[Blessings2You]

Our two cats get a taste, and I mean a taste. They get to lick a wee bit of whatever--cream cheese, butter, applesauce, salad dressing--off the tip of my finger. Cindy gets a piece of my string cheese about the size of a BB. And she gets a little bite of scrambled egg. They probably get between and teaspoon and a tablespoon of people food per week.

Cooper (the loaner) isn't big on people food (and he's lactose intolerant) but I've been treating him with a tiny bit of tuna as he reward for being stuck downstairs in his room all day.

I've been getting conflicting information on feeding a cat tuna (albacore in water) from NEVER NEVER, to infrequently, to a little bit a day won't hurt. Even the vets don't agree. What have you heard? I'll cease and desist if it's going to hurt him, but it's the only thing he really considers a treat.

[mrsD]

Most definitely....

Search Dr. Becker Vet Mercola on YouTube. Lots of new videos on vaccine safety and feeding. The trend now is back to whole foods, and table food is okay as long as the vitamin intake from other foods balances. This is why I give taurine mixed in the tuna. Oreo is supposed to not lose weight so I give her more food than the others.

We don't season our meats, so when we cook chicken, I save some for the cats. They LOVE the rotisserie chicken from Costco...it does not have herbs or spices added, like some. They get salmon sometimes, sometimes Turkey, and canned tuna (not albacore) once a week with taurine I add to it. Houdini likes shrimp. When I have shrimp I give him one too. Sheba who lived to be 24, got shrimp daily as a treat. The tuna is the only thing Oreo does not barf up. But we only give it once a week or so.
So far they are rejecting Wellness and Wilderness canned.

We've switched to BlueBuffalo Wilderness kibble. It is high in protein for cats and grain free.

Our cats get some canned...wet also. I alternate 9 lives and Friskies special diet.

We used to use Eukanuba kibble. Both Sheba and Tippy lived long on that one. But we switched to wilderness kibble based on our son's experience with 3 indoor only fat cats. They are doing much better on it. Weezie has trimmed down a bit too.

[Blessings2You]

Why not albacore? Just wondering.

One of our cats, Cindy, is on a prescription urinary diet...pricey, but no more episodes of FUS, thank God!! Peach eats that, but she's fussy so she gets her own food that we bring out of the cupboard for her, then put back before Cindy gets it. Nobody here likes canned cat food, though we haven't tried all kinds.

[mrsD]

Albacore is supposed to have the most toxins. (mercury)


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[Kitty]

I let mine lick the spoon when I finish my yogurt. They each probably get about a teaspoon each. The only other people food they like is cheese. If I'm using cheese on something I'll give them a tiny bite. They also like baked chicken.

[Blessings2You]

Our old cat, Ivy, could hear bacon from the other side of the basement. She liked all the bad stuff like pepperoni and salami. Cindy and Peach sniff that stuff and look at me like, Are you tryin' to POISON me???

[ginnie]

Hi blessings, Yes My scruffy who I had for 21 years, knew the day I prepared the chicken or turkey before it was cooked! He stuck by the kitchen and got first dibs when it was out of the oven. My current kitty won't touch anything but fish. All of them are so very different! ginnie

[July63]

I cook turkey/rice and green beans for the dog, but Boo the Siamese only likes cat food (both dry and wet). He will take a bite of Cheddar cheese or bacon, and he likes milk in moderation
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However, if I leave a pizza in reach, he will not touch it, and if he moans about getting dry food when the dog gets wet food, I try to put some of the dog food on his nose and he pulls away.

Boo wants what he wants.