Cats eatign weird things....

4nnabella

tankgirl1 wrote: »

Just out of interest - these cats with wierd plastic bag fetishes - are they indoor cats?

Only I was told once by a vet behaviourist that wierdy, one of the things indoor cats do, is lick plastic bags!

Got proved right too! I had a cat who, during her time with me went though stages of being an indoor cat - loved plastic bags, licked them etc, and then an outdoor cat - didn't even turn a whisker at a placcy bag!

Strange creatures are cats! Gotta love em though!

Mine both go out, but Mollie has always loved plastic bags! She uses them as a tactic to get us out of bed in the morning to feed her She has worked out that if she sits in the bedroom, licking and pawing at a plastic bag, either hubby or I will at some point get up to move said plastic bag and then more than likely go downstairs and put food down. We now take great care in ensuring that there are no plastic bags in the bedroom where she can get at them! Sometimes if I've been clothes shopping and leave a bag on the floor, we get woken up at 6am with the telltale rustling...

tankgirl1

pigpen wrote: »

One of mine once when very small got the handle of a carrier bag caught around his neck and it scared him so he ran away from it, as he ran away it filled with air and scared him more so he ran faster and was doing wall of death around my living room with a carrier bag parachute.. it took a good few attempts to rescue him.

My Peaches loves sitting in them.. but she is just weird

LOL at the wall of death! I've seen it a fair few times at work - thankfully never with a placcy bag in tow!
Well done you for rescuing/catching him!

tizerbelle

clur84 wrote: »

my 5 month old kitten Oreo loves weird things too, Her Favorites are baked bean juice

That reminded me - how could I forget Demon Cat's love of tomato soup! If I leave the bowl (full or not) to answer phone/door, he's in there like flynn, slurping away and comes out covered in it! He is not averse to attempting to get his head in the bowl while I'm eating it either.

tizerbelle

4nnabella wrote: »

Mine both go out, but Mollie has always loved plastic bags! She uses them as a tactic to get us out of bed in the morning to feed her

Demon cat does that - will chomp on plastic (bags / wrap off cig packs etc) when he is insistent it's nom-nom time. My own fault really, as a kitten he tested plastic and I would panic, remove it from him and feed him - little did I realise the monster I was creating - so 11 years later he's still using this trick on me - although most of the time now, plastic is removed (he doesn't actually eat it - just chomps /crackles it) and no nom-nom reward. He's an outdoor cat as well.

olias

Freddie_Snowbits wrote: »

And through the square window, I saw our Monty eat the mushrooms in the korma tonight.:beer::beer::beer::beer:

Once had a cat who ate blanched broccoli

So let me get this right. I submit a post warning/reminding people that some foods are poisonous or at the very least unsuitable for cats, and you post a 'jokey' post in return alluding to playschool, the implication of your post being, don't be so childish (playschool), my cats ate those things and are ok, so don't be so stupid!

Well done, a responsible and sensible post. Be proud of yourself.

Olias

gettingready

Olias - I had a look at the link you have posted.

Nobody here is feeding cats anything unsuitable, on purpose and/or in large quantities.

At the same time, nobody has an eye on their pets (cats or otherwise) 24/7 and cats WILL grab things that are not meant for them.

Some of the items from the link you sent made me laugh though to be honest.

Cats "back home" were /are given milk and scraps all their lives and live long, healthy lives. Same with fish and raw meat.

I do nto give my cats milk but they do get fish (ncluding canned tuna) and raw meat ocasionally.

My take on this is that some people here are wy overprotective and histerical to some extend about the "welfare" of animals, often forgetting where those animals came from...

And the list uses "ma" and "in large quantities".

So... lighten up a bit here - it was good to see the list but....

I do not feed my cats/dog marijuana, tobacco or alcohol

Buttonmoons

Ooooh my other cat will chew on plastic bags, usually if you have been ignoring her chuntering for new fresh wet food please and not in a disgusting flavour. But she sits and STARES at you as she is doing it, it's like she just knows it will get me up and into the kitchen.

Freddie_Snowbits

olias wrote: »

So let me get this right. I submit a post warning/reminding people that some foods are poisonous or at the very least unsuitable for cats, and you post a 'jokey' post in return alluding to playschool, the implication of your post being, don't be so childish (playschool), my cats ate those things and are ok, so don't be so stupid! Oh forgot, I do not feed him milk, but if the jug is not closely guarded, that goes as well.

Well done, a responsible and sensible post. Be proud of yourself.

Olias

Yes, and my cat eats mushroom! He also eats the tinned tomato, fried bread left overs as well. If I put it in the bin, he gets in that. He also eats carrots, but absolutely hates peas, even in his dried food, he can spit them out with such venom, if he hits you, it will sting. My sister is so besotted by him, she crazes to hand feed him cheese as well. He drinks from the toilet and can climb straight up into the bathroom sink as well.

Sorry for bloody mentioning it and in future I will feed him them churned up pouches.

Oh and the link site you gave is some how not afraid to list these foods as some sort of advice service or is it to sell Dr Fosters Animal Food. I fear tris the latter.

olias

Ok, so firstly, the link was just to a random site. I googled and it was one of the first ones that came up. I was not advocationg that particular site, or indeed that that was a correct or difinitive list, merely pointing out that some foods you would not expect, are indeed toxic to cats (as are some to dogs), for example did you know that as little as half a dozen raisins can be enough to kill a dog through kidney failure? The fact that people may have fed things to their animals previously with no apparent ill effects could be for any of a number of reasons - the amount wasn't enough or often enough to cause a problem, the animal had a healthier metabolic system, or you were just lucky!

I do not need to 'lighten up', I have animals - dogs, cats, ferrets, horses and they get fed (or steal!) allsorts. I was merely offering a helpful reminder from one animal lover to another, to check that what your animals are eating is not dangerous, but in the words of Freddys-own-bits,

'Sorry for bloody mentioning it'

Olias

Freddie_Snowbits

olias wrote: »

'Sorry for bloody mentioning it'

Olias

OK, we do not have animals, but houseowning bleeding pets! Mine, just is that insperable from his coushin at times (MY T-SHIRT) that a thunderclap would not budge him.

As for his eating ...

Oh, and if you leave him for a while, our neighboour looks after him, but if your cat is fussy or grisly when you get back, next time do as Freddie does and leave him one of your tops or old t-shirts you have worn, worked wonders for our wonderpuss