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Grex > Pets > #21: Weird Pet Eating Habits |  |
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anderyn
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Weird Pet Eating Habits
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Aug 1 22:30 UTC 1997 |
Well, I don't know if I mentioned this, but I got a new kitten last
month. This is my first cat as an adult (I haven't had a cat in over
twenty years, in fact!) and I'm noticing all sorts of things I never
noticed as a kid. What I'm most interested in is how many things she
tries to eat -- she has snitched caramel creams, zucchini slices, and
banana bread. So, what kinds of weird things have your pets (particularly
cats) eaten? Is there anything (besides chocolate and houseplants and
chicken bones) that I should be particularly careful about not letting
her have? I'm sure that we could have a fine time recounting weird
pet eating habits.
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anderyn
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response 1 of 84:
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Aug 1 22:31 UTC 1997 |
Oh, just to get the ball rolling, I had a dog who ate peeled and seeded
grapes. ONLY peeled and seeded grapes.
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scott
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response 2 of 84:
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Aug 1 23:13 UTC 1997 |
One of my two cats likes to lick apple cores.
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senna
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response 3 of 84:
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Aug 1 23:23 UTC 1997 |
For a while one of our cats had a penchant for bread. All three of them are
instantly magnetized to the kitchen when they hear a can opener (on the
premise that its tuna, even though it usually isn't). Our old cat likes to
stick her paw into near-empty glasses to glean some milk. it's rather
amusing.
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scg
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response 4 of 84:
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Aug 2 00:18 UTC 1997 |
I don't eat pets, and therefore have no weird pet eating habits.
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snowth
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response 5 of 84:
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Aug 2 01:33 UTC 1997 |
Our neighbor's dog likes to eat ants. It's a pain in the butt when I walk him,
'cause he's also pretty strong.
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bjorn
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response 6 of 84:
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Aug 2 03:29 UTC 1997 |
Well, my cat *thinks* he's a dog, and conversely, the dogs like to pretend
they're cats.
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remmers
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response 7 of 84:
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Aug 2 03:36 UTC 1997 |
Our cat Sidney likes bagels. Actually, "likes" is an
understatement. If he spots me eating a bagel, he'll come up to
me and poke my arm repeatedly with his paw until I tear off some
scraps and offer them to him.
Sidney also likes watermelon.
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e4808mc
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response 8 of 84:
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Aug 2 03:46 UTC 1997 |
BTW there is a a WHOLE CONFERENCE on pets, did you know that? Would the fw
like to link this?
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omni
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response 9 of 84:
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Aug 2 04:29 UTC 1997 |
Where shall I begin?
I don't have any pets now, but I had several in my childhood/teenage yrs.
Duke-
He ate just about anything. Cats were his favorite. Any stray cat stupid
enough to shortcut through his domain was on fair and even footing. When he
was out with my dad and I, he would bark loudly until he got his own french
fries, plus part of my dad's and my sister's.
Rusty, my first dog used to eat my mom's $25 roses that she just bought.
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toking
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response 10 of 84:
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Aug 2 04:39 UTC 1997 |
my girlfriends old dog <before it got squished> would eat ciggarette butts
that were dropped too close to him <burning or not>
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void
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response 11 of 84:
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Aug 2 06:26 UTC 1997 |
i've known many cats who liked to eat rubber bands, which is a *bad
thing*.
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moonowl
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response 12 of 84:
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Aug 2 07:11 UTC 1997 |
Sometimes, our cat, Mad Max, will eat one of my wife's hairs, which is long,
really long and Max is small, really small, so when the one end of the hair
comes out the other end, the rest of the hair is still winding it's way
through the intestinal tract. So now we have a deranged cat running away from
something that it can't get away from (that which is stuck to the hair).
Sooooo this cat runs around as if chased by Hell's Hounds until we grab 'em
and clip the hair.....
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toking
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response 13 of 84:
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Aug 2 07:15 UTC 1997 |
ohh as if that didnt just sound like one of those jobs you'd get stuck
with while serving your sentence in hell:
"JOE...COME IT IS TIME ONCE AGAIN TO TRIM THE CATS "EXTRA" HAIR!!!"
no no no no no no no no no no on on
sorry, that was just the strangest picture ever to pop into my head
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lemo
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response 14 of 84:
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Aug 2 11:10 UTC 1997 |
Had a cat that would try to attack you if you had any Spanish Olives.
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valerie
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response 15 of 84:
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Aug 2 13:34 UTC 1997 |
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richard
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response 16 of 84:
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Aug 2 14:57 UTC 1997 |
My brother-in-law's dog (a blacklab mix) has bizzarre tastes...He likes
to eat feces. He will eat his own crap and the crap of other dogs,
and especially loves togo camping or fishing where he might get to
eat human crap. This habit is not encouraged of course but if you turn
your back and the dog runs off, its a good bet he's looking for some
decent crap to eat. He's a healthy dog too...going on eleven years old
and neverbeen sick....
This is a good item to mention that grex has a "Pets" conf btw...type
"join pets" for more discussion about pets.
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groady
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response 17 of 84:
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Aug 2 15:20 UTC 1997 |
I have a cat names Wylie who has to get a drink out of the kitchen faucet
every morning or else he will meow VERY loud until he gets it...And if
anyone's eating donuts, you have to give him a piece too or you'll never hear
the end of it...
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dang
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response 18 of 84:
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Aug 2 17:16 UTC 1997 |
(BTW, don't give your kitten cow's milk until it's grown up (usually old
enough to be spayed/nutered is old enough) because a young cat's digestive
track isn't up to it.)
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qt314
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response 19 of 84:
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Aug 3 00:00 UTC 1997 |
Bailey, my kitten (yeah, I know he is 9 months old, but...he's still my baby),
believes that he LOVES banana. He may very well like it a whole bunch,
but....as the person that has to clean out the litter box...*I* do not like
it.
Bailey also loves pizza sauce, or any tomato sauce, icecream, american cheese,
beef fry (like bacon), yogurt, milk,....and LOVES and will almost kill for
Egg Nog. (well,...what do you expect, I got him in winter right after New
Years)
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anderyn
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response 20 of 84:
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Aug 3 02:23 UTC 1997 |
Found out today that Mittens likes olives (black) and mac'n'cheese. :-)
Looks like she's into trying anything she can persuade us to give her.
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valerie
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response 21 of 84:
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Aug 3 23:37 UTC 1997 |
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danr
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response 22 of 84:
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Aug 4 15:56 UTC 1997 |
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danr
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response 23 of 84:
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Aug 4 15:57 UTC 1997 |
Tonchi, my calico cat, likes peanuts. Whenever, I get out the bag of
peanuts and begin cracking them open, she'll come and sit by me
until I give her one or two.
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tao
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response 24 of 84:
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Aug 4 18:04 UTC 1997 |
My cat likes ice cream, but only if I dip some onto my fingertip.
I tried giving her a spoonful in a dish of her own, but she wouldn't
go for it. I think it's too cold and too hard for her to manage
if in larger quantities than a fingertip-dip.
She also likes popcorn, but is happier if I remove the hull from
the popped kernel.
Neither of these things, of course, are given to her frequently
or in quantity.
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