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marmalady
02-15-2004, 04:01 AM
So - our now 6 month old kitten has eaten everything we've put in front of him - last night it was a piece of roasted asparatus! Earlier 'experiments' reveal he loves potato chips, mashed potatoes, spaghetti sauce - well, I won't go on!
What's the weirdest food your pet has ever eaten?
jimnms
02-15-2004, 05:28 AM
My dog liked purple grapes, but I was told they were bad for dogs, so I quit feeding them to her.
We had a cat that drank beer when I was a kid.
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marco25
02-15-2004, 06:17 AM
I once fed my cat some boudin (boo-dahn), a cajun treat made of rice, ground meat and seasonings in a sausage casing that you squeeze the mixture out of. While the cat gobbled it up, she'd meow between chews because it was so spicy!
Also had a cat that pulled out a partially eaten chicken breast from the garbage can. That day I'd left for work w/o making my bed. That night when I climbed in, my bare feet felt something slimy and cold under the covers at the foot of the bed, and I jumped out screaming. That stupid cat had "buried" that bone, skin and all, under my covers.
Also have a dog who's eaten raw pie crusts, two sticks of butter at one time, and a whole pork roast (but that's not too unusual). http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
MikeC
02-15-2004, 06:28 AM
Our cat loves cantalope. He will sit beside the fridge and cry until we give him some.
T12, Oct 2003
betheny
02-15-2004, 08:45 AM
My Dalmation eats the tomatoes off the vine, darn it.
C5/6 incomplete, injured Aug. 2000
Jeff B
02-16-2004, 07:46 AM
I was a friends house once when we found out that the dog had eaten an entire jumbo tub of margarine. I decided to get out of there before the dog started getting sick because it was going to be pretty messy.
Once our dog was terribly sick and we couldn't figure what he'd eaten. Then we found out that a suet log we had hung up for the birds had blown down and he'd eaten all of it. The problem was that it was late spring by then and the warm temperatures had made the suet quite rotten.
amanda
02-16-2004, 10:28 AM
My dog L-O-V-E-S beer. You have to warn people who don't know her to watch their bottle/can. She's sly. She'll swoop in there befor you know what's going on. I hope it's just a rebelious phase!!! The funny thing is...that's the only thing she is that way about. Any other people food/drink she could care less about...Very strange.
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marco25
02-16-2004, 10:42 AM
I had a Siamese cat named Luther who loved to pull Scott's Gold Toe socks out of the dirty clothes basket and smash them in his food, apparently "seasoning" it with "sock". He even dragged a knitted afghan, smashed it in his food, and then ate the food along with a little of the afghan.
One night I noticed that Luther was walking a little strangely, kind of waddling. Then I noticed that something was coming out of his butt! I freaked out! I thought his intestines were disintegrating and he was going to die. I became borderline hysterical ... until I noticed the trademark "gold toe" of one of Scott's (missing) Gold Toe socks poking out of his butt. Then I realized what that stupid Luther had one--he'd eaten a whole damn sock, and it had completely passed through his system!
I donned a BM glove and started to pull. Yuck! But that was one HAPPY cat when that sock was out. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
marmalady
02-16-2004, 01:34 PM
Martha - Too funny!
Our dog Gus (Amanda, I think he's a Catahoula - a pound puppy, so don't know for sure) once ate an entire 5 lb bag of red bell peppers I had parked on the counter, to make some roasted red peppers with. Needles to say, our back yard was rather colorful for a few days!
1 Fine Spine RN
02-16-2004, 04:13 PM
You are not making me want pets.
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Mary
P38Lightning
02-16-2004, 04:38 PM
Jake, my parents' Terrier mix likes:
Green beans, WITH or without butter.
Cantaloupe
Coffee (Gran always shared her decaf.)
Boost nutritional supplement (also Gran)
Icecream...he gets his own vanilla soft serve
Green Olives, but not black
Beer and Champagne
Peanuts in the shell, he KNOWS there are two to a shell and you HAVE to share.
Pretty much ANYTHING we eat, and he can delicately take something off of your fork, like a "people"...he thinks he is a person. Though he still enjoys the "dishwasher door buffet". Right now he is in Wisconsin with Mom cleaning our Gran's house, he has his own bed and is now sleeping on Gran's old bed...he found it right away. When they go out, he gets his own Hamburger. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif SPOILED.
Curt Leatherbee
02-16-2004, 07:47 PM
Reading these posts definetely makes me want to get another pet, they can be so much fun and add a whole new dimension to ones life.
Theophania
02-17-2004, 09:21 AM
my cat would eat celery and peel it like string cheese! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif
My cat loves marcipan, he eats it until you stop him.
Wear a knitted sweater and he first starts rolling his head around in it and then lick it.
Give him raw meat, and he sounds like a mad dog if you get too close.
He knows exactly how much catfood is in a can, and he knows for sure if the can is empty or if something still is in the refrigerator. He will keep nagging you until it is emptied then he will stop trying until next time you bring a can home. He know the difference between the cans and can spot his among all others, even if you change brand.
Very few people are allowed to smoke in my house, but when it happens, he always stick close to the smoker (stupid cat, dont you know its dangerous)
He only eats potatoes if you peel them first and sprinkle salt on them. It is not enough to just mash them.
I could keep going, i guess he just have his own ideas like the rest of us.
Oh yes, i forgot, he simply loves wollen socks, he does not eat them but he places his head on them and sleep. He will go through a lot to capture a wollen sock, dig through a pile of laundry and so. It does not matter if the sock is clean or used, it just have to be wool. When i have problems finding a matching partner for at sock, i allways find it one of the places where the cat sleeps.
Martha, funny thing about those siamese cats, my mother told about one she had many years ago. It ate various sorts of rags too, especially ones used in kitchens.
P38Lightning
02-18-2004, 07:48 PM
Jake also has small amounts of M & M candies. He'll spit the first one out though unless you bite it in half so he knows it is chocolate. Our old dog Koska used to do that too!
Weirdness! Do ALL dogs spit out the first M & M??
Edited: YES, we know chocolate is not good for dogs, but he's hale and hardy at 35 lbs and has found worse. We only give him a little taste, and sparingly. Old age (17.5) is what finally killed the first dog. Not M & M's. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif
[This message was edited by Joltin' Josie on 02-19-04 at 01:46 AM.]
marco25
02-21-2004, 07:49 AM
With all the discussion about grits, I decide I could resist no longer and fixed some for breakfast this morning. I still had a few spoonfuls in my bowl, which was sitting by my computer. All it took was a few moments of distraction, and the next thing I knew my cat Bootsie was on the desk eating the grits!
Cats eat grits? http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif After all the stories I've read, I'm beginning to wonder if there's anything they won't eat.
Obieone
02-21-2004, 11:14 AM
I have a bowl of assorted crystals sitting on my foot locker/coffee table in our living room. When I'm not looking my girls let our pooch Shady chew on my long quartz crystal http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif She loves it! I guess it looks like a bone http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif! She must be a "new age" doggy ... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gifhttp://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
Shady will eat anyhting...I mean anything vegetable or mineral..... maybe she was a goat in a previous life http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif!
Obie
jimnms
02-22-2004, 04:29 PM
My cat will eat styrofoam. When I get a package I have to be carefull not to leave any out of the box, or she'll grab a peice and run off with it.
She also likes cream cheese, cheese cake, and ranch dressing.
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Bspill1
10-28-2009, 08:57 PM
Of course my black lab will be absolutely anything, raw, cooked, still hanging on the plant, spicy, hot, cold, doesn't matter.
My cat though only eat a couple odd things. Coconut, tortilla chips, and he absolutely loves goldfish crackers. Comes running when he hears the box shake.
Glad this thread has been bumped, I haven't seen it before. :bounce:
The only really weird food my cat likes is sweetcorn. She loves the tinned stuff.
Buffie
10-29-2009, 08:38 AM
I had a chihuahua that would eat the seats out of my girls panties and they had to be dirty panties. He would knock over the clothes hamper to snack on pissy panties. He also ate his own turds as well. These behaviors stopped me from letting him give me dog kisses.
catlady
10-29-2009, 08:43 AM
These are hilarious (Buffie, eew!)
My huge gray cat (Russian blue mix?) loves a morning cup of coffee and two olives. The coffee must have cream but not sugar. He goes nuts over the olives but stops at 2.
loreo
10-30-2009, 03:08 PM
I put Deep Cold muscle therapy gel on my leg one night and went to bed. My cat would not stop licking the covers over my leg trying to get at the gel. I tried shooing her away but she just hopped back up and licked away.
Lazlo
10-30-2009, 04:09 PM
I guess it looks like a bone :confused:! She must be a "new age" doggy ... :cool::D :D
You should have named her Mary Moon!
Our cat loves cantalope. He will sit beside the fridge and cry until we give him some.
Our cats will eat cantaloupe too. They also like pumpkin pie!
Eileen
10-30-2009, 05:17 PM
One of my cats just adores peanut butter, in addition to yougurt and frozen peas! The peanut butter is funny because she then has to smack her lips endlessly to get it off her teeth. She knows the jar and is right there for another taste when available.
wazabiker
10-30-2009, 05:33 PM
So - our now 6 month old kitten has eaten everything we've put in front of him - last night it was a piece of roasted asparatus! Earlier 'experiments' reveal he loves potato chips, mashed potatoes, spaghetti sauce - well, I won't go on!
What's the weirdest food your pet has ever eaten?
Whoa! Does the asparagus make the kitten's pee stink?
fishin'guy
10-30-2009, 11:19 PM
My sons got 2 pugs, and lives in the back. I got the raspberries that were above 2 feet , but then thay learned to lean on them to knock them over. Welp, they're gone, whats next, hmmmm, tose look red like berries, lets try those, there went my cherry tomatoes. Damn dogs, it gave them hives, and they scratched the hide right off of themselves. Ha Ha Ha