Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 67

RWood · 10-26-2008, 08:29 PM

Our last rabbit (Louise) loved Basil. Anytime I brought it in the house she would go crazy until I gave her some. She also liked garlic; but, her true passion was Basil.

RickyMaveety · 10-26-2008, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Ricky, do any of your cats 'suckle'? Mine was a stray, found him when he was 1 1/2 lbs, wandering. Pretty sure mom was feral. He growls at strangers. Seriously growls. We humanized him by holding him a LOT, and now when he's in a cuddly mood, likes to just curl up and 'suckle' t-shirts. He used to like to nuzzle the neck area, but that got irritating. I figure he's just got separated from mama to soon.........

I have had cats who were big on suckling. One of my little girls (who had leukemia .... she died young) used to clamp on to my neck at night (where I had a large mole) and would suck on it like mad. I really hurt the next day, so I eventually had it cut off.

I've got cats who have some serious people food addictions. Jonathan (Jon-Jon) is nuts about vanilla ice cream. The kitty in my avatar looks exactly like Jon-Jon. Morgan will do anything for lasagna. She also loves peanuts. One of my sister's cats (now gone) was insane for cabbage. Raw cabbage.

I probably mentioned this somewhere, sometime, but Kevin learned not only to open the cabinets, but to get out a can of Fancy Feast and open up the pop top. I had to put locks on the cabinets.

Cats continue to amaze me. They are remarkable creatures ... loving, loyal, and smart.

Patricia · 10-26-2008, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

I have had cats who were big on suckling.

One of my daughter's cats insists in sucking her ear at every available opportunity. She was a rescued animal, abandoned on a mountainside when a very small kitten. We fed her with a syringe filled with kitten milk formula. Fortunately, it is only my daughter's ears that she is fixated on, so I can visit with mine intact.

RickyMaveety · 10-26-2008, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

One of my daughter's cats insists in sucking her ear at every available opportunity. She was a rescued animal, abandoned on a mountainside when a very small kitten. We fed her with a syringe filled with kitten milk formula. Fortunately, it is only my daughter's ears that she is fixated on, so I can visit with mine intact.

So, your daughter walks around with permanent ear hickeys??

Patricia · 10-26-2008, 09:02 PM

Not quite, Ricky. But every time she sits down when her ginger cat is in, then she latches onto the nearest ear.

nekokami · 10-27-2008, 11:45 AM

I've known cats who wanted to suckle. They were usually satisfied with a bit of my t-shirt. (Ears! Ouch!) One of my cats currently has quite a fondness for pastry, especially if it has custard in it (e.g. chocolate eclairs). Another of my cats wanted whatever I was eating-- it didn't matter much what it was, he'd still try to eat it if I let him. Including oranges-- I've known very few cats who liked citrus at all.

I think all my cats have liked garlic. When we had indoor/outdoor cats, we had a very difficult time growing garlic, because the cats would chew on it and flop down and roll on it.

What I'm doing right now (besides reminiscing about cats)... moping because I wasn't in Paris for the meetup.

And trying to avoid work.

GeoffC · 10-27-2008, 12:07 PM

who mentioned chocolate eclairs - yummy yum yum ...

zelda_pinwheel · 10-27-2008, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

I've known cats who wanted to suckle. They were usually satisfied with a bit of my t-shirt. (Ears! Ouch!) One of my cats currently has quite a fondness for pastry, especially if it has custard in it (e.g. chocolate eclairs). Another of my cats wanted whatever I was eating-- it didn't matter much what it was, he'd still try to eat it if I let him. Including oranges-- I've known very few cats who liked citrus at all.

hee ! my cat hates citrus so much that she'd really like to tear it to shreds, the problem is she doesn't actually want to touch it, so when she is confronted by orange peels or something she crinkles up her eyes in the expression that means "nasty stinky !" and with her front paw she makes smacking motions... in the air, about 15cm above the offending citrus.

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I think all my cats have liked garlic. When we had indoor/outdoor cats, we had a very difficult time growing garlic, because the cats would chew on it and flop down and roll on it.

one of my cats can't be trusted around bread (bizarrely... i discovered this when i foolishly left some on the table and came home to find it shredded all over the living room floor) and they both like salad, but i've not noticed a special attraction to garlic.

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What I'm doing right now (besides reminiscing about cats)... moping because I wasn't in Paris for the meetup.

And trying to avoid work.

aw. we wish you had been there too ! hopefully you can come for the next one (we're already excited for Paris Meetup III : Son of Meetup).

nekokami · 10-27-2008, 12:15 PM

I've known several cats who like bread, and one who had a passion for popcorn.

Patricia · 10-27-2008, 05:51 PM

I had a cat who adored cheese. When he got old and his liver began to fail, this was a rather convenient food, because I could insert his pills into a pellet of cheese and he'd eat it avidly.

DMcCunney · 10-27-2008, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

I've known several cats who like bread, and one who had a passion for popcorn.

My experience has been that female cats like carbohydrates, but males normally don't.
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Dennis

DMcCunney · 10-27-2008, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

I had a cat who adored cheese. When he got old and his liver began to fail, this was a rather convenient food, because I could insert his pills into a pellet of cheese and he'd eat it avidly.

I don't think I've met a cat who didn't like cheese. It is, after all, dairy.
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Dennis

zelda_pinwheel · 10-27-2008, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DMcCunney

I don't think I've met a cat who didn't like cheese. It is, after all, dairy.
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Dennis

my cat who likes bread doesn't love cheese. she can take it or leave it, and mostly she leaves it.

the other cat, the one who fights orange peels from a safe distance, loves blood-orange flavoured yoghurt.

nekokami · 10-27-2008, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DMcCunney

My experience has been that female cats like carbohydrates, but males normally don't.

This was a (formerly) male cat. My cat Raven, who used to be able to nonchalantly walk through a room and snag a muffin off a low table to eat elsewhere (before he inexplicably developed a conscience), was also male. Most of my cats have been female, however, so I don't have a huge sample size to consider.

I think all my cats have been glad to get cheese when they can. I don't usually give it to them, as it makes the litter box very stinky.

zelda_pinwheel · 10-27-2008, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

This was a (formerly) male cat. My cat Raven, who used to be able to nonchalantly walk through a room and snag a muffin off a low table to eat elsewhere (before he inexplicably developed a conscience), was also male. Most of my cats have been female, however, so I don't have a huge sample size to consider.

a cat with a conscience ??????

are you sure it was a cat ?

10-26-2008, 08:29 PM	#991
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Our last rabbit (Louise) loved Basil. Anytime I brought it in the house she would go crazy until I gave her some. She also liked garlic; but, her true passion was Basil.

10-26-2008, 09:02 PM	#995
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Not quite, Ricky. But every time she sits down when her ginger cat is in, then she latches onto the nearest ear.

10-27-2008, 11:45 AM	#996
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I've known cats who wanted to suckle. They were usually satisfied with a bit of my t-shirt. (Ears! Ouch!) One of my cats currently has quite a fondness for pastry, especially if it has custard in it (e.g. chocolate eclairs). Another of my cats wanted whatever I was eating-- it didn't matter much what it was, he'd still try to eat it if I let him. Including oranges-- I've known very few cats who liked citrus at all. I think all my cats have liked garlic. When we had indoor/outdoor cats, we had a very difficult time growing garlic, because the cats would chew on it and flop down and roll on it. What I'm doing right now (besides reminiscing about cats)... moping because I wasn't in Paris for the meetup. And trying to avoid work.

10-27-2008, 12:07 PM	#997
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	who mentioned chocolate eclairs - yummy yum yum ...

10-27-2008, 12:15 PM	#999
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I've known several cats who like bread, and one who had a passion for popcorn.

10-27-2008, 05:51 PM	#1000
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I had a cat who adored cheese. When he got old and his liver began to fail, this was a rather convenient food, because I could insert his pills into a pellet of cheese and he'd eat it avidly.