1. There are still some people around who think cats don't have any feelings, that if they get new drapes it's OK to throw out their cat and get a new cat whose color matches the drapes better. 2. Another myth some people still believe is that it's cool to be able to brag to their friends that their cat will only eat asparagus (or some other fashionable non-cat food)and nothing else. Of course their cats die but even then they don't get the message, they just get another cat and try the same thing. Please mention these terribly cruel and fatal ideas in one of your articles, and make these people realize that animals have emotional and nutritional needs and they are not toys or little robots.

Just thought you would like to know what my cat really goes crazy for. It is Ensure, a supplement milk product that you can use in feeding tubes to sustain life. My husband uses this product after an illness, gave a little to our cat and now every time he opens the can the cat drives him nuts for a morsel. Go figure.

I have two Maine Coon cats. The make enjoyschewing on the plastic wrapping on the big packages of 12 rolls of toilet paper I buy. The female loves to chew on the sticky flaps of envelopes. Is there something missing in their diet that they are looking for? They are 7 years old and have had these quirks forever.They are strictly indoor cats.

Twinks & Bootsie eat there dry food really well and alot, and are not fat. I give them a spoon full of soft can food at night for a treat before bed and they let me know when its time! They will not eat our human food, not even any kind of meat, but when it comes to tomatoes they are right there and begging for it?? When I am canning they come and steal it right out of my kettle!

Article most informative. We have three cats and buy a variety of flavors. Sampson will get on the step stool and take a whiff of the freshly opened food. If he walks to the front door it means the food will not be eaten. If he goes to where his bowl will be, I know he approves. I thought they were just being obstinate.I will be more selective in the foods and more patient with what I thought to be primadonas.

My 8 yr old male cat eats like a dog-everything and anything, including anything dropped on the floor, edible or not. And if there's anything left on his sisters' plates, he'll eat that, too. Needless to say, he's a chunk-almost 20 lbs, compared to his 6 and 9 lb sisters! WHY do fat cats NOT walk away from a half-full bowl? WHY do they eat anything and everything?

Too few new adopters understand the cat's palate - this is a clear, crisp summary in layman's terms that has helped several of our adopters. Thanks!

I'm not sure how all this works with Dax. She seems to have some interesting preferences which none of our other cats have - things like schneken, donuts, havarti with dill cheese,etc. Oreo, another of our cats was, as a kitten and young cat particularly fond of key lime pie. Very strange.

I can tell You that 9 out of 10 cats do not seem to like cat food that is sliced/prime filets,or any other chunky types of food, they seem to like only the 'ground'. I have many friends with cats and only 1 will eat the chunky brands. I find this interesting based on this article.

cats are finnicky cause we make them that way. any cat i have had in adult life seems to prefer fish, as a child, we grew up on a farm and through there was plenty to eat at times those farm cats got fed what ever was thrown out the back door, cause there was half a dozen cats, half a dozen dogs, chickens in the yard, this was in th fifties and sixties, and i dont guess there was cat or dog food then, as we carried many types of food scraps to the hogs also, as the slop sloshed out of heavy buckets, the cats eagerly ran along for anything that spilled, they ate with dogs,cows, hogs, chickens, u name it, and was glad to get it, a few fights ensued, but every animal got his fair share, now we treat our animals like little kids, they live in the house, and are pampered, so a finnicky cat is a non hungry cat,live on a farm, cats dive into anything, that is slung their way,times have changed, people worked like dogs on farms, u were ravenous at the end of the day, u usually and the animals ate early morn, and late afternoon, too much work to do to eat a huge meal at noon, noon might mean setting down for a short break and eating tomatoes out of the patch, or watermelons off the vine, yes cats ate that too, or chased mice in the fields, we as humans have gotten lazy, and farms are no longer plentiful, so cats like humans get finicky,become couch potatoes, and have little appetite except for junk, bring back the good old days, when people and cats stayed in the fields, nighttime there was no tv, so u went to bed and glad of it, the cats or dogs went to bed too, outside where God intended them to be, so its humans that have gotten finnicky and made our pets finnicky also. only thing i seen those farm cats turn down were onions, cabbage and pickles.

Apparently you do not have experiece with the same type of cats that we have. Our cat likes sweets and doesn't like tuna or kidney. We have had or known several cats in this category.

Thanks loads for this article...I learned some new things, and you re-affirmed some things I've known for a long time. Look forward to more.

My 14 year old Siamese, male, Boog, loves asperagus, and sometimes cantelope if in the proper ripeness stage. He yells for and demands asperagus when he smells it cooking, so I always get enough for him. This Spring he's been enjoying four sprigs morning and evening. He gets excellent food without corn, soy or wheat in it. When he was young, he hunted himself a gopher a day, and ate all but the colon. He is healthy and strong and weighs 15 lbs.

my cat miss critter likes sweets, and loves crossants, but then she is a special cat...

My cat comes running when I'm making myself lunch and goes nuts for a little taste of turkey cold cuts..she does not like sweets and loves to play hide and seek..

that kitten is so cute!i want one!i want one!there so cute!its gray furr is so soft.if i could hold it i would be so happy!i love kittens!your friend,april

My cat, Stewie, will not eat anything but cat food. I've tried to treat him to fish, both canned tuna and fresh caught, and other things like chicken and meat. He turns his nose up at it all. The only thing he goes crazy over is pet grass, although he doesn't even bother with cat nip. He goes crazy over any kind of canned cat food, and sometimes he tries to eat the canned dog food too.

My kitty Abbie will only eat the sause from the canned cat food. Hence, her nick-name; "Sausey"