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Okay. Twilight was licking a lollipop. Sugar is bad for a cat right? Am I not giving her something? (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2013 OP
A little sugar won't hurt her. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2013 #1
Good. All I need is some sorta diabetic cat. applegrove Aug 2013 #2
Cats are more likely to become diabetic if they are fed cheap dry food The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2013 #5
Yeah. I get the expensive stuff from the specialty pet store. applegrove Aug 2013 #6
You have a very happy cat! The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2013 #7
She's probably just satisfying her curiosity. Arkansas Granny Aug 2013 #3
I had a boxer that would eat tomatoes right off the vine when I was a kid. brewens Aug 2013 #4
Cardboard. LWolf Aug 2013 #8
Twilight is all batting paws if I'm putting something up to my mouth that she wants. That is when applegrove Aug 2013 #9

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,691 posts)
1. A little sugar won't hurt her.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 10:45 PM
Aug 2013

Cats normally don't care much for sweet foods because they don't have taste buds for sweet flavors, but it's not harmful.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,691 posts)
5. Cats are more likely to become diabetic if they are fed cheap dry food
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 10:57 PM
Aug 2013

made of corn gluten meal. Her food should be mostly meat protein; cats shouldn't be eating corn.

Arkansas Granny

(31,516 posts)
3. She's probably just satisfying her curiosity.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 10:55 PM
Aug 2013

I don't think a few licks will hurt her. My current kitty doesn't eat anything really strange, but a cat we had when I was a kid loved tomatoes.

brewens

(13,583 posts)
4. I had a boxer that would eat tomatoes right off the vine when I was a kid.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 10:57 PM
Aug 2013

Us kids didn't like them and fed her enough under the table that she got to like them and found the source! It was really funny. My dad was confounded. What could be scarfing his prized tomatoes like that? He found several stumps, still on the plant. Then he caught her in the act! It was about two hours before a Trixie proof fence was up!

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
8. Cardboard.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 11:25 PM
Aug 2013

The cat. She doesn't really "eat" it. She just bites it all up and piles up all the pieces she's bitten off.

What does she really eat that she's not supposed to? Anything in my cup or on my plate that she can get to before I move her away.

applegrove

(118,651 posts)
9. Twilight is all batting paws if I'm putting something up to my mouth that she wants. That is when
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 11:27 PM
Aug 2013

she is at her most kittenish. But don't show her fruit....she hates that and will bat it clear across the room.

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