Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 27, 2021

It’s winter in New England. Goldie will be rethinking that decision.

DO NOT do that, Woman! Haven’t you learned from the Last time you pulled that stunt!?

So while the People drowse around in ham comas, the cats have to eat healthy? The injustice! Recruit the Robber Mice! Break into the fridge! Take that ham for yourselves, cats! (And the mice can have anything else they find in that fridge as their cut of the loot.)

A simple rule, anything good for you tastes bad, and the better it is the worse it tastes.

Woman, you should know that cats are obligate carnivores. Read the label. Carnivore ≠ pumpkin or cantaloupe!

Pumpkin?? Cantaloupe???! Culinary blasphemy to a cat! How can this insult be borne?! This is what animal cruelty looks like! ;p

Yeah, we still make jokes about the time we adopted our dog and the rescue group had him on (I kid you not) trout and potato dog food. Surprise, surprise, he didn’t want to eat much until we bought him some normal kibble. I hear you, Goldie!

Cantaloupe? Pumpkin? Health Food? They are all exceedingly doomed!

Any news on Lupin? I don’t facebook or instagram so out of the loop.

I did that…once. I got such a look.

OT: My Cats

When will the People learn?!

They live up north. Gotta get extra vitamin A somewhere.

Mine actually seem to like the new kibble I had to buy. One is ""made with salmon, brown rice, sweet potatoes, barley, peas, carrots, cranberries, and blueberries "" and the other ""contains chicken, brown rice, dried egg, dried kelp, dried beet pulp, cranberries, and blueberries"" :o

I say had, because dry cat food is now among the endangered species at my local grocery, and this brand was all that was left, at what I consider to be a reasonable price. Even Walfart was down to 4 or 5 rather dubious-looking damaged bags. :-(

The revomewtion has begun!

If you want real foods, you has to hunts em mousies, cats. Those the only fresh foods that gets in there where you is. And looks like they know this and has gone into hiding.

And why doesn’t you gives em real food, hyoomans? Would it kills you to give em some fish or meat? What in the name of Almighty Feline is that odd looking gloop?

You don’t do that to an obligate carnivore. We sometimes gradually switch to another meat-based food.

I have always said there are two kinds of food. Health food and mental health food.

Lupin Angry Ears and Pucky Tongue of Disgust.

Woman – THERE WILL BE HORKAGE!

One of my kittens had to eat prescription food for a year or so until he outgrew some food sensitivities. I’d had to try to give that same food to other, older kitties, who flatly refused it. Thank cat that growing kittens are always hungry enough to eat anything put before them!

If you want to feed your animals a strictly vegetarian diet, get a horse.

My daughter’s motto has always been " a balenced diet is a cookie in both hands"

Luna and Merlin like the one with chicken and sweet potato, but no other veggies appear to be tolerated….

Wow, getting into the cat/pet-food conundrum is dangerous with so many questions to consider. Where is the pet food made? Is it healthy for my cat/dog? Can I afford the good stuff? What is the good stuff? Is the expensive food better food? There are what seem like a million questions.

When we found out Giblet was diabetic, we had to buy prescription kibble for him, and it was VERY expensive, I can tell you. Still, we would do it again for our little furry family members. I hope the food I am buying our cats now is healthy for them. Certainly, it is from a major manufacturer, but is that a quality guarantee? I don’t know.

By the way, speaking of cat food…Hamilton likes the Linguine di Tuttomare I made (with his guidance).

Loaner Cat has to be on a urinary tract diet because at almost 17 now, she’s forming crystals so I feed her the kibble and fill in with the equivalent wet every night. Just half a 3.5oz can. But it has to be salmon. Anything else, in both dry and wet form and it will sit for days in her bowl while she gives me the “I’m dying of starvation over here” face.

This is never a good idea.

Hello everyone!! hope ur all well!! I have an announcement to make. My cat levi broke his paw and he’s going to the wet today, I’m sure he would appreciate it if u send him ur love and positive vibes!!

TYSM!!!! stay safe!!

No no no. The pack each got a half cup of ham this morning with their wet food and later today a bit of smoked salmon. Meanwhile we are having multi-speed omelettes with peppers, mushrooms, onions and sausage and hash browns. And maybe some savoury scones.

OMC! Pumpkin and cantaloupe flavor? Sanibel would LOVE that!

Many dry cat (and dog) foods are just cornmeal soaked in chicken fat, lard, & tallow.

Silly Woman, don’t you know that the holidays are NOT the time to “eat healthier”? There’s plenty of time for that in the new year, if you absolutely must…

Then there’s the issue of carbs. Cats don’t need to eat carbs, & too many carbs in their diet can trigger and/or worsen diabetes. (Onyx’s diabetes is under control on a low-carb diet of Fancy Feast Classic Paté Chicken Feast, & her favorite treat is the freeze-dried chicken she gets for lunch.) All those extra “tastes cats love” aren’t there for the cats’ benefit; they’re there to attract silly h00minz who can’t wrap their heads around the “obligate carnivore” thing!

I would not dare to feed my pair anything with pumpkin or cantaloupe in it. I’d need plastic surgery and blood transfusions!!

I mean, I know some fruits and veggies isn’t bad for a cat, in all actuality…but they are still more meat-eaters than anything else, so…

This is actually more appropriate for yesterday’s strip, but it’s about my favorite ham – Eleanor Pigby! Just look at that face… ❤️

https://www.backpacker.com/news-and-events/news/eleanor-pigby-is-the-hiking-pig-we-all-deserve/

Anybody else dealing with kittehs who can sure tell the difference between out-of-stock Fancy Feast and anything else?

PUCKY TONGUE ALERT

My not-exactly-fussy cat would probably eat a brick if I got it out of a can and put it in a bowl on the floor, which is good because I’m switching her over to a “senior” dry cat food and I would imagine the taste is probably similar.

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On a side topic regarding older cats, I hear a lot of questions on what to do when a pet stops wanting to eat wet food. One thing you can try: Heating it up a bit in the microwave- not to the point of being blazing hot; just so that a little steam starts rising out. Cats and dogs both value smell much more over taste when it comes to food, and as they age, the sense of smell starts to fade. Warming the food makes the smell more intense.

My kitty, Hazel, (avatar) will wrestle me for walnuts. She won’t take most food from my hand unless it it’s a piece of walnut. Everything else must be sniffed, accepted, then placed on the floor for her consumption. (We’ve taught her to sit when we have a treat or wet food!)

Is that pumpkin spice cat food?

I did a search for cat food with cantaloupe in it. The top hit was a dry food with pumpkin, duck and cantaloupe. I am guessing the food the woman bought has some meat in it too, but they aren’t outraged by that part.

4 cats = will eat anything. Competition from each other and a small dog who is willing to check out their food to ensure it’s ok. They do the same for him. “Just checking, we’re not EATING it”

I knew vegetarians who told me their cat was a vegetarian. I know a cat who eats out when I see one. Mouse satisfies 100% of the dietary requirements for cats. They evolved that way together. Trace elements from fresh grass tips are also helpful.

Many’s the time I’ve seen a cat warily stalking the feral cantaloupe in its natural setting. It’s chilling!

To be fair to the woman, who among us hasn’t had a cat with weird tastes? Mr Kitty loved popcorn. He’s kill one numerous times as he chased it around the kitchen floor then he’d nom-nom right into it.

Where did so many readers get the idea that because there is some vegetable material in the new cat food, that’s all there is? If Puck had looked at the label on the old cat food, he would have found all sorts of yummy (?) ingredients like wheat gluten and modified corn starch.

We had one cat who loved cantaloupe and mango, and another who found bran cereal irresistible. But as long as they ate enough meat to get their MFDRs of taurine, they were fine.

It might also be worth mentioning that pumpkin is highly recommended by many vets for cats with kidney problems.

My best friend, who is a veterinarian, says that the best food for cats would be a can of mice.

It’s the Kebble all over again! Also, poor Goldie, the taste of betrayal.

Only time that kitties should have pumpkin is when they are having digestive issues.

Pumpkins, cantaloupe and cucumbers are similar. And we know what cats think about cucumbers

Some cats like cantaloupe!

Big mistake on the Woman’s part.

Just look what happens when you teach a cat how to read.

I thought it was Ham week?

why not just try it. if you don’t like it, then fine. These are the words of a mother to her children. in this case it would be to furbabies.

It is a true injustice.

Not healthier. Not in the least.

Where is Elvis he has got to weigh in on this.

One cat we had liked green beans, peas, cauliflower, broccoli, luncheon meat, and tuna juice.

Many cats do love pumpkin! It’s been recommended to me by vets when a cat has diarrhea or hairballs. My babies ate it up.

my grey tuxie (Pussnboots) would beg to lick the cantaloupe rind!

Food perversion is for nutso humans only.

I had a kitty who loved cantaloupe!

“I WILL BREAK A WINDOW AND GO LIVE OUTSIDE AGAIN, I SWEAR —”Well, do it, you ungrateful beast. If you don’t like what’s given to you in the warm and soft house, fend for yourself in the snow. If you don’t like that alternative, eat the food and give thanks to the people who love you.

Lol! Sweet Goldie will go back to living in the wild before eating fruit!