Conference misery::feline_v1

    Believe me, Tabbatha fits into this catagory.  She will eat anything
    that doesn't eat her first.  I feed both Silver and Tabbatha at
    the same time every morning and they eat right next to each other.
    silver looks at hers, turns up her nose and looks at me as if to
    say, "Mom, don't you have anything better than this junk?"  and
    she walks away.  Meanwhile, Tabbatha looks at her and says, "Oh,
    you're not going to eat yours?  I'll eat it!" and proceds to eat
    both hers and Silver's.  
    
    When I am eating something in the living room, no matter what it
    it, Tabbatha has to try and have something.  She has gone as far
    as trying to take it out of my hands as I am putting it in my mouth.
    Here are some of the foods she loves.
    
    Any kind of fish (of course)
    chicken
    spare ribs
    chow mein
    tomato sauce
    cheese!!!!
    coke (she mainly likes to watch the bubbles)
    potato chips
   
    usually if I have a drink in the living room, I have got to make
    sure I keep it in my hand.  Otherwise, tabbatha gets up on the coffee
    table and and takes a drink out of it.  If it is all gone, I put
    the glass on the table and Tabbatha comes in and sticks her whole
    head down into the glass to see if there is any left.  Then she
    looks at me as if to say, "well, you could have saved me a little
    bit!"
    
    Holly, Tabby and silver
    

    
    
    Tasha Marie likes strange things too.  She likes vegtables (green
    beans, peas, potatoes.  She also likes pastry and cake!  I can't
    leave things wrapped up on the counter or she will get into them.
    She has gotten into lemon meringue pie, chocolate cake, and
    a blueberry turnover.
    
    
                                                 Donna
    
    

    Me too!!
    
    All cats - any meat
               any fish
               any cheese (Oliver especially likes cheese)
               cream
               butter 
               
    
    Oliver -   cheesy biscuits (eg Cheddars)
               ice cream
               lardy cake
               bread (only if it's stale and we've put it out for the
               birds)
               vegetarian pate
    
    Hector -   vegetarian pate
               pasta
    
    Pandora -  roast chestnuts
               shells of roast chestnuts (if not stopped)
               chestnut puree
               mayonnaise
               baked beans
               scrambled egg     
               caviare
               smoked salmon
    
    These are just a few things that spring to mind.
    
    Tullus, my ginger cat, used to like dates, chocolate, and avocado
    pears.	

    Aja likes pizza for breakfast (me too!), humus, stuffed grape leaves,
    sprouts (gotta kill 'em first!) and buffalo wings.
    
    Edd

I have found the following notes that deal with strange cat appetites:
79, 190, 273, 467, 491, 579, 746, 930, and 999.  I'd be more than happy
to apply some sort of keyword to these notes, but can't figure out what
to call it:  STRANGE_APPETITES, PIG_OUT, WEIRD_FOOD, etc.  Any suggestions
cheerfully considered.

My cat Daisy thinks she wants whatever I'm eating, but most times refuses it
when offered.  She will eat meat, fish, shellfish, nuts, and crackers on
occassion.  Shamus is a glutton and will eat most things.  However, the
strangest thing he likes is coffee.  At first I thought he was attracted
to all the sugar and cream I dose my coffee with.  But one day he went nuts
over the grounds left in the coffee grinder.  Since coffee isn't particularly
good for cats, I try to keep him away from it, but I have to fight him off
each morning as he plants himself between me and my coffee cup with his
rear end in my face (what a way to face the morning!).

Pam

    
    Well T.C. wants too join this club too!!!
    
    My little guy will eat anything that isn't nailed down.
    
    His Favorites:
    
    Any kind of fish
    Anything with tomato sauce
    Most veggies
    Ice Cream
    Cheese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Milk (of course)
    Most melons
    grapes
    ALL cookies
    Cheesecake
    hamburgers with cheddar cheese
    wheatsworth crackers
    fritos
    
    On and on.
    
    
    Donna, Rocco and T.C (Trash Can)
    

        

    Re. .6 -
         Loki loves it when my mother comes to visit, 'cause she drinks
    coffee every morning (Howie and I hate coffee).  Loki drinks just
    a little bit, then gets drunk (as he does when he gets into the
    catnip).  Of course, Loki gets drunk on catnip, coffee and, believe
    it or not, deodorant - he and Bigfoot like to stick their noses
    under my arms after I've just put on the deodorant and a shirt and
    sniff and sniff and sniff ... then proceed to roll around on the
    floor with glazed eyes!  Weird!

Re .8:

I guess Shamus and your cats have more in common than coffee - Shamus likes
to lick me under my arms after I've applied deodorant also!  Each morning
I put on my deodorant and then proceed to do my back exercises and Shamus
usually takes this to mean that he should groom me before I go to work.
He licks and bites my underarms, arms, legs, and any other appendage he
can get near.  He also likes to lick my ears, but I think it's because
he likes the hair mousse I use.

I think we have a few chemical junkies!

Pam

    Guess my guys are strange - they will turn their noses up
    at fish, and grab for french fries, pizza, tomato sauce,
    potatoes.  Of course, there is Pashenka who will eat
    anything even if it IS nailed down - he likes it best
    if it comes from the trash can!  He's doing better -
    I guess the three cutting board on top of the can
    could be working!  I don't have to pick him out from the
    bottom as often as I used to.
    
    E.T.

    Sweetie is such a Coffeemate (yes!) fiend, I think it is an addition.
    

    Asia and sit down and share tofu.  She likes the kind with the fruit
    in it...me too!
    
    Meow!

    My cat Buddy is just the opposite.  He will not eat anything but
    canned and dry cat food.   He turns his nose up to fish and meats
    and dairy products.  My other cat Shadow will eat just about anything
    that isn't dry cat food.
    
    I have previously owned cats that likes pickles and olives.  These
    cats would sit in your lap when you were eating pickles and olives
    and if you didn't give them some fast enough, they would slap it
    out of your hands.
    
    Sarah

    Lizzie likes my Toddy cake - this contains whiskey, honey and lemon.
    My husband feeds him bits of it when I'm not looking (or at least
    he thinks I'm not looking!)

    Lizzie also likes brazil nuts and, if he can get them, brazil nut
    shells.  He likes strawberry jam, cheese, and he loves microwave
    popcorn.  If we don't give him a fair share of the bag, he yowls.
    
    It's Lizzie's second birthday today, maybe I should have made him
    a Toddy birthday cake!
    
    My Mum's siamese cat eats teatowels and dishcloths. 
    
    April 
    

    Pushkin, my friend's Balinese, eats woollen blankets, jumpers, and
    gloves (yes, eats, not just sucks).
    
    Re: 14  Is Lizzie better?
    
    Helen.

    Forgot to say Tarot is also a would be alcoholic.
    
    ANYTHING with alcohol, and I mean anything, gets his undivided
    attention.  This can cause problems when we have guests, I have
    to ask them not to put glasses down on the floor.  Otherwise they
    may find that their drink has mysteriously disappeared.
    
    I hate to deprive him, but drunken moggies I will not tolerate (his
    singing is bad enough when he's sober!)
    
    Kate
    

    Maggie likes cheese soup; for preference, Wisconsin cheddar made
    with beer, but any sort will do.
    
    Milo likes popcorn, lettuce, potting soil, coffee beans, goose down, and
    Australian 3-minute-miracle hair conditioner. This week.
    
    Naturally they both adore pizza, since pizza was invented by cats...but
    I've covered that elsewhere in this file.
    
    
      Annie

    Like Aja, Honey loves humus and stuffed grape leaves, and really
    goes for kibbee (raw and baked).  Maybe Aja and Honey should go
    to Bishop's for dinner!
    
    Chauncey loves cold pizza (which is typical Sunday brunch at my house). 
    He also likes popcorn (which also must be killed first), but best
    of all, he loves turkey (probably cause he is one!).
    
    Mary

    A word from my vet...Table food of almost any kind is OK, as long
    as it doesn't amount to more than 10% of their diet.
    

    Aja typically begs me to take her to the El Morocco but she made
    such a scene doing the "Dance Of The 7 Veils" last time that the
    Aboody's are hesitant to let us return.... ;^)
    
    Edd (drooling_at_the_thought_of_baked_kibbe_and_baba_ganoosh)

    Well, I hate to admit this, but Billie *loves* Twinkies.  I know,
    I know--she wouldn't have ever known about them if I hadn't succumbed
    to buying a package of them last year.  Since she always likes to
    see what I'm eating (so she can decide whether or not it's worth
    begging for), I held a half a Twinkie out to her, saying to my fiance,
    "This'll fix her--she'll HATE this!"  Big surprise--she liked it
    so much she latched onto my hand and gobbled as much as she could
    before I stopped laughing and took it away!!  
    
    They say that cats take on the characteristics of their owners;
    looks like my cat could be a sugar junkie, too.  The other side
    of this story is that, months after the Twinkie episode, Billie
    developed a bad tooth (talk about GUILT), and had to have it removed.
    Of course, my fiance said, "It was that Twinkie!"
    
    To this day I have never dared to bring home anything like that
    and leave it out--I'd hate to wake up to my cat sprawled on the
    floor in a sugar coma!!
    
    Jane

    (Mmmmm - The El Morocco - my favorite restaurant...)
    
    Pepper loves vitamin E capsules and bee pollen tablets, both of
    which are good for her.  She's pretty fussy beyond meats, amore/fancy
    feast, and bonkers (a well-named cat treat).
    
    Poor Touey can't eat much more than Gerber baby meats as yet, although
    his little nose is starting to register all of the yummy kitchen
    smells around him.  (Anyone know where I can get a good deal on
    a good food-processor to puree some goodies for him?)
    
    Maureen  (Where can I get a humus pocket in Maynard?  Gonna be a
    long time 'til lunch today..........)

    Whenever I have anything that resembles tomato sauce, Schnitzel
    and I battle....She sits and watches me eat and tell her Mom will
    leave some for her, so be patient (not one of her virtues).  Well,
    when Schnitz figures I've had my share and the rest should be for
    her, she takes her paw and pushes my hand down and tries to stick
    her nose in my dish!  She is put on the floor (for the umpteenth
    time) and told, again, I'll save some.  Not good enough...so the
    "battle" continues for a bit, then I give in.
    
    Schnitzel also knows when a can of tuna is being opened.  I don't
    have an electric can opener, so it's not from the noise.  She can
    be out in the back field, I've barely opened the can and she's at
    the door.  Well she just falls all over herself 'cause she know
    Mom will drain off the liquid and also give her some of the tuna
    and tell her she's such a good girl.  After she finishes her treat
    I always get "tuna breath" kisses!
    
    P.
    

    
    What about MICE? Do any of your cats actually eat mice?  Yaddie
    carries them into an open area and bats them around until she gets
    bored ..... BUT, her brother Tiege, leaves nothin' but the little
    bones! Another thing I did not hear mentioned is YOGURT ! When I
    worked at the Riverdale Animal Hospital when i was younger I used
    to eat yogurt on my lunchbreak. I would leave little gobs of yogurt
    in all the healthy cats' cages...a quick way to warm up to the new
    borders...Yaddie is VERY persistent when there is yogurt (any flavor)
    being consumed in her presence... 

    where is the El Morracco?
    
    Deb

    W.W. eats the mice he brings home - except for one tiny piece about
    the size & shape of a kidney bean.
    
    
    W. also loves deli meats & anything with tomato sauce.  One day
    I made stuffed shells with a VERY spicy (hot) tomato sauce.  When
    I was done eating, I put the plate on the floor for W and he started
    to lick up the tomato sauce.  Within 3 minutes his eyes were watering
    as if he was crying, but he kept eating until that tomato sauce
    was gone.  What a sight !

    The "El" is at 100 Wall St., Worcester, MA., about 5 minutes from
    I-290, in the Grafton Hill area.
    
    Well worth the trip, from WHEREVER you are.
    
    Edd (My_kingdom_for_a_malfoof!"

    Merlin eats mice, but he's not very good at it.  I usually find
    about half of one.  He used to drop the hemi-corpses in bed, while
    was sleeping.
    
    What a thing to wake up to.... 
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    RE : 15
    
    Lizzie is fully recovered and you would find it hard to believe
    that only about seven weeks ago I thought he was going to die.
    The only difference between now and before his accident is that
    he sometimes sits in a very strange position with one leg stuck
    out straight in front of him.  It looks very funny and rather 
    sweet.  He is going out again now, but he doesn't go near the road
    anymore.
    
    As it was Lizzie's birthday yesterday, my Mum came around with her
    cat and she brought two fishcakes from the fish and chip shop for
    the two cats.  My Mum is crazy as well as me!  The fishcakes were
    supposed to represent birthday cakes, but we didn't put any candles
    in them!  The cats loved them.
    
    I've just remembered that Lizzie loves taramarsalata and I always
    give him the empty pot to lick.  He usually tries so hard to get
    the last drop of the bottom of the pot that he ends up with it stuck
    on his face.  He then walks backwards around the floor until the
    pot falls off, but he still goes back and does it again.  Once he
    finally gives up, he spends hours washing his face and licking his
    whiskers.  
    
    April

    
    
    	Okay, someone's going to ask this, so I might as well...
    
    	What is taramarsalata????
    
    	
    	Rosie likes yogurt, ice cream and Marie's italian dressing.
    	My mother cooks liver for her (yuck!) and Rosie reminds us every
    	night when it's time to give her some...Oh, she likes ricotta
    	cheese, too.
    

    yeah, Lizzie!!!!
    

    in re .26
    
    the thing the size and shape of a kidney bean is a kidney...
    that's how the bean got it's name! :-)
    
    Bonnie

    ALL RIGHT LIZZY!!!  That's WONDERFUL!!!!
    
    Holly
    

    I can best describe taramarsalata as cod's roe pate.  It is a 
    greek dish that is usually served with pitta bread and it is a
    pinky colour.  It sounds awful, but in fact is delicious - a 
    statement that Lizzie would agree with!  Perhaps you don't have
    it in the States?
    
    Lizzie says yippee too - he didn't think he was going to get better
    at first either.  He changed his mind when he was put on the bed
    between my husband and I and a terrific fuss made of him!

    April

Re:  < Note 1284.34 by RDGENG::APRIL >

>    statement that Lizzie would agree with!  Perhaps you don't have
>    it in the States?


We certainly do have it in the US, it is a fairly common appetizer
at Greek restaurants.  Some of us love it so much we have even found
local Greek grocery stores that sell the roe so we can make our own!
As I recall, it is basically roe, bread (white bread is the thickener)
and olive oil -- and it's wonderful, I agree with Lizzie.



Jan  who_added_cat_#7_this_weekend