What one food drives your pet nuts? You would think with a cat, bacon or cheese would be

[applegrove]

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the things that make her go gaga. But no, it was a blueberry muffin tonight. I thought if I let Twilight get up on the table close to it she would smell it and think twice. Getting close just made her more nuts for it. I seem to recall it happening before. very strange cat.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. believe it or not, apples. If they hear me cutting one, they run downstairs...and sit and drool

until they get the core!

[liberal N proud]

2. Ketchup

Put a little dab of ketchup out, the dog can't leave it alone, but can't hardly lick it up.

She will lick at it, back away and then come back again until it is gone.

[RebelOne]

3. Anything that I am eating.

Doesn't matter what it is.

[Lasher]

44. I was going to say my cat especially loves shrimp.

But yours is a better answer. It's true of the cat and both the dogs.

[MuseRider]

4. One of my cats loves green beans.

He plays with them and if the dogs don't get them he keeps them together as his toys. Whenever I am cutting up stuff to take out to the goats he comes and reaches up on the counter until I give him one. He will occasionally eat one but mostly he plays with them.

[SharonAnn]

16. One of mine loved canteloupe, strawberries, and peaches.

A bowl of prepared strawberries, sliced with a little sugar, was heaven to her. The smae with sliced peaches. She would mostly drink the juice and only nibble on the fruit.

We would give her the rind of a cantaloupe after we'd eaten most of it and she would lick it until it was almost transparent.

[geardaddy]

25. I had a cat like that too.

She loved cantaloupe and strawberries.

[rug]

5. Cat bacon?

Shame on you!

[applegrove]

7. LOL!

[WolverineDG]

6. I once had a cat that went BSC over canteloupe rinds

I couldn't believe it. She would actually EAT them.

another cat loved "whatchamacallit" candy bars.

[SharonAnn]

17. I had one of those! She licked them til they were transparent!

[GoCubsGo]

20. I have one of those.

She loves cantaloupe and honeydew melons. She would probably chew on the rinds if I let her. She will also lick the juice from the seeds when I scoop them out whenever she can get a hold of some.

[hlthe2b]

8. Peanut butter, hard cheese, and ice cream...

All words that my mixed Aussie girlie knows very very well, so well that we whisper them--LOL

If she is really mad at me for planning to leave her for the day, I will sometimes give her a "spent" 16 ounce plasic jar of (natural, unsweetened) peanut butter to try and lick out. That will keep her occupied for at least an hour--allowing me to make my exit. She can't get down to the bottom, of course, but she surely does clean the "walls" quite thoroughly.

[emilyg]

9. Pimento cheese.

[rurallib]

10. two cats that would kill for ham

and I do mean kill.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Make that three cats.

My big orange and white guy, Milo, would do anything to get ham. He has been known to snatch a ham sandwich right out of my hands and run off with it. I can't safely eat ham in his presence.

[grasswire]

12. oh gee

Miss Figgy -- donuts

Chester -- cheesy popcorn or potato chips

Keiko -- watermelon juice, strawberry yogurt, mashed avocado

Zelda -- warm milk (such a cliche)

and the border collie? CHEESE

[marzipanni]

13. Sally, border collie-heeler, has her schedule

Before breakfast, she positions herself by her bowl as I pour my first 1/2 mug of coffee. Her eyes glint and ears cock forward as I reach for the fridge door handle. I add milk to my coffee, then her bowl.

"Ah, Yes! MILK!!!"

Repeat for second 1/2 mug.
Bedtime, Sally goes out to the back yard, comes in and stands by her bowl for her milk nightcap.

[HopeHoops]

14. BBQ Fritos

[wysimdnwyg]

15. "Cheweys"

Well, that's our name for them. They're basically fake rawhide strips (supposed to be healthier for her). Dusty gets very excited and starts drooling profusely when I say the word.

[mikeytherat]

18. With our dear, departed cat Hannah, it was vanilla.

Anything with vanilla, especially vanilla ice cram, she could sense as soon as it came through the door, and she wanted it!

mikey_the_rat

[Bertha Venation]

19. Tuna.

They come running everytime they hear the can opener rattling, no matter what I'm opening.

They stand around my feet, mewing in hope and waiting for me to put down a couple of dishes.

[GoCubsGo]

21. Mine only comes running for tuna.

I don't know how the hell she knows I'm pulling a can of tuna (or salmon) from the pantry, as opposed to a can of anything else. But, she does. And, she can tell from this the other side of the house.

Hey, Bertha! Haven't seen you here in a while. Glad to see you back here!

[Bertha Venation]

23. Thanks, Cubs.

I've missed everyone.

[distantearlywarning]

22. I have a cat that really digs tortilla chips.

He comes running from anywhere in the house if he hears/smells a bag being opened. To his credit, he is a very polite beggar and just sits quietly and looks appealing until you give him a few chips. It's the only human food he's really interested in. I have no idea why.

The other cat doesn't like human food at all.

Cats are weird.

[geardaddy]

24. I had a cat that I brought back to MN from Taiwan

She used to go absolutely bonkers over dried cuttlefish.



It was like crack to her.

[Marrah_G]

29. ewwwwwwwwww

[geardaddy]

30. No, that stuff is delicious.

It's like fish jerk. Yum!

[Marrah_G]

31. It look horrid!

I'm not sure I could get past that enough to try it. Sort of like the salted fish a local supermarket here has started carrying. Freaky looking, especially here in New England where fresh fish is so accessible.

[marzipanni]

35. My son, when he was about 12, picked out two bags of dried cuttlefish

at the Asian grocery store. He ate about 1/4 of the total, and gave the rest to our dog Sally as snacks. She has liked any kind of fish I've offered.

[VenusRising]

26. My old cat Sebastian used to eat the craziest human foods.

He liked cheese, lettuce with salad dressing, beefaroni, any kind of tomato sauce, and went nuts over turkey.

The cat I have now LOVES ham. No ham is safe from his fuzzy butt.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

27. My Lucy Pretty Kitteh has to have her strawberry yogurt.

4 spoonfuls every morning.

[Marrah_G]

28. My cat likes mashed potatoes

If you try to share a piece of meat or cheese or fish with him, or get him some fancy canned or refrigerated cat food he looks at you like you are insane. Mashed potatoes though, he will eat right off a fork........

He's a very odd shelter cat. He is a true 'fraidy cat, even though he is a Norwegian Forest Cat and doesn't have a graceful bone in his body. He also "talks" alot.

I don't have any pictures of him at work but he is an absolute clone of this one:

[MadrasT]

32. Lettuce. Watermelon. Spaghetti sauce.

Some of my cats have favored very unusual foods.

[abbeyco]

33. Linus the cat is crazy for almonds; Kellie the dog loves apples

When I grab my bag to pop a few almonds every few days, Linus circles me, rubs and gets really verbal until I give him one. He then goes to his favorite eating spot and gnaws on it until he gets it small enough to eat.

Each morning when I cut up my apple, Kellie is right there to "help" me eat it - and she gets about 1/4 of an apple each day. She's also a fan of cucumbers and green peppers but the daily apple is definitely her thing.

I love my goofy pets - their antics make me love them even more!

[davsand]

34. Beef jerky.

He'll climb your leg if he doesn't get some. Odd thing about Chaucer, he's not much into "people food" (except for lox--which I'm not terribly surprised by...) because he's never been given much of it. We always had a rule that anything he got to eat was out of his food bowl--NO begging at the table--so as a result, he's always had excellent manners when we were at the dinner table. I was absolutely staggered a couple of months ago when my 10 year old cat went absolutely nuts when I opened a bag of beef jerky as a snack for me.







Laura

[csziggy]

36. My current cat, Tashi, goes nuts over canned cat food - but he really doesn't like it

He gets all worked up, dances around in circles, meows, and stands on his back legs. More often than not, he won't even eat the part spoonful we put down for him.

My previous kitty, Hilary, went nuts over potato chips. If she heard the sound of a potato chip bag, she's come running and pretty much insist on sharing. All the other cats thought she was crazy to like them.

One of my roommates' cats loved mushrooms, especially mushrooms cooked on pizza. The roommate's favorite pizza was Canadian bacon and mushrooms, so maybe that had something to do with it. You could not leave pizza unattended, even in the box. That cat would open the box and eat every mushroom off the pizza, but she never ate any of the Canadian bacon.

[madmom]

37. Sweets, my cat loves pastries, especially if they smell sweet. He has

tried to take things out of my mouth if they smell sweet.

[IcyPeas]

38. corn - on the cob

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[siligut]

40. Teddy, the porcupine loves his corn on the cob too

Love that little kitteh face eating the corn.

[IcyPeas]

43. so cute - and talking too

[siligut]

46. Had you seen it before? It went viral

But still just as entertaining the 3rd time, and here it is again . . . with Subtitles!

"I like your hat"

[IcyPeas]

48. No, I somehow missed it. it's adorable though. Now I want a pet porcupine.

[Major Nikon]

39. I had a dog that would go apeshit when you made popcorn

She loved popcorn more than anything else.

[kentauros]

41. Tofurky

It's like I'm opening a package of "Treats". Yes, my cat is weird, like me

[Tabasco_Dave]

42. My cat likes Cheetoes n/t

[Danmel]

45. my cat Buttons loved cold sesame noodles and yellow cake

But his absolute favorite was turkey. He would sit near the oven on Thanksgiving & meow. He was a great cat. I have 3 cats now, who eat only cat food. They have never been interested in peoplevfood.

[jakeXT]

47. My food, usually. /NT