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What strange things do your pets like or dislike?

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  • My little cat loves carrier bags as well! She also loves hairbands (which she steals from my dresser regularly) and the sound of whistling (although she can't work out where it's coming from, she gets very excited!) :rotfl:She also likes taking part in phone calls, getting right up close to the speaker and purring!! She sleeps on a bean bag which she squashes right down on one side - she doesn't like it if it's straightened up...

    My other cat loves rolling on towels and the bath mat, l can't keep him out of the bathroom! He also sleeps on fresh washing when possible!

    Both are partial to feet and shoes and like to inspect these whenever we have visitors...
  • Badger_Lady
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    My old cat loves cake, tofu and anything strongly-flavoured (ginger, almond, chilli...).

    I only found out one day when I baked a treacle sponge pudding and then took a nap while it cooled on the side. I woke up to find one very sticky cat who was then very poorly all over my cream carpet.

    For sitting, it's towels all the way. Very handy - I just put a hand towel over a chair or an end of the sofa and he spends all his time sitting on it - so easy to clean!
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  • missmontana
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    HannahIOW wrote: »
    Are your Tesco bags blue?? Or is that a trick of the light?

    They're blue, Its what they put your "alternative" items in with the home shopping.
    MessyMare wrote: »
    Roger loves the noise of the breadbag being opened, never seen him move so fast. He hates parked cars. He's butted me off the pavement before trying to get as far away as possible from them.

    Is Roger your dog or your husband?! lol :D
    Be who you are, say what you feel, those who mind don't matter, those who matter don't mind.
    They say that talking to yourself is a sign of mental illness. So I talk to the cats instead.
  • Apart from the usual plastic bags and inch of sunshine anywhere! Alicat loves a single sock, which she will carry with her everywhere, its only one specific sock, which is her baby really, she will search through the washing basket for it if I wash it!!! Hates, Hates, Hates the vacumn cleaner and also the cupboard under the stairs - she will not go anywhere near it!
  • kjmtidea
    kjmtidea Posts: 1,372 Forumite
    My dog likes empty coke bottles, the small ones. He will sit and wait for me to finish drinking it and then he can have it.
    One of my cats loves to dig the curry container out of the bin after a takeaway to lick clean, we have madras as well so not exactly mild!

    My dog also loves the insoles to my boyfriends boots, he pulls them out and sucks them clean :eek:.
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  • meritaten
    meritaten Posts: 24,158 Forumite
    Lord - where to start (or finish) with all my passed on pets.

    Anni (staffie) - loved babies, kids, cucumber and cheese. hated - being left out of anything, even firework parties, there she would be, with the kids and huge grin on her face!
    Timmy (black and white moggy) loved Sultanas, sweetcorn, frozen fish (not cooked, or even defrosted) and having his tummy rubbed. Hated - dogs and other cats entering HIS home.
    Meg (b/w Springer Spaniel) loved - anything remotely edible, gardening with my houseplants, eating, digging massive holes in the beach, eating, er did I mention food? any food? - Hated, being groomed, being told off and not having any thing on hand to chew/eat.
    Nicki (ginger moggy) loved - chow mien out of the foil container, Incense sticks (frankinsense was his favourite, he would sit with his face in the smoke) and Reiki (but he thought he was better at it than me - and it was really funny watching him Reiki the sheepskin rug)! Hated - er, he was too nice (or lazy) to hate anything!
  • Dizzy_Ditzy
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    mu puddy likes

    cold tea
    cheese
    yogurts
    beef monster munch packets and flaming hot- but they have to be empty
    gravy
    curry sauce (a one off!)

    she has brought in bird seed balls before

    the loves ping pong balls, rolled up foily chocolate wrappers (like club bars)

    And you darent leave a glove hanging out of your bag., She will steal it.

    When i come back from the supermarket she is hanging around by the fridge looking for what she can have. And then she will have the bag
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  • cullet
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    My Miniature Schnauzer cannot tolerate farts,fireworks-no problem she is'nt at all bothered,but if anyone breaks wind within her earshot she will sit bolt upright (even from the deepest sleep !) a stare in contempt at the offender !
  • antw23uk
    antw23uk Posts: 510 Forumite
    Charlie my British blue loves muller lights, especially the cherry ones and boy does he snore and Ollie my black and white boy always brings home hats, scarfs and gloves ... normally the ones that look like they have been buried for a few months! :o

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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    My weird cats love citrus. after zesting them in particular, when they smell great, they come and try to nick them. finding a cat licking a zested orange or lemon is a bizarre thing. One of them adores melon and pasta, crisps and poppadoms. (she starts wailing with greed and demands if we have an Indian takeaway) . Oh and marchmallows. I'd like to point out we do not feed our cats these things, they are things we have learnt to be careful over leaving where they can be won over by temptation and steal. Both of them steal the dogs' treats. One of them loves men's hair, and if a man who she likes comes in she bats them until they bend over or sit down so she can sniff their hair, and if its not to her satisfaction, give it a quick restyle. the other, like the cat Peaches abiove, likes carrier bags, but likes to hook her head through the handle so its around her neck then walk around with it like a superhero cape. This terrifies me.

    They hate me raising my voice or singing (very awkward) and bite me if I shout, then, bite whoever they think is making me shout.

    One of my horses goes into raptures over pears, she closes her eyes, sticks her head down and lets the juice dribble over her chin: its like an equine version of the flake advert.

    One of my dogs is crazy about plums. I have to keep her away from the plum trees in late summer as she'll gorge on them. They both like apples, but less than the one likes plums/gages. I think the dogs are the most normal :)
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