37 thoughts on “A cruel trick on a kitty”

  5. A former cat of mine liked beer. She would knock over empty bottles by recycling bin to try and wrest a few drops from them.

  6. We have a cat who will eat—and even beg for!—broccoli, beans, edamame, peas, cooked carrots, etc. I bet she’d have no issues at all with spinach.

    1. My cat will fight you for mango juice. Then after drinking a little bit will walk off in a huff like he’s been insulted. The moment you get a fresh glass? He wants it again. Now, oh please, oh please, oh please. Now he doesn’t. Oh wait, he does.

  7. I don’t think it’s cruel. My cat loves cantaloupe! I had a cat that loved olives. If I was cooking with olive oil, he would go crazy. Other cats in my life have liked green beans and corn. You never can tell with cats!

      1. Looks like that cat thought he liked spinach until he tasted it. He was all hands trying to get at that bag. As noted above you can never tell with cats: Summer-the-stripey-cat loves bell peppers and lettuce (and sour-cream-&-chive triscuits). We don’t know how she would take to spinach because I loathe the stuff and won’t have it in the house.

    2. We also had a cantaloupe-loving cat, so we would let her nom on the seedy pulp. Then we saw all these baby cantaloupe plants growing in our yard…

  8. Our Gus (not that other Gus!) is absolutely mad for spinach! Also lettuce, bok choy (the leafy part only), rose petals as well as rose leaves, dandelion leaves, grass — anything green and leafy. But especially spinach. He eats it every day. So it should go without saying that I have offered spinach to many other cats. Never had a taker, though.

  9. Like several of the other posters, I also have had cats who loved broccoli, cauliflower, and melon. Long-deceased Chloe would eat so much melon it would make her sick, so I had to ration it. Otherwise she’d gnaw the entire rind.
    And I once had a d*g who liked Sauer kraft, beer – and soap. Srsly.

  12. My former feral, now complete sweetie pie, Sammy, LOVES Cheerios. But only if they have milk on rhem. He will reach into the bowl begging for them. But he won’t touch them if they’re dry.

    BTW, Sammy’s the only cat I’ve been able to teach high-fives. As in James and Street Cat Bob, for those who know their story. If I can ever get a proper photo or video, I’ll share it with the moggie-livers here. And maybe a Cherrio-snatching laniappe. 😸

      1. Oof. Not to this human it doesn’t. Fresh from the bag, it smells stale, almost rancid.

  14. My friend’s cats eat a variety of veggies. On top of a cheese pizza, everything is more palatable.

    And my kitten is like Negan of The Walking Dead. She demands half of everything I have. (Or at least first right of refusal.)

  15. Cats are pure carnivores. Some cats happily eat non carnivorous foods but it is bad for them when continued and can damage liver etc. A friend used to regularly add non meat scraps to the regular cat food and after a few years the cat had to be put on a special diet and medicine to counter the damage

  17. Come off it! Cats can look after themselves. Don’t weep tears. That’s why we love them.

  18. My sister used to have a cat who loved to eat collard greens, and he lived to age 24.

    Every cat I’ve ever had has nibbled on grass from time to time, so I would assume there is a natural vegetarian component of their diets.

    1. I understood from my vet that it helps relieve temporary stomach upset that is very common in cats by making them sick – but probably best they don’t eat it.

  20. When we say the cat doesn’t like the spinach, what are we basing it on? Is it a facial expression? Is it possible we could be anthropomorphizing based on human facial expressions? I didn’t see the cat eject it from its mouth (spit it out). But the video was short.

    Based on some of the comments above of cats eating vegetables, I have my doubts if this cat is averse to spinach. It’s true that the cat appeared to pause momentarily just before the video ended, but that could be because it’s a new sensation, perhaps a glorious sensation. I could be wrong, but offering plausible alternative explanations is what rational science-minded people do.

  21. Digging in the yard I uncovered a large (2 inch or so?) white grub worm, probably some kind of beetle. My cat was near me, and I pointed at and nudged the grub worm as if to tell him to eat it, and then … he did. I always felt bad for that. Like, he trusted me to give him food, and then I made him eat that. It was just a joke! I didn’t think he’d do it!

    1. Nonsense! Wild cats would exploit any source of protein like that which they chanced upon. 🙂

      But why waste organic spinach on a puddy tat?!

      1. Have had two kitties who catch earthworms that showed their heads between paving stones in a outdoor catio. One would leave them as gifts, the current one ate half, left the rest for me.

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