My first OT post.

vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:28 pm

Why don't they make mouse flavored cat food? Or cat flavored dog food?
Or dog flavored.....ah....I won't go there.
I'll repeat. Why don't they make mouse flavored cat food?

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:04 pm

http://www.catchow.com/catcarecenter_3_ ... edID=21643

Best wishes,
Jerry

antstastegood · Post by **antstastegood** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:58 pm

You have been conducting taste tests?

vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:39 am

Jerry Freeman wrote:http://www.catchow.com/catcarecenter_3_ ... edID=21643

Best wishes,
Jerry

Wow. Not only has someone thought of it, but the cat food companies have actually explored the idea.

missy · Post by **missy** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:41 am

I don't know about the cat food - but for dog food - you are talking about creatures that eat things like rotten vegetables off mulch piles, duck droppings, etc. Why bother with flavors at all????

The flavor for MOST pet foods is done to appeal to the humans serving it, not to the actual animal. Even if every cat or dog went crazy over a food, if it smelled bad to the person opening the can or bag, there wouldn't be a resale.

Missy

slowair · Post by **slowair** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:00 am

I don't know which concerns me more...

The direction your OT threads will take....

Or the fact that Jerry knew where to go to answer your question so quickly.

Truly, this is a scary world!

vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:34 am

Wait. We havn't discussed the cat flavored dog food yet.
I had a black lab years ago that would have been happy with cat POOP flavored dog food if she could have gotten it.
And, besides, back to the mice, if they can come up with artificial chocolate flavors, artificial grape, orange, pinapple, root beer, maple, etc......then why can't they come up with artificial mouse flavor?

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:36 am

I have too many cats. (4)
Three are indoor outdoor. They hunt.
This is my observation:
If a cat catches a bird, it will almost invariably eat it, leaving only such things as gizzards, feet, etc...yuck, to clean up.

If a cat catches a rabbit, it will eat part, because rabbits are larger than birds, usually, and you get, on your porch, the proverbial "south end of a northbound rabbit."

If a cat catches a mouse, there may be a bite out, but it is rarely eaten. I conclude that mice are good for play, but not so tasty.

Cats catch, but never eat shrews.

Perhaps your cats are different. But from mine, I'd advise against mouse flavored cat food.

vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:48 am

Perhaps mouse flavored cat food for overwieght cats. They only eat a bite of it, and play with the rest. I know I would lose wieght if my diet were restricted to mouse flavored cat food.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:52 am

slowair wrote:I don't know which concerns me more...

The direction your OT threads will take....

Or the fact that Jerry knew where to go to answer your question so quickly.

Truly, this is a scary world!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=U ... gle+Search

Best wishes,
Jerry

vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:42 am

And here's just a bit more on that subject
http://www.kconline.com/deckers/0102.html#01022

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:49 am

My cat (he's gone now

) really liked rabbits. He'd eat them all except for the head which he would leave for us to find...which is sort of disconcerting.

-Brett

vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:52 am

Is that any different than a hunter displaying a trophy rack from a deer? Of course, cats don't thave the resources to have them mounted professionaly.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:07 pm

vomitbunny wrote:Wait. We havn't discussed the cat flavored dog food yet.
I had a black lab years ago that would have been happy with cat POOP flavored dog food if she could have gotten it.

Best part of a cat, as far as my dog is concerned. The poo. She doesn't want to eat the cats themselves, but if she catches one off guard it's fun to smush it into the ground with her snout and say "I won!" (in dog.)

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:37 pm

My cat wishes that there were mouse-sized pigs.