/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.11086828]

Does /ck/ feed any fruits to its pets?

[Anonymous No.11086856]

>>11086828
Why would you abuse animals like that? Cats are obligate carnivores, you feed them meat.

[Anonymous No.11086864]

>>11086828
It's been a while.

[Anonymous No.11086926]

I give my chinchillas raisins and other dried fruits as a snack. There is too much sugar in fruits for animals.

[Anonymous No.11086934]

>>11086856
Their choice what to bite into, really

[Anonymous No.11086938]

>>11086856
So are people, yet some insist on only eating vegetables. What causes masochism?

[Anonymous No.11086958]

>>11086938
>Humans
>Obligate Carnivores
Are you sure you know what an obligate carnivore is?

[Anonymous No.11086983]

All the time. Apples cores, the ends of strawberries, any berries most commonly. Grapes are the only really harmful thing they can't have, besides that just don't give them enough to get the shits.

[Anonymous No.11086986]

I feed my dogs tangerine slices and small pieces of cut water melon every once in a while :)

[Anonymous No.11087002]

>>11086938
>So are people
I really hope you aren't allowed to take care of any pets.
>>11086934
>Their choice what to bite into, really
No you idiot, your job is to take care of them. Cats don't magically know which random artificially cultivated foods are going to cause them trouble or not.

[Anonymous No.11087328]

>>11086828
My cat thinks she wants watermelon like op I think because the texture and color makes her think it's flesh but once she gets a taste of it she does one if these

[Anonymous No.11087396]

>>11087328
>and color
Anon, cats are colourblind.

[Anonymous No.11087407]

this guy is a big fan of dried cheese and olives.

[Anonymous No.11087463]

>>11087407
your cat is a manslut
my cats used to love cheese too, I wonder why

[Anonymous No.11087556]

>>11087396
No.

[Anonymous No.11087560]

>>11087463
Are you actually wondering why cats like fermented milk and cream?

[Anonymous No.11087561]

I feed my guinea pigs blueberries and strawberries sometimes.

[Anonymous No.11087569]

>>11087561
RIP

[Anonymous No.11087582]

>>11087560
yes, particularly because my cats never liked milk or cream, but they went nuts for cheese

[Anonymous No.11087591]

>>11086828
I used to when my dog was alive. I always looked up to see if they were okay first, though.

[Anonymous No.11087603]

>>11087582
Well I've never heard of cats not going crazy for milk or cream. Mine drink until they're in an itis like milk drunk haze if I let them, but cheese typically has added salt plus dogs and cats in general LOVE fermented stinky food. Makes their superiy noses have a gasm. I used to have a dog that would swipe stinky washed rind cheeses if you were leaving them out to come to room temp in too low of a place. She also had a penchay for swiping dirty socks and hanging out near the pile of clothes outside the hamper

[Anonymous No.11087726]

I try to pad my cat's food with veggies.
Blah blah carnivores etc. but they can actually extract a lot of energy and nutrients from plants, they just can't survive on plants alone.

[Anonymous No.11087746]

>>11086958
He's half baiting. We can tolerate vegetables only in adulthood but it will stunt the growth of children and kill babies. Meat only on the other hand leads to perfect health from time of weaning till death, ergo, humans should feel obligated to live as pure carnivores. But that's not the same as the dictionary definition "obligate carnivore", that generally means an animal that completely shuts down without meat.

[Anonymous No.11087758]

>>11086828
this thread is cursed

[Anonymous No.11087772]

>>11087746
r u a cat?

[Anonymous No.11087785]

>>11086828
not on purpose but my little stinky tries to eat anything sweet that we might accidentally leave out and unattended

He goes after stuff like donuts or cookies, and he tries to open candy if he finds it. He's probably eaten a lot of plastic trying to get the candy.

I honestly don't understand because I thought cats were repulsed by "human food" and only wanted meat and fat.
He's got me wondering if he's actually a cat.

[Anonymous No.11087793]

>>11087569
Nah man blewbs are one of the few fruits that are just fine for the piggos

[Anonymous No.11087812]

>>11087785
Cats are hunter/scavengers irl. That's why they thrive so much feral in the city. There's literally never a time where they can't find something they like to eat. Half the time they just hunt for fun.

[Anonymous No.11087816]

>>11086828
Yes, I feed apples to my rabbits
They are nutritious and tasty and good for the rabbits diet, I recommend all rabbit owners do the same for their rabbits

[Anonymous No.11087832]

>>11087785
Do you know how relatively recent in history processed / cultivated "human foods" came about? Way too recent to have had its own direct role in shaping the feeding instincts of cats. This is similar to when people ask why we "evolved to like" food that's bad for us. The answer is our instincts for what to eat were already in place long before any foods like the kind we have around today were first produced.

[Anonymous No.11087861]

>>11087816
I suspect this post was written by a rabbit

[Anonymous No.11087869]

>>11087861

[Anonymous No.11087875]

>>11087861
No your rabbit needs apple. Never forget the apple. It is so sweet and so delicious. All rabbit deserve apple

[Anonymous No.11087893]

>>11087861
I agree with >>11087875
Apple is sweet and healthy,
Rabbits should be provided with apple

[Anonymous No.11087911]

My cats love to munch on an ear of corn, it's super cute.

I have one cat that's absolutely psycho for food. She was a rescue and fended for herself who knows how long and in the four years I've had her has not unlearned her aggressive habits. I have to be careful not to leave food out, lest she attacks it.

She will rip apart packages of bread or other baked goods (donuts once, rip), she likes cheese, milk, ice cream, and other creamy things, she will chew up cucumbers, she once shredded a papaya, and sampled apples and peaches. Really into mashed potatoes. Also any snacky foods like chips, popcorn, goldfish crackers...list goes on. I think the tackiest thing she's ever done was drink used frying oil, which I had placed to finish cooling on top of the tallest kitchen cupboard, just a foot under the ceiling. She somehow made the jump to it from the windowsill. It's a good thing the oil wasn't hot. I usually hide frying oil inside the oven but I was using it for something that day.

[Anonymous No.11087913]

Yes my kawaii usagis (that's Japanese for cute bunnies) regularly get ringos (that's Japanese for apples), bananas (that's Japanese for bananas) and ichigos (that's Japanese for strawberries) and, OP pic related, suikas (that's Japanese for watermelon).

[Anonymous No.11087917]

>>11087396
Colourblind doesn't mean greyscale vision. Both cats and dogs can see some colour, not the full range people can, but likely more than you think

[Anonymous No.11087932]

>>11086856
they can eat non meats, they just don't get any nutritional value out of them


asshole

[Anonymous No.11087936]

My old dog fucking loved bananas. She was absolutely crazy about them. You could not open a banana anywhere in the house without her showing up, and she’d harass you until you gave her a piece. Never seen an animal love a specific food so much before.

I miss her ;_;

[Anonymous No.11087938]

My current cat and one I had when I was a kid were both crazy for green olives. I never gave them any, not sure it it would hurt them.

Every time I eat green olives she is all up in my face begging and trying to lick my fingers.

[Anonymous No.11087974]

>>11087936
Mine was like that, too. Even as a crippled by arthritis 15 year old, she would get up out of her bed and come to get a piece of banana if I didn't think to give her a piece while she was lying down. Sometimes I'd hide in the kitchen and eat one but she'd still smell it and would be behind me when I turned around.

[Anonymous No.11087981]

>>11087932
>they can eat non meats, they just don't get any nutritional value out of them
And how is that a good thing? You're supposed to get nutritional value from food (inb4 someone brings up insoluble fiber like that applies here). You're fucking with their GI tract for no reason. The asshole here is you, stop abusing your cat.

[Anonymous No.11088072]

>>11087974
Exact same. My old girl lived to be 17. We got lucky in that she remained pretty spry, she was basically fine until a couple days before she died. Went downhill very fast and we knew it was time. To the day she died, though, she’d show up if you opened a banana.

[Anonymous No.11088224]

>>11087869
cute rabbit poster

[Anonymous No.11088317]

>>11087746
>vegetables... will stunt the growth of children and kill babies
What? Why are babies fed smashed peas and shit? How come I ate hardly any vegetables when I was a kid but I'm only 5'9"?

[Anonymous No.11088408]

my cat is a fat fuck who licks butter off toast.

[Anonymous No.11089059]

>>11087932

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases

control+f : Anthropomorphism

Protip: you shouldnt share your own dependency of overeating to your pets

[Anonymous No.11089063]

>>11088317

you probably had the potential to be 6'5

sorry manlet

[Anonymous No.11089075]

>>11086856
It's not abuse. Cats can get some nutrition from non meat sources just like any other carnivore, it's just not optimal

[Anonymous No.11089082]

>>11087407
>olives
I think all cats love olives, not as food but in the same way they like catnip, the smell probably gets them high

[Anonymous No.11089091]

>>11089075
see >>11089059

[Anonymous No.11089093]

my dog likes kit kat bars

[Anonymous No.11089098]

>>11087746
>We can tolerate vegetables only in adulthood but it will stunt the growth of children and kill babies
Source?

[Anonymous No.11089319]

>>11089098
Anon doesn't need a source, he knows because he never ate his vegetables as a kid and he grew to a healthy 300 lbs incel

[Anonymous No.11089321]

he hate the tomate

[Anonymous No.11089883]

>>11089091
See the coyote. And bears. And wild cats. They all eat fruit or vegetation of some sort at some point

[Anonymous No.11089918]

>>11089883
Coyotes and bears aren't obligate carnivores.

[Anonymous No.11089920]

>>11089075
>not optimal
What the fuck is that supposed to mean? That they can't digest it properly? Because yes, that's why it's abuse to feed them this retarded garbage for your own entertainment. Why not just feed them what they actually should be eating? There is absolutely no benefit you're giving them by doing this.
>just like any other carnivore
Obligate carnivores aren't just like any other carnivore, that's why they're called obligate carnivores.

[Anonymous No.11089927]

i've tried.

budgies allegedly like fruit. mine don't.

[Anonymous No.11089936]

>>11089883
>wild cats
>They all eat fruit or vegetation
You mean feral cats, or are you talking about wild cats in the sense of tigers and leopards? Feral cats eat all sorts of crap that isn't good for them, they do their best to live off literal trash and get sick from it all the time. That's not a good reason to feed your own cat literal trash.

[Anonymous No.11089954]

>>11089920
>what does optimal mean
You're a fucking idiot
>cant digest it properly
That doesnt mean it's bad for them. We cant digest a lot of things properly that we still ingest frequently.
>why not feed them what they should be eating?
I do, but sometimes they get curious and if there are no side effects from it, why not?
Obligate carnivores need meat to live. That doesnt mean they cant eat any form of vegetation whatsoever.

[Anonymous No.11090027]

>>11089927
I got two Rose-ringed Parakeet and they love fresh fruit, especially grapes of all sorts.

[Anonymous No.11090060]

>>11089954
As in what does optimal mean in that context? It's not retarded to ask for clarification when some retard uses a vague buzzword, especially since it's not like cats can digest cellulose and it just takes more work, they simply can't digest it.
>That doesnt mean it's bad for them.
>there are no side effects
Putting non-food through their digestive system can upset their stomach and give them diarrhea or even bowel obstruction (phytobezoar). Just because you don't notice a problem after trying this pointless abuse doesn't mean it's harmless.
>That doesnt mean they cant eat any form of vegetation whatsoever.
They can't digest it, so what you're calling "eating" here is the same sort of "eating" as a human child swallowing tooth paste or a plastic toy. At best it'll pass through them and not cause them much pain, but you're certainly not doing them a favor by making this happen.

[Anonymous No.11090562]

>>11087002
i don't give a fuck.

[Anonymous No.11090593]

I share apples with my doggo

[Anonymous No.11090636]

do not feed your cats citrus shit will kill them my cat would ewt the limes in our backyard his kidneys shutdown and he died at 18 also i think the vet was shoving snit us my cats ass one time when he came up he had a plastic glove up his ass

[Anonymous No.11091130]

>>11086856
my cat likes broccoli, he's dumb

[Anonymous No.11091143]

>>11087746
>We can tolerate vegetables only in adulthood
But i loved vegetables since i was a baby

[Anonymous No.11091146]

Yeah, my tort and duck eat fruit all the time. My budgie also likes tangerines. My dog doesn't care about fruit, though.

[Anonymous No.11091188]

>>11090636
18 is a ripe old age for a cat.

[Anonymous No.11091277]

>>11090636
18 is a pretty average age for a cat

[Anonymous No.11091312]

>>11086828
The first time I saw this thread it was years ago, nearly a decade perhaps now. Time flies, even when you're not having fun.

[Anonymous No.11091336]

>>11090060
Guess I need to stop my cats from eating grass and plants.

[Anonymous No.11091355]

>>11090636
do you have brain damage?

[Anonymous No.11091361]

>>11091277
Average that's old af

[Anonymous No.11091377]

>>11091336
>My cat ran into a wall and hurt her head once.
>Therefore it's now OK for me to periodically slam her head against a table.

[Anonymous No.11091428]

One of my cats likes to lick apple cores. The other one hates lemons, to the point where she won't let me pet her if I've squeezed one

[Anonymous No.11091442]

My cat goes nuts for raw chicken but wont go near cooked chicken

[Anonymous No.11091447]

You all now remember that woman who fed her dog only vegan food, and it died, with her being completely oblivious as to why

[Anonymous No.11091455]

>>11091447
Wasn't that a fox?

[Anonymous No.11091472]

i give my cat rice and ketchup

[Anonymous No.11091782]

my dog hounds me for any fruit i have, like apples or watermelon mainly