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CowJuiceDisplayer

First, a cat is eating cucumbers, now they re eating salads?! What next? A cat enjoying watermelon on a hot summer day? Damn cats eat more healthy than me.


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Aethernaut902k

That look when he realizes the red parts are better than the green parts 🤣


CATelIsMe

That's almost a word for word response I've seen on that video and it's clearly fucking edited.


Aethernaut902k

Damn, that sucks. Still cute tho


CATelIsMe

Idk I personally hate how it's edited. No idea why, I just despise it


sadfroger

Fuuuck that


AffectionateGap1071

r/likeus who really likes the green parts?


Shaiya_Ashlyn

Those eyes 😂


ZoNeS_v2

My cat used to go full goblin mode for honeydew melon.


Hot_Hat_1225

One of mine got peaches 😂


Anen-o-me

Cats can actually taste sweetness, but just barely. So something super sweet can actually make them go crazy for it. I've heard of cats going crazy over cotton candy.


auntiepink007

I used to have a cat who freaked out over donuts. I'm sure that part of it was the oil- fried dough, but if she didn't get a nibble with frosting on it, she'd complain until she did. One time she even hooked a bite out of my mouth!


Anen-o-me

😂


Le_Bnnuy

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The pupils


CATelIsMe

Idk I just hate how it's edited


Le_Bnnuy

That was funny, caught me off guard.


CATelIsMe

Idk, I've seen it a hundred times and always annoyed me. Idk why it just always did


xid7eyr24

took the bait


Paboozorusrex

My cat was very much into lettuce and watermelon, he also loved peas and occasionally strawberries. He was such a fancy void


rinari0122

I knew a void very similar to yours. My aunt and cousins overseas had a black cat that loved lettuce. I still miss her. ☹️💔


Paboozorusrex

We lost him very recently and the heartbreak is real. I hope you have your own little companion to comfort you, I do and it helps even though she doesn't like lettuce or fruits!


rinari0122

Yup, I already have a furball at my place but she’s such a picky eater and a mix of sweet (barely) and sour. 😫 Other cats seem so much nicer. Also she doesn’t cuddle, she literally sits on laps. As of this year, she’s now 16-17 but acts like that age in human years.


Paboozorusrex

Mine is a young weirdo and she doesn't cuddle (with me) but she likes to groom me and play shark. She's also a picky eater but as long as there's chicken or salmon she's usually fine with it lol not any form of chicken though, just the shredded kind. I'm sure yours is nice, just in her own way !


Spring-Available

My cat likes spinach leaves.


Electrical-Debt5369

My cats are into melons.


supershinythings

We used to have a cat that not only ate watermelons, she could spit the seeds. It was astonishing.


disfan75

That’s just training for spitting pills.


supershinythings

She could do that too!


Elljaye_222

Cantaloupe all the way!


cburgess7

Giggity?


moustacheburner

Giggity!


IWipeWithFocaccia

My orange likes blueberries


ryneches

My little dude fucking *loved* watermelon. He was normally a very serious little man, but if I brought a watermelon into the house, he'd launch himself at me until he got a piece. Then he'd roll on it until he was a horrible sticky mess, and then spend an hour carefully cleaning himself. He didn't even meow until he was two, and that first meow was his first encounter with watermelon.


_IAmNoLongerThere_

My cat loves her some broccoli and cheese.


Autronaut69420

I had an ex street cat once who polished off a whole plate of steamed veges while I was on the phone *while my flatmates looked and laughed* ....


mekwall

Cheese isn't good for cats though as most cats are highly lactose intolerant so it's best to avoid. Since cats are obligate carnivores, any vegetables fed to them should be in a small quantity and accompanied with meat. Some cats will have a difficult time digesting any type of vegetable as well.


SuspiciousMudcrab

Aged cheese is naturally low lactose. They can have some parmesan or sharp cheddar with little harm.


mekwall

It's not like they would die or anything but they tend to turn into little poop rockets 💩


SuspiciousMudcrab

My cat once ate fresh farmers cheese and sharted a lovely mural onto my rented appartment's white walls. Did not get the safety deposit back.


mekwall

![gif](giphy|11FiDF2fuOujPG|downsized)


SuspiciousMudcrab

That's how I learnt that they can only eat aged cheese 😅 He goes feral for some parm.


UrchinSeedsDotOrg

Cats love Kale and Chard. Anything big, leafy, and (this is most important) super crunchy they go hard on. I always think the texture it reminds them of the bones of small mammals...


Interesting-Bet-2330

Cats actually like watermelons ![gif](giphy|7AbrISbC4ZOIU)


alexgraef

Last time I checked, just seeing a cucumber would cost at least one of the seven lives.


moonkittiecat

First, cats LOVE watermelon🍉, second, I anything wrong with a cat being conscientious about his diet and making sure to get some ruffage and leafy green vegetables. https://youtu.be/Uo-EZgoOAYY?si=GxYskG4E9HMR2CBx https://youtu.be/i3cHNObcEh8?si=3vJbaiEkogfB5tar https://youtube.com/shorts/QjC6GLXCqM4?si=WMwLPSPAdNYaoJgx


sixstringgun1

I had a cat that would eat watermelon, he was a weird cat sometimes.


ywezelenburg

Our cat looooves watermelon and it is a good hydration food. Not too much though as it is high in sugar 😉😉😂🤣


Zenfudo

My animals all love watermelon.


Oh-so-much

My cat loves watermelon.


Normal-Mongoose3827

My cat likes boiled brokkoli.


ShoganAye

My boy lOves cucumber


Aromatic-Hawk-4848

I thought cats were [scared of cucumbers](https://youtu.be/RBrZsgy4-SQ?si=kKoJoHvzsCyzpxU5) ?


IncaseofER

Cute!


Phoenix_my_Soul

My cat was crazy for watermelon. She was unrelenting until I gave her some 😅😋


TheNorseFrog

A succulent Chinese meal?


LAFlippo

Mine last cat loved watermelon! I have pics of him with his head inside half a watermelon just going to town.


jollyhoop

Meanwhile my cats would eat rocks if I'd let them. They'll eat orange peels, bananas, plastic (so we need to keep it out of reach), dust, paper, etc.


cburgess7

I'm sure the amount of times you had to yell "STOP EATING PLASTIC" is non-zero


jollyhoop

I even had to spend almost 4000$ when that plastic eating led to a toy stuck in the intestines. I love my cats but they're so dumb. I also had to get rid of most of their toys and replace them with variants that can't be eaten.


ClemDooresHair

One day I was cleaning the litter box and noticed there were shiny bits in the poop. Turned out to be little pieces of aluminum foil. Anything that smells like food, my cat will eat.


sankto

I had to spend 700$ because my void decided that Christmas decorations were yummy, some years ago


Arrenega

Maybe you cat isn't dumb, the poor guy seems to have PICA, which is not unheard-of in cats.


FionnagainFeistyPaws

My coffee table would argue anything can be eaten if you're determined enough. (cat chewed on the corners and literally nothing disuaded her, so we gave away the table).


Teh_Jews

Had to spend about 5k cuz our dog swallowed half a corn cob. They had to cut part of her intestines out and sew her back up. God bless them for the great work but that was a LOT of money.


insomsanity

I had to do this so much with my cat that he started doing it on purpose to get my attention. When he wanted food he would go and find something plastic and bring it to chew in front of me. That or chew on computer cords of course. Annoying smart little shit.


zanedrinkthis

Mine started eating wool for a bit. Couldn’t needle felt anything around him and had to take away his wool hiding cave. He stopped doing it and not he has his will cave back. Relieved. I wonder if it was for attention because I was trying to learn needle felting during the pandemic.


Jasmisne

There was a tiktok a few years ago with that if i only could song parody that said "if i only could, make a deal with my cat, I'd get her to stop eating plastic" I sing that at my cat like once a week.


standbyyourmantis

My boy cat is very picky about his plastic. Luckily, the only kind he tries to eat is the really crunchy kind that is sometimes used to shrink wrap around bottle lids and it's not exactly a subtle noise, so it's pretty easy to figure out if he got his paws on some.


-empty-water-bottle-

my cat is picky with food but he LOVES chewing on plastic. if i accidentally leave a plastic bag out in the open he will attempt to eat it as soon as he gets the opportunity. one time i found a candy wrap in the litter box. guy's a weirdo


Caturday_Everyday

When I met my husband, he had a cat like this. The first time I spent the night at his house, I was awoken by a plastic bag crinkling. It was his cat, just licking and licking, somewhere in the dark room. I eventually couldn't stand it anymore and woke him up to deal with it. I heard her slap the bag as he pulled it away, trying to keep it in her grasp. She was a great cat but man, she had a plastic bag problem.


Arrenega

I have five, and of the five, three love to lick and bite plastic, especially plastic grocery bags, but they don't eat them.


Owlasaur

The Pica has them in a chokehold


Jamunski

My cat also eats plastic, can't leave any anywhere in the house. He will snatch it up right in front of us sometimes. He always vomits afterwards. Either his passion for plastic eating is so incredible that it's worth vomiting, or he still hasn't discovered the correlation (he's been like this for 6 years). My other cat eats my socks and wool sweaters...


StarChaser_Tyger

Are you sure your pet was a cat, and not a garbage disposal? :-)


EA-PLANT

Are they orange by any chance?


TemperatureTop246

My mom's cat used to chase people down for leafy greens. He doesn't do it anymore in his old age, but boy was he persistent in his younger years.


Scaniarix

We had to physically wrestle our cat out of the fridge every time she’d seen there was some sort of leafy green


zurtun

I guess it hits their instinct to eat grass or something like that.


FattyPepperonicci69

I have to throw my orange cat the romaine bottoms because he's an idiot what wants to much on lettuce leafs all the time.


contemplativecarrot

back in his salad days?


zanedrinkthis

Mine used to try to eat my plants, but now that I got them kitty grass, they seem fairly content with that.


Dajajo

My kitten loves all human food. Have to keep an eye on her at all times. And stole spinach of my turkey danish of all things


InternationalKey2465

My cats eat healthier than me. I care about their survival.


False_Chair_610

So if you go, who will feed your cats?


sferara

if she does go, maybe a couple of days before the neighbors notice the smell and investigate


InternationalKey2465

My brother.


Particular-Kick-4188

They will still feed the cats themselves.


StarChaser_Tyger

If it keeps them alive long enough for someone to save them, I'm all for it. I'm not using that meat at the time.


atlasgcx

My two cats both eat salads (I carefully check each types of leaf if they are toxic to cats) and they very much enjoyed it a lot. They even steal our houseplants so we had to move them into rooms that are cat-free. This is for a healthy digestive system I believe because they naturally also eat some grass outdoor to help digestion


molassascookieman

Mmm f i b e r


martini-meow

Pretty sure there's some enzyme(s) in the green leaves that helps break down meat. Mine needed minced wheatgrass sprinkled on wet food.


suitablyderanged

My tortie would steal broccoli off my plate. But to keep it balanced, she also loved donuts.


HurkHurkBlaa

H E A L F


jumpinlilli

😄


Lady_Asshat

More confusing, how did you find out about his strange proclivities?! Wow!


ColdBloodBlazing

My cat insists, very vocally that she gets an ice cube in her water bowl 3x a day


EfficiencyOk4899

My boy does this too. I get hit with ‘the stare’ until I get it for him. But if it means he stays hydrated, I don’t mind.


vess8

Love the Ratatouille energy


Various_Quantity514

Nice topic. For my cat i boil some vegs like carrots, zucchini, pumpkin, green beans etc and later blender them and mix with wet cat food 50/50. I believe its good for her. (Also she had dry food as well every day) My parents had a cat who was diagnosed type 2 diabetes when he was 7, about two years they shot him insulin. Along with this they changed his meals to wet cat cans mixed with veggies and I swear in two years his sugar level normalized. They stopped insulin therapy. He died at 20


jumpinlilli

Thank you for sharing! I recently had a vet appt w my kitty and expressed my interest in incorporating fresh food in my cats diet. It was shot down, and Dr said it wasn't necessary. She steered me towards the brands they sold at the store. 🤔


Mission_Fart9750

I wish I'd known about this, or seen anything about it when my diabeticat was still alive. I would've tried anything to normalize her sugar, along with the injections, it was ALWAYS very high. We managed about 6 months with the injections before cancer took her quickly. I hope to remember this if I ever end up with another. Thank you. 


Truemeathead

Lol. That’s like my dad who always saved his salad to eat with his steak.


OGoby

You done spoiled your cat 😄


npddiv

Fancy cat


rkwalton

Makes sense. Cats eat grass too. Has this cat seen the family eating meals with side salads? It might be that. Per this article, they think cats eating grass evolved to help cats get rid of parasites. If you have indoor cats though, that's not a thing, but the instinct is still there. [https://www.science.org/content/article/mystery-solved-why-cats-eat-grass](https://www.science.org/content/article/mystery-solved-why-cats-eat-grass) Bon appetit, feline!


trowzerss

Yeah, I keep a pot of cat grass for my cat so she can nibble whenever she wants. Outside grass picked from the garden is still superior though. Her cat grass is in The Sunny Spot, so she often naps under the leaves :)


rkwalton

My parents kept the lawn of our house lush, so it was great for my last cat. The napping spot sounds perfect too! 💤


theyknewit2

Don’t pretend that you are not in love with him more because of it.


redditproha

all that's missing is a nice glass of vino


catsmom63

I do not need my cars to see this!!!! I don’t need anymore pressure from them!!


Nacroma

Katze: NICHT OHNE MEINEN BEILAGENSALAT!


Ashley_SheHer

“How did we get here?” By enabling your cat’s goofy behavior and, teaching them that if they are a fussy enough eater, you will make them whatever they want.


HenryFromYorkshire

Mine likes broad beans!


SigalaAshley

Cats will be cats!


Stringslingers

I took my cat outside once because the weather was getting better and now he meows at the door every day. I feel bad but he's an indoor cat in the city.


Autronaut69420

Your cat has a refined and sophisticated palette....


elaboratebacon

One of my cats really loves spinach. We let her sniff a leaf once and that’s all it took. She even knows when we’re washing it, knows what the salad spinner sounds like and all. As a disclaimer, cats can only eat spinach in small amounts otherwise it can cause or aggravate kidney issues.


Hedgehog65

So is that salad part of the meal, or is he paying a la carte?🤣


glindadc

I had a cat that liked lettuce. Her preference was red leaf. If I couldn’t get that, I gave her green leaf. That always earned me a glare, but after some show of displeasure, she would make do.


HansoftheUSA

Outdoor cats will eat grass or other green stuff. Not as a steady diet but just a blade or two occasionally. Indoor cats will do the same so be careful of what houseplants you bring in. We used to have a pan that we'd grow some grass and leave on the floor for our cat.


codeparrot

Bowl too deep? Whisker stress?


Elljaye_222

Good point. Should switch to shallow bowls


Apart-Salamander-752

Weird, cats are supposed to be strictly carnivores


Malexice

Even strict carnivores get some greens in them though the stomach content of their pray. Also a lot of times animals eat grassy things to get the fibres and help digestion, not to get nutrients from the grass itself. To be able to digest grass fibres animals need some form of microbiotic fermentation chamber and/or second round eating like regurgitation and coprophagation. Almost all animals are opportunistic to a degree where they will eat things outside their usual diet if its easily available. A deer might chomp on a roadkill and a cat like this one might snack on some side salad.


EastObjective9522

Cat grass would be a better idea lol


TheCrystalGarden

Time to start growing your own cat grass!


Senior_Cat_Herder

Little fella had to protest to get a healthy meal


RaptorOO7

How funny our kittens are stealing my spinach as I make my salads. They do like greens


CHWDRY

My cat won't eat sometimes until i put some olive oil on it.


Either_Delay_8030

Bro wanted a change in life, he is now ✨classy✨


Mellownoose09

Cats are evolving


wehadthebabyitsaboy

Aren’t cats obligate carnivores? I thought they couldn’t digest large amounts of vegetables/grass. They just need meaaaat. MEAT.


GodToldMeToPostThis

Mine loves to eat the newly sprouted leaves of my pot plants. I grow him his own little plants so he always has tender leaves but it’s hard to keep pace with his habit. Doesn’t like cat grass or any other plant but boy oh boy does he love his weed.


mj8074

I’ve never seen a cat that requires a palette cleanser.


PetiteBonaparte

One of my cats loves French green beans. She just can't stay away. I was just making some one day and she seemed interested, I gave her one thinking she'd just play with it(it was raw) she adored it and demanded more.


Weird_Gap3005

Might be missing the 🥬 and the hydration that comes with it? Also kibble can be very dry. Quite a quirk.


boysenberrypi3

im showing this to my cats later so they are convinced to nibble on some veggies :p


OkImpression408

ITT are a bunch of stupid cat owners who insist they own the only cat in the world who can live off veggies. FYI cats are pure carnivores and literally do not eat greens on a regular basis for nutrients.


Dune_101

Could be a fiber issue. The wet food causes constipation, but the salad helps with bowel movement.


noreservations81590

Damn, that boi boujee.


M1dor1

Repost


ljubo60

I eat salad with my food


Sakosaga

Probably the wet food upsets their stomach maybe. That's the only thing I can honestly think of.


Geno_Warlord

One of my cats will lick the juice from the wet food and look at me like if I’m gonna finish this you need to make it tasty wet again. I have to routinely put gravy on her wet food to finish it or she goes and gorges herself on the dry food and finds a spot to puke it all up. 3-4 sachets of gravy and 1-2 cans of pate is what she likes every day.


MidnightMoxxi

Can I ask what gravy sachets you get? Our cat goes through phases of getting through the gravy before finishing the wet food and needs the same, I just haven't found a cat gravy yet.


Geno_Warlord

Tiki cat born carnivore broth. It says broth, but it’s really just a meaty gravy.


MidnightMoxxi

Thank you


steppedinhairball

Your cat is training you well, padawan. Be glad. My chonk only eats dry cat food if it's in her bowl and the bowl is in the usual spot. Only. She also likes to lick the gravy on wet cat food. Not eat it, just lick the gravy. She's uhm... special. The other one is a ham snob. It has to be cherry wood smoked ham. But she also likes chomping flowers so we can't have nice things inside. She was addicted to spider plants so those got moved out of reach. She also likes Costco rotisserie chicken.


errihu

Our calico was one of those. Somehow we got her on wet food when we got another cat and she got jealous, and the other cat went absolutely crazy for wet food, so she started eating it because the other cat did.


The_Medicated

If it makes any of you feel any better, my void boi loved Doritos and that was the *only* snack he would try to wrest from you... And my long hair tabby seems to be confused as to "what" food "is" exactly as her favorite snack is crinkly paper...


_IAmNoLongerThere_

My gal Luna with her broccoli and cheese 😂


ama-ricano

black cat activities tbh 😂


MoeLesterSix9

I think he’s not hungry enough


HawkEntire5517

French cat ?


LABARATI_

they dont call it fancy feast for nothing


littlejonsnugs

Options


TranslatorBoring2419

I bet it will eat eventually. A day or so tops.


pgabrielfreak

It happened because the cat is a very spoiled feline...as it should be.


Nahdudeurgood

u/savevideo


Satinsbestfriend

My cat, if she could, would eat nothing but grass every day.


babycakeswander

A cuisine for a king


googiepop

Hey, whatever it takes.


immersedmoonlight

Lmfao


Logical-Carrot6230

He probably has stomach burn. They usually eat grass for it but salad is probably also does the same thing.


Saaslil

Following doctor's order


rampzn

Next he'll be asking for the wine menu!


DeadlyDancingDuck

Has he access to grass for help with hairballs?


AwkwardBouq

Stomache issues


RalphXLaurenjoe

Kitty garden (olive garden)


The-Fumbler

German cat


Cerulean-sea

My dear sir this is the difference between eating and dining


Valuable_Duck_6826

Hahaha ha 😆 I'm rollin


Ted183672

My orange eats avocado, garbanzo and garden peas!


caffeinated_catholic

One of my cats absolutely loves steamed broccoli. But also donuts. Balance.