts munching and absolutely loves it if I take part eat paper with her. I only let her eat a tiny bit tho, it’s not healthy.
Mine will sniff anything I eat, and anything I might drop on the floor, but has never actually proceeded to eat any of it.
If she looks very interested and it’s safe for her to try (I eat a lot of garlic lol, which isn’t), I’ll give her a crumb, but she’ll mostly sniff a bit more then leave it. The only thing of mine so far I’ve found she actually does eat and asks for more is doughnuts, which I only give her a tiny crumb of every now and then…I once housesat and the cat would bite any soft fruit as well as through the plastic bags of snacks if left unattended. I’m attaching the photo of what a peach bitten by that cat looked like. I hope the attachment works, first time trying this
I’ve found stolen tomatoes and eggplant that look just like that peach. It’s like they were playing with it.
At least in my case the cat didn’t take the fruit elsewhere, it would just bite it on the spot. Cleaning up after a sticky mess of fruit all over the apartment doesn’t sound fun…
I had ferrets for a while. they liked to steal and hide things. you learn to check under the couch weekly just so you don’t find things by smell. and hope it’s not somehow inside the couch.
mostly it was the one guy, who preferred his chips and sweets, but knew his sister liked other things. she didn’t eat tomatoes or apples or fruit, but he’d carry that stinky orange down stairs for her, lips peeled back so he didn’t have to taste it too much.
Water chestnuts. No idea why.
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