Cat has licked our food, would you eat it?

jackieglasgow

We are veggie here so the dog doesn't get a lot of leftovers but if she has one of our plates I just wash it, I don 't see the harm in that. I won't let her lick me though if I can help it!

Glad to see you're still alive jennie. How did you persuade OH?

catkins

Yes of course I would eat it - I don't see a problem at all.

I have cats and they never go on the worktops when I am there but I am sure they do when I am not around. There is no door on the kitchen and one could not be fitted as the kitchen is too small. I clean the worktops a couple of times a day and use boards so it does not really worry me.

I think people are too worried about germs. I am sure some of the items we touch every day are far worse and if you absent mindedly put your fingers in or near your mouth you are taking those germs in.

MrsE_2

Menolly wrote: »

I'm another one of the "wash it off and cook it well" brigade. Once it has been subjected to heat, any bugs should be "toast".

We have four very large (Maine Coon) indoor cats and the two youngest are appalling thieves. Thus, nothing is left out and the counter tops are cleaned with Byotrol, as are the cutting boards, before food prep takes place. Our 12 and 14 year old cats can't be bothered to jump up, they prefer "Waiter Service", but Paddy and Hobbes are 8 months and 17 months respectively and are finally learning what "Gerroffthecounter" means.

We did have a Maine Coon boy a few years back who hopped onto the dining table (when everyone had gone into the living room for coffee) and dragged the remains of a Raspberry Pavlova into the hallway where he was discovered with his blissful little face covered in meringue/cream/raspberries. Perfect poster cat for " Nom nom, it are my birthday!" No, we DIDN'T eat the remains (too mushed up LOL) and neither did he!

I've got deep wall units over my base units. The units are 60cm deep & the base units are 38cm deep, plus they are the superhigh ones & my ceilings could do with being a bit higher & I feel that the gap between the worktop & the bottom of the wall unit could be another 2/3 inches.
I guess if you are a cat looking up from the floor the depth of the unit about & the closeness of it to the worktop must make it a bit off putting. Funny they love my bedroom & DDs bedroom windows (rads under) but never try the bathroom, kitchen or living room windows.

MrsE_2

jackieglasgow wrote: »

We are veggie here so the dog doesn't get a lot of leftovers but if she has one of our plates I just wash it, I don 't see the harm in that. I won't let her lick me though if I can help it!

Glad to see you're still alive jennie. How did you persuade OH?

Another poster made a fab point about how veggies are covered in s**t, fertiliser:D

lauren_1

I used to share my mr whippey with my dog when i was a child.

Gothicfairy

I live with 3 cats and 3 dogs, all are healthy and see the vet at least once a year so I would for sure just wash the meat off and cook it again. I am sure in my life I have done worse and it has not hurt my health ( I remember a tale about me sharing my ice cream with our dog when I was a very small child)
When I was young (more years ago then I care to remember) my social worker did a home visit and my Dad had fed the dog some left overs from a plate, he picked the plate up and put it back in the cupboard telling said social worker that " it saved on the washing up"...It was a wonder I was not put into care.

He was joking of course

Sammy_Dee

Menolly wrote: »

I'm another one of the "wash it off and cook it well" brigade. Once it has been subjected to heat, any bugs should be "toast".

We have four very large (Maine Coon) indoor cats and the two youngest are appalling thieves. Thus, nothing is left out and the counter tops are cleaned with Byotrol, as are the cutting boards, before food prep takes place. Our 12 and 14 year old cats can't be bothered to jump up, they prefer "Waiter Service", but Paddy and Hobbes are 8 months and 17 months respectively and are finally learning what "Gerroffthecounter" means.

We did have a Maine Coon boy a few years back who hopped onto the dining table (when everyone had gone into the living room for coffee) and dragged the remains of a Raspberry Pavlova into the hallway where he was discovered with his blissful little face covered in meringue/cream/raspberries. Perfect poster cat for " Nom nom, it are my birthday!" No, we DIDN'T eat the remains (too mushed up LOL) and neither did he!

LMFAO!!!!


I have 4 mainecoons (gorgeous aren't they!) this is exactly like them!

Oscar loves crisps! He'll steal them from my hands as I'm putting them in my mouth lol

valk_scot

MrsE wrote: »

Another poster made a fab point about how veggies are covered in s**t, fertiliser:D

I used to eat live earthworms from my dad's veggie patch when I was little, apparently. Raw earthworm stuffed with well rotted manure, nom.

loveGSDs

I definately would have ate it, glad you did OP and enjoyed it

have to confess that my food is often shared with the dogs, and my youngest woofer just loves to give sloppery kisses

eldest woofer also drinks out my wine glass when im not looking, doesnt stop me finishing it off tho!! :rotfl:not gonna let that go to waste!

but hay ho, maybe im a minger

Puddleglum

Definitely eat it. If you feel yourself getting over anxious, just remember how many thousands of years homosapiens has been on the planet for. We discovered germs relatively recently.