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Cat obsessed with blueberry muffins. Is it safe to give a piece?
I have a 12-year-old cat who generally hates people food. Today I opened up a box of muffins, and I’ve never seen him respond like this before. I spent the entire time eating it having to hold it away from him with his beans in my face, and I feel so bad. Would an elder cat be able to digest part of a muffin?
I had a cat in the 90s who loved corn on the cob. The first time I ate some around him, he completely took me by surprise by swiping the cob right out of my hands. He ran to a corner with it and started eating. He’d turn it with his paw when he needed to. It was the damnedest thing!
Then he topped himself by bring me the empty cob and dropping it in front of me. He sat there staring. I picked it up and his tail started twitching. I don’t know why I did it, but I tossed it. This began a weekly game of cob fetch.
Yes. I incorporated regular intake of corn on the cob so that my cat and I could play fetch. I’d always leave a couple of rows untouched for him.
I’d never seen anything like it the first time she encountered it, she turned FERAL. It was honestly so strange how crazy she went for it. I will try and find the video.
She also enjoys cabbage, edamame, chips (fries not crisps), vegan cheese, and biscuits dunked in tea to name a few of her bizarre snacking choices.
My cob kitty also liked broccoli. He was such an odd little guy! His name was Spider and I loved him dearly.
I’d love to see video of your cat going wild over a corn cob! Spider was a black cat. He’s one of 3 black cats I’ve had throughout my life. Their personalities were very different from the other cats. They were friendlier, more adventurous, a bit dog-like.
I've got a lettuce obsessed weirdo too, I have to stage decoy lettuce when I'm eating so he doesn't steal the good pieces. He will hunt me down as soon as he hears the produce bag rustle.
I have a tuxedo that hates wet cat food. Not even the squeeze tube is good enough for him. But he will fight anyone for some baby food. Including my 1 year old. I have to lock him up now when I feed my baby because tuxedo will smack the spoon out of my hand as soon as it's loaded up with veggie puree with rice.
I had a cat who figured out how to open the breadbox to get at plain bread. She also once ate all the pineapple off of a Hawaiian pizza without touching any of the rest of it. We walked in on her just as she was standing on the pizza gobbling the last pineapple bit.
I tend to not share with my boys. Idk what is safe for them amongst the myriad different foods I eat. And I don't want them to get into the habit anyways. Though I do feel a tad guilty and wonder if they ever get tired of what they do get...
She's just a little baby, of course she gets chicken. When I get a Costco rotisserie chicken, it's me and my dog and my cat all at the kitchen counter just destroying it together like gremlins. My husband, who is vegetarian, just watches is in horror lol.
LoL my cat is not at all interested in human food. However he has a 6th sense and will go into an absolute frenzy over packaged whole roasted turkey breast.
I buy the pre cooked shredded turkey breast packages and portion some out for omelets exclusively and anytime my cat somehow knows, smells it from across the room, and will show up out of nowhere and jump on the counter and start pacing and shaking like an addict until I give him some.
I also have a ham fiend! He won't eat squeeze treats, no cat treats at all actually, nor any chicken, hates turkey, despises beef. Not into people food at all. He is the pickiest cat I've ever had.
Blueberries are safe, a little muffin, very small is okay. Not good for them, but not poisonous. One of our twins, 14 year old female domestic short hairs, goes absolutely nuts for any pastry. She usually gets some. She is skinny and healthy.
I swear you either have a garbage disposal or the pickiest cat in the world. I was blessed and cursed with the mix of both between all 3 of mine. One refuses any kind of wet food, one refuses most, and the other will steal water Mellon strait out of your hands 🤦♀️
One of my cats will stare at you until you give him a small piece of food (especially burgers). The other will not eat human food unless it's that rare time where he actually will eat a piece of chicken.
When I buy fish and chips one of my babies will sit in front of me until I give them a bit of cod.. has to be a certain warm temperature though as they reject it if its cooled too much lol
I used to have a male Siamese mix that had zero interest in anything people did, including food, unless it was a tuna fish sandwich. In that case he would appear out of the ether and get right in your face to take that sandwich. Talk about reinforcing stereotypes.
Our current little beast will only eat a certain brand of dry food and specific treats. She turns her nose up at any wet food, as well as bacon (yes, bacon), chicken or any other people food. God help us if we're late feeding her however, that is not acceptable.
I have a theory that it's based on their past. I've had about a dozen cats in my 40 years, plus was raised on a farm with barn cats. Anecdotal evidence only, but:
Every cat that was a rescue, or a feral, that I've ever had has been food aggressive, to the point that I once held my calico girl Lyric off the ground as she held into the ribeye steak I had served myself. I had my teeth in the other end, and used her weight to saw off the steak right above where she had her death hold.
Every cat that I've ever had that was an 'oops' cat from a friend, that was raised in a house and never had to worry about food? Never cared about human food in general, except for the odd exceptions, like tuna or shrimp.
TLDR: My theory is that 'street cats' will eat anything, while housecats are much more picky or uninterested in human food.
Both of my cats are rescues. The eldest is 14, she was rescued after a hurricane as a kitten. She will only eat Fancy Feast wet food, she does not like the pate, and will throwup any other wet food. She also only likes freeze dried shrimp or the tube treats. She doesn't seem to care about what dry food she eats.
The youngest, was born to an ferral cat who died. I had to bottle feed her, teach her to go to the bathroom and how to use a litter box. The eldest cat had nothing to do with her and actually dislikes her. So at the time we had a chihuahua (RIP, my Tini) and well he raised her like a dog. She will eat anything, she will come and steal it off your plate like the dog would. Thankfully she doesn't counter surf. HOWEVER she only crunchy treats, hates freeze dried shrimp, but does not care at all about any other food she eats.
I had a cat (Mainecoon) who if he even HEARD the can opener he would immediately assume it was tuna and would wake up from a deep ass sleep to come launching towards my cabinets trying to steal it. He was actually coming up with strategic plans to pull heists on tuna sandwiches and managed a couple of times. Miss ya trashy Dashy 🖤
My previous Maine Coons were very "handsy" manipulating their toys and food/water dishes. Once they figured out how to use their paws to open cabinets, they quickly tried to open everything they could. Had to put child locks on the fridge to stop them.
My cat shows no interest at all in any human food except chocolate milk. Does anyone know if that’s dangerous? I’ve only allowed her to lick the cap once or twice.
Chocolate is generally considered unsafe for cats, and milk isn't easy for them to digest. Licking a tiny bit off the cap isn't going to kill her, but you wouldn't want to give her any on purpose I'll say that.
What makes it dangerous is theobromine, an alkaloid found in cocoa beans. It's got high concentrations in chocolate, especially dark chocolate or bakers chocolate and other high cocoa % chcocolates. Luckily there isn't much in chocolate milk, making it far less dangerous than a bar of Lindt 70% or something. But still not recommended.
In summary: licking the cap isn't going to kill her, especially if it didn't kill her in the past. But chocolate is certainly dangerous for cats, it's just what makes chocolate dangerous isn't in very high concentration in your typical chocolate milk. Either way, best to avoid.
Thanks for the info. I had a cat who liked to lick a tiny bit of chocolate ice cream from the inside lid of a pint of haagen daz. She did live to be 22+, but i won't do it again.
Our cat wants to smell our food when we sit down to eat. And then we usually get a look of "You're going to eat that? Okay..." And she goes off to do cat things. The only human food she has tried to eat is bacon grease, and not recently.
My cats all collectively love canes, I personally e joy ordering naked chicken and it doubles cause my cats can enjoy it too! As someone who used to work there, it does not come in contact with the seasonings in the breading, and they cook in in the fry fryer for no cross contamination for gluten free people 👍
Turn over rate for employees is high, but as long as they are following company standards for it which was very heavily enforced at mine and I also drilled it into my coworkers as my sister is gluten and dairy free and I wanted to make sure I could take food home to her too! Any other canes I’ve brought her to where she asks they always seem very proud and happy to share that they follow the gluten guidelines! And we’ve been to dozens over Kansas, Missouri and Iowa while traveling
As much as giving up wheat, corn, soy, and peanuts (including their oils) has been a very difficult transition for me (I formerly lived on pasta, bread, and every corn-based food), there has never been a better time to look for alternatives, as they are abundant.
I'm only intolerant, not allergic or celiac, so I have it relatively easy, but I greatly appreciate the diligent efforts of food service workers who take containment procedures seriously.
One well-contaminated meal and it can take me a fortnight to reset. It's crazy, how severely diet can negatively impact the body, when something goes medically awry.
Omggg my kitty goes nuts for canes. She will eat a whole box if you let her hahaha!! She takes her little paw and uses it like a hand it’s crazy & sooo cute 💖 she’s loves a nice tisserie from Costco too
Oh yeah of course! she only gets a bite or two but she def tries to grab it with her little paws! We rarely get it and it’s the only thing besides her food she shows interest in lol
We call ours Black Garfield. Obviously he's black, he's thick, he's got an appetite you gotta fend off with a stick.
Today big boi saddled up next to my kids (2 undrr 5, human) during lunch and begged for theor mac n cheese and peas&carrots. Tried to swipe some corn off my older kids plate while the younger one dropped peas for him to scarf up. My floors are pretty clean, my booster seat is licked thoroughly, and one time I left a wedge of parm out in a ziploc bag and this fatass cat ate through the plastic and left freaking bite marks all over the cheese.
Nothing is safe around him, and on top of the usuals like cheese and meats he has a particular love for carbs bread tortillas rolls granola bars dry cereal cookies crackers... he unzipped my suitcase and ransacked for a box of half a dozen blakc and white cookies i brought back from NYC. He chewed through a Tupperware for a slice of sourdough bread. He once drank out of a measuring cup of olive oil like it was water. He ate the top.half off an unfrosted cooling birthday cake. He hooked his paws around a child cabinet lock to grab a bag of granola. He almost set the house on fire when he accidentally turned on a burner climbing on to the stove to fish some pasta we missed on draining out of the pasta water.
On top of this all, he has food allergies (unknown source) so for the last year has been on a $$$ hydrolyzed protein diet LMAOOOOO if its not under lock and key or in the fridge he will eat it.
He is very well and extensively fed just not to his tastes. His 15lb stature confirms this.
My son wants anything I eat, recently found out he goes nuts for ritz crackers. Not sure what the seasonings on the og are so he gets a very tiny crumb he likes to crunch on
All 3 of mine are so distinct it’s hard to compromise with them sometimes haha, my youngest earned her nickname the terrorist. She’s like a wind up toy, if you harass her or look at her wrong, she goes and seeks out MY cat and beats the shit out of him 🤦♀️ he’s literally twice her weight but he doesn’t use it
We have the pickiest cat in the world, but one time we dropped a piece of rotisserie chicken and when we looked down, it was gone and he was sitting there licking his lips! We were like ??? Did you just eat that ??? And of course, he hasn't eaten chicken since lol.
One of mine will ONLY eat chicken, ofc not the chicken I make for them, but while they all eat canned tuna, all but 1 refuse anything fish flavored, even their freeze dried fish. The only thing Ive been successful with is the skin and coat meal toppers from instinct
Mother in law said her cat wouldn't eat wet food or eat treats out of my hand, of boy loved eating treats by hand and wet food, mil just tried "health wet food" instead of "McDonald's" wet food, she was absolutely shocked when each of these long lived beliefs was shattered, she came to stay with us, and we have cats that get wet food sometimes as treats, so, plate went down for him too, he looks at us like is this a trick? You trying to prank me? So I swipe across the top and good it a little above and in front of his nose and wiggled my finger a little to scatter the smell around a bit and he starts licking my finger, and I move my finger down to the wet food a couple times, and he looks at me like seriously dude?, Sniffs it, realizes it's what was on my finger, and starts absolutely demolishing it, cussing the whole time (he was bottle fed as a baby and as an only cat for a very long time, not well socialized) when he really liked something, he would often cuss and hiss about how much he enjoyed it
So true. One of my cats will climb me to try to get a bite of my food, especially salad. The other turns her nose up at almost all people food, but both of them can hear a cream cheese package being opened from the other side of the house.
My void Baghera will try to swipe my burger straight out of my mouth, and hooks his front paw like a hand to try to pick up food right out of my hand 🤣 he's a food gremlin unlike I ever seen prior to him. My girl Cleo will just sit beside you and furiously make biscuits until you offer her a bite that she usually doesn't even want, but will eat chicken and a few other things. Prince is my flame point and he was our first cat and is the most spoiled and just knows you will make the right decision and put the food in his bowl and carry him to it. He's so beyond spoiled rotten but he's the chilliest and just knows you will do the right thing 🤣
My garbage disposal is a flame point with classic tabby patterns, he’s a very interesting boy! We’re assuming his dad might have been Siamese, but my other 2 are voids. My oldest void sticks his nose up to most things (unless I make him try it) and my youngest is a mix of garbage disposal and picky
my cat is definitely on the picky side but she wants to sniff everything. However one sniff and she then looks at me like I'm crazy for eating that garbage
lol grew up with a cat who you couldn’t leave any food on the counter unattended… I’ll never forget watching cartoons one night and him casually strutting through the living room with a raw chicken drumstick in his mouth, so proud of himself.
My current cat only eats kibble, no wet food, no human food, with the sole exception of spicy cheez-its and occasionally tuna water.
Assuming they are aware considering they highlighted it, but very true non the less. However if a cat eats something once that’s seasoned lightly with it, it won’t kill them. That being said, still best to avoid giving them anything potentially containing either
My cat wants all the human food but is extremely picky with cat food. He's basically just a raccoon, he loves to try to dig through the trash for a chicken bone 😂
We have a bread cat too. When she was younger, we HAD to keep the bread put away, or she'd eat the bag and bread. We had to get a covered butter dish because of her. She is 18 with a exposed cancerous growth, she can get whatever her little heart wants (as long as it isn't toxic).
We learnt the hard way when we didn’t put the groceries away right away and came back to a hole in the bread bag and several nibbled pieces, the little asshole
I found out my son was obsessed with cheesecake by having some one day. He was on the other side of the dining room, walked over, started smelling it and when I lifted up the plate so he couldn’t grab a bite he tried to eat the piece in my mouth that I was chewing on
Our Gertie, the pastry nut, once ate through the plastic and ate a hole in a peach pie. Yes, we have to cat proof bread and pastry. She is also velcro, sticks to me.
my cat loves pastries too! she turns her head up at nearly any human food otherwise (thank god bc she's super food motivated & stubborn lmao). she simply has a sweet tooth 🦷
Lol, I have 7 and atleast 3 will wanna taste, if its spaghetti 4 will want sauce with a tiny piece of meat😅 i let them taste or atleast smell anything unless its loaded with onions, etc.
My cat is obsessed with puffed pastry or pastries in general lmaoo like croissant or brioche 😭 maybe because she is French, I give her a tiny tiny piece everytime so she leaves me alone ahah
I’ve got a croissant fiend too. She goes nuts trying to get them. It’s so random because we’ve got a big crew of cats and our beloved cat Mena used to love croissants and she passed last spring. We adopted a six year old calico Manx a couple months later and it turns out she has the same croissant obsession. I love that Mena’s croissant shenanigans live on in Octavia. The other four cats couldn’t be less interested. (Which is probably good.)
My docile old lady went MENTAL for a corn cob. Like snarled at me to get it. I let her gnaw at it, and of course she barfed up the bits she chewed off.
You can’t unring this bell. My old tabby used to LOVE blueberry muffins, if I was eating one I had to do it standing because she would literally try to lick the crumbs off my mouth. Later on in her years she learned how to open the little bakery clamshell containers and I had to take to hiding the muffins from her.
Every cat I've ever had has been freaking OBSESSED with blueberry muffins. A small tidbit won't hurt them as long as there is no artificial sweetener in them.
Pro tip: if your muffin has a wrapper, either dispose of the wrapper in the trash before you start eating it or keep a very close eye on the wrapper while you're finishing your muffin.
I can't tell you how many times I've sat down, unwrapped my muffin, and ended up chasing the little muffin wrapper thieves around my house.
It's posts like these that make me question the whole, "cats can't taste sugary or sweet things" claim.
My cat is obsessed with lofthouse frosted sugar cookies. When I open a box she basically tries to crawl into my shirt just for a chance to have crumbs fall on her face. She loves the cookie more than the frosting but anything is free game to her.
Well, if tou dont give them a piece you'll likely lose a finger or be smothered in your sleep, but I suppose how 'safe' depends on how close you live to the hospital and how good your insurance is?
Oh.... just read beyond the subject... Yeah, he'll be fine.
Many baked items marketed as 'healthy' and 'sugar free' are made with xylitol, also known as birch sugar. Xylitol is an artificial sweetener. This stuff is everywhere from baked goods to coffee creamer. Xylitol is highly toxic to dogs. While it is generally regarded as safe for cats, there is only limited research regarding the toxic effects for cats.
I believe that it is always better to err on the side of caution. Nothing containing xylitol enters my home.
Yes, he can have a little. I have a cat who wants to try everything. He gives everything a taste test, even a lemon I cut so I could use it as a deterrent from plant destruction.
If they have a little bit it’s ok. But like others have said it’s a slippery slope because they will learn to beg for it or stick their paws in your plate. I have to continually remind friends and roommates not to give my cat human food because he’s already a gremlin.
My cat likes to eat bread if it’s left out on the counter. Yes, he rips open the bag to eat it. One time while I wasn’t home my roommate called me to let me know he was throwing up a lot. I was really concerned and took him to the vet. He recovered quickly and was still eating his food and drinking water. But when his bloodwork came back the vet mentioned that it seemed like his pancreas was mildly inflamed. I asked her what could cause this. She said in dogs it’s usually because they ate something, but in cats it’s harder to identify and often times they don’t know.
It wasn’t until later I realized that my roommate sent me a picture on instagram DMs that same day that he had gotten into her bread….
Of course I’d mentioned to my roommates many times prior to this incident to keep their bread in the drawers or cabinets but…
I have since gotten a bread box for everyone to keep their bread in and it is no longer an issue. He still tried to eat food off of my plate though
LOL one of my cats loves pastries! We always peel little bits off of a muffin, loaf, or cookie for him to nosh on. Little tiny pieces. At most a teaspoon worth if we’re feeling a little naughty but that’s definitely not a daily thing, we usually grab pastries every few months. He absolutely loves it.
He is also skinny and healthy. Just be wary of what ingredients are in it. Obviously don’t give him a chocolate chip.
My cat won’t eat anything except cheap cat food. Not even fish ( which I’m aware is ok in moderation) but she likes to try to steal a lick of whipped cream or ice cream
My little Chiyo was never really food motivated. One day I brought home lemon poppyseed muffins, and the moment I opened the container she had teleported to my feet. Meowing and reaching up at me. There's no way, right? So I give her a small piece. Vacuums it right up and starts screaming and following me for more. So strange!!
Blueberries are at least better! Cats shouldn't have poppyseeds since they are toxic fwiw. No need for anyone to freak, she was 11 and lived another 10 years after this. The day we put her down I made a smorgasbord of the things she enjoyed eating over the years. Lemon poppyseed muffin included. 💜
Not good, it will start an addiction. They will want some blueberry muffin every time you have them. Then one day, you will deny them and they will kill you while you sleep.
I left a cinnamon bun with cream cheese frosting on the coffee table to go pee and this shithead ate half of it and I had to fight him to get the rest out of his yap.
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