Things Bearzini the Great has eaten:
- Peas
- Green Beans
- An entire bowl of Ceasar Salad
- Pretzels
- Doritos
- Cheetos
- Captain Crunch
- Cheese of any and all kinds (the stinkier the better)
- Black Olives
- Pita Bread
- Carrots
- Oatmeal (peaches and cream only though ;)
- Twizzler Pull and Peels
- Malteasers
- Cherries
- Poutine
- the foam from any drink that has foam
- orange pop
... Pretty much anything you leave un-attended for more then 30 seconds really. ... I can easily see cats going nutso for Starbucks.
]]>I had a family cat could tell when cantaloupe was cut open ... from three floors up. Okay, wow.
Another cat somehow knew when cream cheese was unpacked ... from a whole block away. No kidding. We ran "scientific tests" on this one too.
So to see an Oatmeal Cat use claws to keep "his" special treat from going away? no, I'm not suprised.
The amazing thing is, Ben probably had oatmeal before ... but only the Starbucks version (with addictive drugs added) truly drew his felines' attention -- somehow I'm not suprised. After all, a salad from McDonalds' has 7x the sugar of one from a grocery store. Makes it pretty simple huh?
Still, seeing my 16 yr old cat go crazy over tuna will just plain and simply never get old.
]]>@Meg Marco: does the cat like other oatmeal too?
]]>My cat (the one in my picture) loves The Baker brand bread. He will climb on the kitchen counter and step over my fiance's bread to eat it! I bet he would join your cat in eating the Starbuck's oatmeal.
I might test it tonight.
]]>as for strange food habits... I kept his diet pretty straight forward, though when he was with my parents he was one of the family sitting in a chair at the dinner table. You can tell he wanted to jump up and grab something, but instead he just peeked his head over to edge of the table watched the food until we gave him something to eat.
]]>@ladypoetess: That's funny! Hopefully they don't harm her in any way.
@Triborough: Easy on the Haterade, there. Not all of us smart people can have dogs!
]]>I think those photos are hilarious!
]]>I miss having kittehs around
]]>My kitty girl Diana also does that, though I don't get my hair colored. Particularly when I had short hair (less than 1.5 in.), she would sit on my desk for 20 minutes at a time and "clean" any part of my hair she could get to. My hair is halfway down my back now, so when she tries to clean it, she ends up with strands down her throat - I always grab it back from her before she gets into danger though.
She also has a thing for fleece texture & anything mentholated. I have these little pain relief patches with some kind of topical menthol gel in them, and I will sometimes wear them to bed on my hands/wrists if I don't want to take oral pain medications. In probably 75+% of cases, I will wake up to Diana licking the patch on my hand, for both the texture and the scent of menthol. If I try to pull my hand away, she will plant her claws very lightly into my arm to keep me still.
]]>This same cat of ours will try to do this to one of my larger teddy bears - something I call "molesting my bear" - so I tend to keep it hidden. I'd rather she not, uh, get anything on it. >.>
]]>My boy kitty Apollo probably has the strangest tastes - he will steal my salad if I have romaine lettuce and I don't give him substantial amounts of it. He will beg for pizza, but ONLY the crusts, never the toppings. And he will beg piteously for McDonald's french fries, but will not touch the beef or cheese (then again, he will NEVER eat beef or cheese, but will gingerly take pork or chicken on occasion). Oh, and potato chips of almost any flavor - he loves those.
]]>The other time her hair stood on end like that was after she'd been begging for jalapenos. I didn't give her any (she begs for everything, just on the off chance she might like it) but I must have dropped a seed, which she scarfed. She didn't like it. Ran around panting with hair standing on end, drank a bunch of water and ran around some more. She has epilepsy, and if I hadn't seen her trying to get at the peppers, I might have thought it was the onset of a seizure.
]]>Oh and one human food that I forgot about earlier that Casey will eat: Dairy Queen Soft Serve. And only from Dairy Queen. He will climb on my head to get to it.
]]>Our red tabby likes to eat crackers (or anything else that's salty) and will occasionally take a few bites of pizza crusts and cookies if they are left out. He also loves to gnaw on paper - books, magazines, mail - it's all fair game.
Our black cat seems to like licking photographs, and on a few occasions, I've woken up to him licking or gnawing on my hair after I've had it colored.
Both seem to be like Pavlov's dogs when it comes to pop-top cans. They hear a can being opened and come rushing into the kitchen - even if it's just a can of pineapple!
]]>One of my kitties likes rum cake and various other treats. If we are sitting on the couch eating, he will get in your face to try and get some. He also often uses his paw (with claws retracted, what a sweetheart) to try and bring the hand holding the food closer to his face.
A different kitty likes to lick blankets. They stick to his tongue so he pulls his head slowly away from the blanket, which stretches out his tongue until it finally pulls free from the blanket. He just sits there doing it over and over.
]]>I usually don't let my kitty actually have oatmeal (MINE) but she will sit there and meow until I ball up the little brown paper packet for her. She likes it far more than a standard wad of paper, so I figure there has to be something about the oatmeal that she loves!
]]>Red (my black cat) is nuts for mint chocolate chip ice cream. He won't touch any other ice cream but will try to flip the bowl out of my hands if I have some.
He is also obsessed with my hair. Every day he sits on my shoulder and noms my hair while purring.
My Kitteh is teh wacky.
]]>My new cat is really lazy and laid back 99% of the time... but if I open a can of Shoestring Potatos he will run from wherever he is, to where I am and not leave me alone until he gets atleast one. I made the mistake of opening one when I was laying down and he jumped on top of me and made me surrender the salty potato goodness.
My other cat is the same way about dinner rolls. The rolls we have at Thanksgiving are his most favorite.
]]>All plastic shopping bags that get emptied in our house are immediately stored away or have their handles cut with scissors--an action we call "disarming the shopping bags."
]]>And to LOLCat the first picture: WANT
]]>Parrot food is expensive as heck and probably warrants its own Consumerist post about price gouging. But when our dumb birds fling their food across the room like children it's worth the waste to watch the cat scramble over to it like mad nom on it.
I am so glad Consumerist is full of cat people.
]]>I had ordered one and the morning shift girl had filled the cup full of hot
water. When I asked if it was soup she sarcastically said "duh it's oatmeal,
it takes 3 minutes to settle".
So I had asked if she can replace it since the water was way past the dotted
line that it had stated on the bowl. She yanked the bowl out of my hand and
spilled hot water all over my hand.
The manager apologized and tried to give me "free coffee at that Starbucks"
coupons. All I wanted was the oatmeal, which wasn't worth it in the end
anyways. It was horrible. I'll just stick to Quakers instant bowls which
are cheaper and taste much better.
Donna
I had some yesterday with the dried fruit a huge dollop of honey and some whole milk (I like the fruit cooked so I dropped them in there for a few minutes before eating).
Tastes like oatmeal although not as strong a wheaty or nutty flavor as some.
For $3 and change, it's a decent deal and you can pretty much not worry about it killing you.
]]>Does Ben's cat have high cholesterol? Oatmeal will fix that. Otherwise, he may have to try Lipitor.
Once my cat (the one on the right in my picture) knocked over a box of cookies and then half-ate one before I got them away from her. I kept waiting for disaster in the litter box, but she was fine.
]]>As for the comments that cats are obligate carnivores and thus shouldn't eat grain: in the wild cats consume all of their prey, not just the muscle mass. This includes the stomach contents, which often contain grain or seeds. It's possible that cats might not even be healthy on a straight diet of human-butchered muscle meat.
]]>I have two kitties. Both like lettuce, but one will only eat fresh lettuce from my garden or organic baby field greens. The other likes the rehydrated Taco Bell lettuce from my tostada.
]]>OMG cute kitteh! My cat is an ice cream kind of girl though.
]]>I grew up with a Siamese who LOVED coffee. I grew up thinking the little saucer that came with coffee cups and tea cups was specifically to put on TOP of the cup to keep the cat out of it.
]]>Yes, this cat is a huge pain in the ass, but he's adorable so we deal with it.
]]>Several months ago, he was smelling them when I was eating them. I took off a small piece, and I believe he thought it was the best thing in the universe. He started trying to take them out of my hands and run away with the bag. It was really uncanny.
Sadly, he vomits anything he eats that's not insanely hydrolized...
]]>3 others: could care less about any people food, including chicken (well, one likes ham a bit), and only want dry crunchies.
Cats are funny.
]]>Re: Plastic bags and cats - I've been told that many plastic bag types use fish oils in some measure, but not all. Hence, the cats seem to be attracted by the fish byproducts involved. My cat has the same thing, where she's sometimes overly interested in random, different bags.
]]>Oh, I forgot--Beaker will cut a bitch for some vanilla ice cream. Also, Tron actively salivates (like it will run down his chin) for Doritos, Cheetos, ranch dressing...we think he may have been a stoner in a past life.
]]>.@Skankingmike: Poinsettas are poisonous to cats.
My cats go crazy for non-catfood items.
One eats paper, one eats plastic bags, and one eats wires. Against my will, my house is amazingly tidy.
]]>Be careful Ceiling Cat does not swoop to get the tasty oatmeal (nom nom nom).
]]>cute kitty. did you put tuna in that bowl to get him to show interest? fiber is good for bulking stools in people, does it work the same way for cats and if so, what can you expect in the litterbox? cats are obligate carnivores which need meat to avoid starvation.
]]>Cannot be any worse for your cat than the normal grain filled junk they sell you at the supermarket. Cats eat meat, not grain!
]]>BTW, Consumerist, thanks for making me smile. I had a very very bad horrible day and I needed this sort of story.
]]>fantastic, people pay for catfood at starbucks! then again I've kind of always wondered what pet food does really taste like...
]]>Haven't tried too much people food with my big old Russian Blue, although he did lick a brick of cream cheese once. He pretty much sticks to Meow Mix and store brand ocean whitefish pâté. Mmmm... ocean whitefish.
]]>As far as weird licking habits, Tron licks laundry baskets and Beaker goes for the more pedestrian plastic bag option.
]]>Our two oldest cats don't much care for people food with the exception of some dairy, but the youngest is a piglet in cat's clothing.
Among the things he'll eat are: tater tots, corn chips, collard greens (swineless, too), corn bread, any soy-based meat analogue, peanut butter, banana smoothies (vegan), vanilla wafers, potato chips, spaghetti squash, plenty of other things I can't recall at the moment -- and yes, oatmeal. He loves carbs. Hell, he loves food.
To keep him from jumping on the table and stealing food, we feed him tiny bites on a fork. He'll eat as delicately as you please right off the fork, too, which reminds me that I need to get some video of that.
]]>I think that first picture just begs for the caption, "Thank you for this oatmeal. You have done well."
That cat seems to be taking the oatmeal "very seriousely".
]]>Cats are odd creatures. One day they'll only eat one flavor of one exact brand of premium canned food, the next day they're eating dead flies off the floor and trying to drink out of your lemonade glass. Weirdos.
]]>Ur brekfast
i haz it
]]>They're tearing arse around the common area trying to grab a laser pointer, so i think they're quite okay.
I feel like this comment should be in LOLSpeak.
]]>Certain "earthy" smells are attractive to animals.
Sunshine Oatmeal Cookies are my dog's favorite snack.
While growing up my dog would raid the family garden and eat the green beans.
]]>On a story related note: "Perfect oatmeal"? Really, Starbucks? The Quaker Oats guy is putting a hit out on your mermaid as we speak.
]]>i have no idea why. tastes pretty good, but...i know what i can feed sick kitties now given that they would likely walk over hot coals to get it.
]]>@MyPetFly: my cat goes bonkers for (i kid you not): sour cream, refried beans, mild salsa, and the occasional sip of tequila and/or dos equis.
]]>"Used to have a cat that would go all psycho for bananas."
When I was a kid we had a cat that loved refried beans.
]]>The cat I'll have in the future too shall enjoy plastic bags and Starbucks.
]]>Used to have a cat that would go all psycho for bananas.
]]>Cute, though. Was it at least people-palatable?
]]>"My ex's cat used to lick plastic bags all the time."
I'm guessing it's the texture. One of our cats loved to lick them.
]]>My fiance's dog likes falafel. Not so big on the hummus though.
]]>Sweet, mouth-watering babies.
]]>I wouldn't even feed myself $2/bowl oatmeal.
]]>Conclusion: Starbucks' new $5 oatmeal probably tastes like plastic bags.
]]>My cat will only eat macarofl and meatlols.
]]>Of course the cat loves their oatmeal, it is full chicken fat
]]>Ben, u must tell us if teh oatmeal haz teh same colon cleansing powerz on kittehs that it has on humans.
]]>My kitties reject all people food, no matter how delicious. Even though they go nuts every time I prepare or eat a meal, begging and crying for a bite, as soon as I actually offer them some, they reject it. Then they make the pawing motion, as they do when burying their poop, to fully demonstrate their distaste and disapproval.
Come to think of it, they do this with their cat food too.
]]>I tried some today. It tasted like Quaker Instant oatmeal.
Not worth $2 something.
]]>Will the cat try to scratch you if he/she doesn't get their fix?
Will Starbucks be opening at a local Petsmart soon?
This and more at 11.
]]>It's a conspiracy! Starbucks is now trying to hook cats! Have they no shame?
]]>Enjoy it Fluffy...
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