Cat has licked our food, would you eat it?

marmiterulesok

Yes!

I would slice off the bit licked,then heat it thoroughly.

maro11

I would not eat it, no way

Molly41

Id it eat it no problems especially as its cooked. I guess that as a responsible pet owner you would have regularly wormed your cat?
There is research to say that there are many more bacteria in the human mouth than an animals and we regularly share food with family members and friends.

I also share my bowls with my dogs for the leftovers but they do then go in a very hot dishwasher. I got into trouble with this though a few weeks ago when MIL and FIL came for tea. I had to "tell the kids off" for absent mindingly giving the dogs their bowls for which I got some very hostile and confused looks:eek::eek::eek:

Soubrette

I wouldn't eat it but that's because I'm weird, I'd think nothing of you eating it

We had a mad dog that ate everything - he took a big lick out of an open margarine tub - I had to bin it all.

Also if bread or cheese goes even a tiny bit mouldy - I have to bin it all too .

I cringe when people feed their animals from their plates or spoons and when people 'kiss' their animals.

I know this is not very rational as I walk round supermarkets touching things that people have sneezed on, touched with their dirty hands etc (and if you have children then be prepared to be chilled by what the little dears do with their fingers and mouths :eek:). I saw an interesting programme that analysed what things were on our bodies, apparently it is quite normal to have fecal matter all over your body due to the way that most people shower (I now shower with this in mind :eek:).

So although I wouldn't eat it, I wouldn't think anyone who did was somehow dirty or at greater risk at food poisoning than the rest of us, I recognise that it's me being a bit um..over reactive, that said I can't help it and don't imagine I'll be changing any time soon

LittleMissAspie

jennieshrew wrote: »

I doubt anyone with a cat could be SURE the cat didnt jump on surfaces. Thats what they do.

I'm sure. Our cat doesn't jump anywhere that she can't see properly, she won't even jump up on window sills unless I put a stool underneath. She'll stand up on her hind legs to check it out first. You can tell when she's about to jump on the bed because you can see a little cat head bobbing up and down!

I wouldn't eat something my cat had licked but my boyfriend would (and has). I hate it when cats are allowed on worktops, I think that's gross so I'm glad ours doesn't do jumping.

She sleeps on the bed every day though, and I give her my cereal bowl when I'm finished and she licks the last of the milk

PasturesNew

Did the cat lick his 4rse first?

Lobell

I wouldn't hesitate to eat it....and I'd make sure OH got the licked bit! Then again, on holiday last year, my OH let me drink a glass of water after he'd seen a huge lizard take a sup out off it so I've been waiting to get adequate revenge ever since. I'm still alive to tell the tale so a bit of cat lick wouldn't worry me in the slightest.

valk_scot

Molly41 wrote: »

There is research to say that there are many more bacteria in the human mouth than an animals and we regularly share food with family members and friends.

Yes, and just think about the exchange of germs when you kiss your OH, no?

I've got two house cats and they know the kitchen worktops are forbidden, so they don't go up there when I'm around. I can't guarantee they don't when I'm not there though so I use chopping boards for food prep, and these go in the dishwasher. I also clean the work surfaces very regularly and always wash my hands before preparing food. they do sleep on our beds, have to say, and even under the duvet on cold nights but as they don't go out the house they're probably as clean as us. Or in the case of my son, cleaner.

I don't leave food out on the worksurfaces because there's no point in tempting fate with a peckish cat around, is there? The microwave makes a good cat proof place to defrost or store things I find. However....I did have this incident involving a birthday cake. I'd iced it (it was a Barbie mermaid sitting on a rock, covered in sprinkles and silver balls) and I'd put it in the cupboard for the icing to set. But when I took it out to go to the party there was this pawprint in the icing on the baseboard. I hastily pressed a few more silver balls onto the pawprint to disguise it and made sure no-one ate that bit, but I did have this brief moment of "Should I....?"

whiteguineapig

i would cut off the licked bit then rinse then re heat and eat
i don't think it would bother me, my son was once eating a bowl of tomato soup , he put it down on the floor and went to get another piece of bread and came back and the cat had his head in it (that went in the bin tho)

mardatha

I would cut the licked bit off and give it to the cat then eat the rest. (Of the lamb, not the cat). And I dare say some people have had times where they'd have been glad of it, licked or not.