Everyone who knows me knows how completely in love with my cat I am, and how fortunate I am that she ran into my life that fateful October day. If she were a dog, I probably wouldn’t bother with this, as dogs eat everything. Cats are known for being incredibly aloof, temperamental, and picky (and carnivorous), and this list is what makes my kitty all the more awesome. This is only what I can remember, mind you, I share food with her all the time, which, of course, means I don’t get it all to myself. There’s tons of stuff missing, surely, but here’s what I know:
Fruit: apple, mango, banana, strawberry, blueberry, peach
Vegetable: spinach, carrot, tomato, potato, onion, english cucumber, corn, kidney beans
Etc.: whole grain saltines, pasta (I give her whole strands to slurp up), bread or anything made from dough, frozen orange whole fruit bars, a berry slushie , rice, Pop-Tarts ®, apricot -raspberry Verona ® cookie filling, pomegranate sorbet, Vegetable Thins (she just poked her head in the box and dug out two crackers while I wasn’t looking), melba peach gelato
Banana has now overtaken apple as the favorite. Often she can tell I’m going to eat one of those before I even bite or unpeel.
Friday, 12 June, 2009 at 12:40
Am back-reading blogs; enjoyed this. Question is: does your cat do other dog-like tricks? Cats who play fetch are cool.
Friday, 12 June, 2009 at 13:10
Sort of. I don’t throw stuff, but she brings me items anyway. While I’m asleep or at work, she’ll find any socks or slippers lying around the house (or in an open drawer, heh heh heh, foolish housemate) and deposits them in my room, carrying them from the other side of the house. That’s a lot of work considering she must drop stuff now and then. I like to think of it as tribute. I’ve actually seen her as she coolly walks with them in her mouth. Once I was on my bed and she watched her somehow carry a TENNIS BALL in her front teeth, and tried to jump on my bed with it and failed nobly. I was goddamn proud and fully appreciated the effort.