Tastes like Chicken

[rareboy]

It fucking does not.

I don't know how many times I have heard this over the years....specifically in reference to meds we have to give our cats.

I taste everything they eat. and I guarantee...none taqste like chicken. Meds always have a hydrochloride additive in them to keep them from being ingested as poison by stupid kids.

I am still spitting the remnants of a drop of prednisone we are giving Boo. 2 glasses of red wine and all I can taste is the bitter grapes of a chem lab.

While dogs will wolf down anything, including cat shit as two dogs on our porch tried to last night...cats have a more refeeened palate.

Do you taste all your pets' meds and foods and if not, whay are you a monster?

 

[Peloso]

What? Do I eat cat food? Is that what you're asking here? I most certainly do not. Have you smelled cat food? Obviously you have.

I'm not big on meat. I think it's gross. And no matter how fancy or expensive the brand, the meat they use is not exactly the quality you'd expect to find in the supermarket.

That's not to say I don't care . . . if I open a can and don't hear that fffft sound, I won't serve it. Likewise if it doesn't look right or if the can is severely dented. As for meds, no. I tend to trust the purity of meds more than I trust the quality of foods. My vet clinic has a service where they will grind or liquify any medication in tablet form. I just slip it into a pouch of Churu and the cats never know. When Rico got old he needed meds for his thyroid, kidneys and arthritis. I dumped them all in a little Churu and never had to struggle.

I know it's just a taste, but if you're on any meds yourself you should keep in mind that with some chemicals, it only takes a tiny bit to cause some kind of reaction or compromise.

 

[NotHardUp1]

No.

I have mused on whether I would ever eat the pate on a cracker if I were old and poor, but I never have.

Kitty licks her hair too, and I don't have a palate for hair either.

We had 90 head of black angus when I was a boy. Never tried their pellet food either, or my aquarium fish's food.

I trust them to eat what they like. And I share anything I'm eating with Coco, as she's curious and it helps her not feel excluded, but she rarely eats it.

A month ago, I bought a pouch of cat treats and she disliked them. When I smelled the bag, they were rancid. Couldn't even find an expiration date on the package. Tossed them.

 

[Peloso]

I ate dog biscuits when I was a kid.

 

[backagain]

A quick search of the internet.... humans have an average of 10,000 taste buds, less as we get older, cats have an average of 480 taste buds. What you taste is not going to be the same as what a cat would taste.
I have had cats and I never tasted their food.

 

[Vannie]

I ate dog biscuits when I was a kid.

Milk Bones with tea. Better than a Lorna Doone

 

[me203]

It's been years since I had a cat living with me. But I guess my feeling might be: if the Royal Highness doesn't like what he/she gets, he/she can feel free to do his/her own shopping and preparation!

As for medicines, isn't the proper appraoch to grab the cat. Pin the cat down. Restrain the 4 legs (complete with razor sharp claws) that somehow become 40 legs (with super sharp razor sharp claws). Pry open the mouth that's locked tighter than the door to Fort Knox. Stuff the pill in the mouth. Have the pill spit out. Repeat the stuff/spit routine until the pill finally goes down. Let the cat go. Think: How many more days of this do I have to live through?

 

[Charon]

Nope.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

I guess I'm a monster cuz 15 year old Billie is on glucosamine treats for her joints and bitch I'll be damned.

 

[Vannie]

Those Beggin Strips were tasty.

 

[NotHardUp1]

A quick search of the internet.... humans have an average of 10,000 taste buds, less as we get older, cats have an average of 480 taste buds. What you taste is not going to be the same as what a cat would taste.
I have had cats and I never tasted their food.

That, and we don't have the aftertaste of just having licked our own asses.