Reply #39: Cats are carnivores, but some of them also like some other stuff. [View All]

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Many years ago I had a Tonkinese who had to have a couple of ounces of tomato juice every morning with my (then) husband, and who also loved apple, though it had to be slightly chewed into chunks for him. Whenever I tried to eat an apple, Sammy would climb all over me and yowl until I chewed some up and hand fed it to him. I never got to eat more than half of an apple. He demanded the rest. He also liked spaghetti--but only with tomato sauce.

My 5-year-old Paris likes to have 3 pieces of popcorn when I have mine. I eat the Orville Redenbacher Light Natural microwave stuff, and that is the only kind she likes.

My old Gabby used to insist that my son share his stir fried vegetables with her, and she also liked saltines--and so does Paris. Paris likes tortilla chips, too. I don't give her much, but she demands three bites. That's all she wants--but she really wants it.

I don't try to get my cats to eat that stuff. I don't offer it to them. They get Science Diet dry cat food, and the three of them share one little can of Fancy Feast moist food as a treat. But almost every cat I have ever had (though not my other current 5-year-old, Tango) has demanded some weird thing as a treat. Sammy with his apples and tomato juice and spaghetti with tomato sauce; Gabby with her stir-fried veggies, Paris with her popcorn, saltines, and tortilla chips. Even the cats I had as a girl had some weird foods they wanted.