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Obligate Carnivore: Some carnivores, called obligate carnivores, depend only on meat for survival. Their bodies cannot digest plants properly. Plants do not provide enough nutrients for obligate carnivores. All cats, from small house cats to huge tigers, are obligate carnivores.
He likes mashed potato too!
pluralone
I had one who loved tangerines, another who loved strawberries. Neither one of them would have survived only eating those foods.
TheOriginalAmberRose
My cat loved spaghetti with tomato sauce. Go figure.
sloomoo
Family cat from my childhood liked canned english peas and beer. He'd knock over a beer to lap up the puddle.
CrapsMcgee
Cats love corn
It has the juice
alt86er
In nature this size of cats usually hunts for rodents and birds. The former usually contain things in their stomachs, too, that are usually not meat, which provides valuable nutrients. And they eat grass, too, if they need it. Always looks a bit weird when they do it, but they definitely do eat grass. The ratio meat to the rest may be significantly higher than for us, but they are most definitely not strictly carnivore.
NappaTheFriendlyGhost
Obligate Carnivore doesn't mean they only eat meat. It means they NEED to eat meat (or at least obtain the nutrients from it). Wolves and wild cats all eat things like grass to help with digestion and will snack on anything that smells nice.
alt86er
Snacks on anything that smells nice. Sounds a lot like me.... =)
RigoryMorty
This.
spontaneous9
I see a butter knife. Now tell me that ear of corn wasn't buttered.
literallymike
Was looking for something like this. My cat is um...aggressive...when it comes to butter.
spontaneous9
Same. I have never known a cat not to absolutely shred its owner into bloody smithereens over an entire stick of cold butter stolen right off the dinner table.
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muzzmuzzle
I see you've played knifey-spooney before
muzzmuzzle
Erm yeah it was, the bread was buttered and the corn rolled in that, why??
spontaneous9
I rest my case. Not that I had one, but you argument re: so-called "obligate carnivores" is therefore invalidated. Sorry, OP.
Just fyi, I'm giving your post an updoot nonetheless, and your reply here one as well, thank you for your honesty.
LitterBoxKing
Yeah, I had one that ate carrots and celery (in addition to chicken, tuna, etc.). Apparently he also didn't get the memo.
LitterBoxKing
Come to think of it, he also liked toothpaste and coffee (separately, of course).
pluralone
I had one who would lick the hand lotion off my hands if I let her. She was the same one who liked to lick plastic bags. No accountin' for taste!
LitterBoxKing
Indeed. Which reminds me that mine also liked to lick plastic bags. And shower liners. He was such a derp. I miss him.