Real life MMD: Cat has licked our food, should we eat it?

vcb1981

it does make me laugh about how some people are overly cautious about these things. sounds like my in laws. They use anti bacterial gel all the time (and I really do mean all the time), always be overly cautious...and they always get stomach bugs, colds, etc.

Just eat it, or if needs be cut that little area away.


Yum, lamb - my fav

gunsandbanjos

bluebeary wrote: »

i wouldnt touch most of the well known brands with a barge pole, feline fayre or hi life only, its all about meat percentage and wether its a complete cat food or not

Feline Fayre and Hi life are ok ish, usually feed him Bozita or Animinda carny though. Much better. Also feed him Orijen dry food. Would not touch most cat food with a barge pole.

BubbleFrogette wrote: »

I feed my cat Iams/Hills' science and am perfectly happy with this, as is my vet.

Vets are not the best people to ask about nutrition. Also do they sell Iams/Hills? Loads in their waiting room? Wonder if they are on commission....

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drderek

We in the UK have strange standards about pets. You see people with cats (and dogs) sitting on their laps, and are quite happy to have the animal lick them, and even kiss the animal. Then we get something like this question about a pet licking their food. Cutting some of the outside off, or popping it back into a hot oven would surely remove any trace of germs.
We managed to train both dogs and cats to keep off worktops and stay downstairs. A liitle firm training early on works wonders.
There is too much anthropomorphism with pets in this country ie people treat pets better than they treat other people!

BobbinAlong

This thread has been the best laugh I've had in ages! My fifteen year old prim and proper moggy doesn't usually jump on worktops but I have never trusted him if there's a temptation so it's a force of habit to always cover food and make sure plates with bones are cleared to the (covered) bin. Cats are just as vulnerable to temptation as any human but humans can guard against it.

If it was fish I certainly wouldn't trust my cat an inch as he's a total fishaholic and I've seen him sitting on top of the microwave reaching down, trying to get in and watching the fish rotate and almost falling off too. Then he sits up all prim and proper with that "it wasn't me, it must have been another cat" look and I just fall about laughing.

craftycrafter

Bobby_C wrote: »

Well I'd just trim off the bits the cat licked and eat the rst of the lamb The flip side of this is humans eating pet food - is it harmful? I knew a man who would eat tinned dog food topped with evaporated milk. He did it for years but I think it may have lead to his premature death. One day he was sitting in the middle of the road lickiing his botty when a bus ran over him:rotfl:

When I got to the word "botty" I laughed so hard my husband came downstairs to find out why I was having hysterics!

Ebenezer_Screwj

Don't throw the whole joint away, just cut off and throw away the part that the cat licked. If your other half still won't eat it, keep what's left and turn it into a curry later on in the week. Not the cat of course, just ban him from the kitchen in future.

sleepy7091

The lamb joint should be thrown away in the interest of health and hygiene.
As far as the lamb joint and £20 lost is concerned....the best thing to do is to cook and eat the cat instead.You will also CLAW
back the £20 by not having to buy any more cat food.:A
Sorry Martin,I'm not trying to do you out of a job here.:D

pineapple

No telling where the cat has been before or how much it has had a go at. Get rid of the joint then get rid of the cat.
Cats are a waste of space. Next doors garden and the small animals and birds in the neighbourhood will thank you for it. :beer:

Littykittycat

You should have served up the cats portion more quickly, he had obviously been waiting for it. When you left it to cool he must have thought it was all for him and was showing initiative by serving himself! I would just cut off the bit he licked & give it to him then serve the rest, being very clean cats are unlikely to have given you any germs.

My hubby is quite sqeamish, when I found a tiny insect in my salad at a pub, he wouldn't eat his own so now I don't tell him as ignorance is bliss. (Not that I leave anything out for my cats that they shouldn't have, they eat better than we do anyway!!!)

tallgirld

Cheeky cat!!

No I would not eat it. Just tell yourself that it was an early christmas present for the cat and then you will not feel so bad :-)