Conference misery::feline_v1

272.0. "Garfield isn't kidding..." by GALACH::CONLON (CSC - Colorado Springs) Sat Jul 05 1986 14:27

    
         My son and I have two cats (Woof, 9 year old male and Tweetie,
      6 year old female) -- indoor kitties.  We have had a habit for
      years of occasionally sharing little bits of our dinner with
      them (after their normal meals.)  Just little treats...like tiny
      bits of meat (steak, chicken or turkey, NO BONES, of course) --
      and they've always liked dairy products (milk, ice cream, yogurt
      and cheese.)  We don't get crazy and set places for them at the
      table -- we just "share" with them sometimes (nothing excessive.)
    
         Over the years, I've found that Woofie will eat almost ANYTHING
      if given the chance!  His idol must be Garfield (cuz he is definite-
      ly a Lasagna freak!)  He also likes spaghetti, french fries, potato
      chips and pizza!  (He ADORES pepperoni, but it makes him thirsty)
      -- he also likes pizza crust (tries to steal it off our plates
      when we turn our backs...)
    
         Of course, we're careful not to let him have much of this --
      he is a F.U.S. kitty who SURVIVED it and has not had a reoccurance
      for 4 years now (thank God!)  But we just thought it was strange
      for a kitty to like food like this!
    
         By the way, out of curiosity, we offered Tweetie a french fry
      once.  She smelled it and then looked at us like we had our clothes
      on backwards (and seemed to walk away shaking her head, "Who ARE
      these people??")  (Of course, Woofie ran over and gobbled the
      french fry in a split second!)
    
         Does anybody else have kitties with strange tastebuds?
    
    
                                                         Suzanne...                                                      

    Note #190 has some interesting cat-appetite stories!
    
    	/Harry

    
       re: .1
    
          Thanks for pointing that note out to me!!  I'm new to
       Notes and have been "catching up" on 10 or 15 conferences
       (that's a lot of NOTES!!)  But I missed that one on
       kitty appetites!
    
           I didn't realize that so many kitties like French fries
       (especially McDonald french fries!!)  I wonder why they
       haven't picked up on that and put it in their ads (something
       on the order of "your kitty deserves a break today" maybe --
       or "discriminating kitties eat at McDonald's"...??)  This
       could be a major factor in the Junk Food Wars (between Burger
       King, McDonald's and Wendy's.)  I don't know -- I think I'D
       be influenced!!  :-)
    
                                                     Thanks again!!
                                                        Suzanne...

One reason for cats liking McDonald's fries is because they are (I believe)
fried in BEEF TALLOW.
							.wIx.