Have you ever known a cat that likes to eat dog food?
By firecracker
@sacmom (14192)
United States
August 20, 2015 7:07am CST
If you've ever owned a cat, you know that they can be rather finicky. Not like a dog where it'll eat pretty much anything...and I mean anything! Heck, some dogs even eat poop. Talk about gross! 
However, my mom's cat (that I took in a few months ago after my stepfather passed away) isn't very finicky at all! In fact, when I gave him some of my chihuahua's dog food, he gobbled it all!
I've gotta say, I've had plenty of cats in the past and they never did that! 
Hmm, could it be that he thinks that he is a dog? 
What about you? Have you ever known a cat that likes to eat dog food? 
(By the way, for those of you that may be wondering why I have my mom's cat, she can no longer care for him herself as she has dementia and lives in a care home. 
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However, my mom's cat (that I took in a few months ago after my stepfather passed away) isn't very finicky at all! In fact, when I gave him some of my chihuahua's dog food, he gobbled it all!
I've gotta say, I've had plenty of cats in the past and they never did that! Hmm, could it be that he thinks that he is a dog?
What about you? Have you ever known a cat that likes to eat dog food?
(By the way, for those of you that may be wondering why I have my mom's cat, she can no longer care for him herself as she has dementia and lives in a care home. )14 people like this
17 responses
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
21 Aug 15
can't say any of mine ever have..however they are constantly begging for people food.the one tux is particularily bad asking for potato chips :D
she seems not to care it's bad for her..
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lol
@crossbones27 (48444)
• Mojave, California
24 Aug 15
My friends cat does that also. Some animals are just strange like that.
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@Druscilla034 (379)
• United States
21 Aug 15
Yep, I have a cat that loves Cesar dog food, the Porterhouse Steak one. That's okay, but then I have a dog that loves Fancy Feast dry cat food....I used to let him eat it, but now NO WAY because I'm worried that's what may have put him into kidney failure. (He only has 2 teeth left so he likes it because it's small.) The vet tech told me that dry cat food is terrible for dogs because their bodies have a hard time clearing it. So ever since he got back from the vet, I managed to find him a dry DOG food that is small enough for him to actually eat...it's called Purina Pro Plan Plus Toy Breed Puppy. Doesn't get smaller than that! And he likes it. 
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
20 Aug 15
Just this morning one of my cats was eating out of the dog food dish!
My cats actually aren't very finicky, the trouble is some of them get upset stomachs very easily. I have to be really careful about what type of food I give them or else there will be cat puke all over the house! Whiskas is the best for them, but I've been having a heck of a time finding dry Whiskas anymore. We've been trying a bunch of other types lately to see what they can handle.
The dog can only eat Blue Buffalo or else he gets really bad bumps on his face and his gums and ears get red.. we think he is allergic to something in the other brands.
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
21 Aug 15
Hahaha! I never would have believed it, had I not seen it for myself!
@jahernandezrivas (11288)
• United States
20 Aug 15
My cat eats lettuce! L.O.L. And when I bring a Pineapple home he goes crazy trying to eat the leaves! r.o.t.f..l.!!
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@rebelann (111239)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Aug 15
Firstly, I'm so sorry you have to go through the loss of memory your mom is suffering, I know how that feels ........... now as for a cat that eats dog food, well could it be that your parents had simply been feeding him whatever they happened to have before your dad passed and you realized your mom was suffering? I remember when mom first started forgetting things, she'd forget that one of her cats was actually her's and wouldn't let the poor thing in at night .... it took me a while to realize that was happening, I was totally unprepared for her condition.
........... now as for a cat that eats dog food, well could it be that your parents had simply been feeding him whatever they happened to have before your dad passed and you realized your mom was suffering? I remember when mom first started forgetting things, she'd forget that one of her cats was actually her's and wouldn't let the poor thing in at night .... it took me a while to realize that was happening, I was totally unprepared for her condition.1 person likes this
@Cristi_Ichim (3666)
• Bucharest, Romania
20 Aug 15
I thought that all cats eat dog food.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
20 Aug 15
Not a car person here so my cat knowledge is nonexistent.
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Sorry, but that was just way too easy! I just couldn't resist! 
@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
21 Aug 15
Yes, my cats are often caught snacking on my dogs food... Dry food even.. and sometimes vice versa.. I will catch the dogs at the cat dish.. I usually let them. every once in awhile isn't bad.. but if they ONLY eat dog food, it can be very detrimental to their health.. they aren't getting all the nutrients they need Taurine.. and it is an added nutrient in cat food but they wont get it if they only eat dog food..
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
21 Aug 15
As dogs tend to eat pretty much anything, that's to be expected. lol But cats eating dog food? That's just weird...at least to me! lol
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
22 Aug 15
Yuck! Why the heck would your cousin want to do something like that? lol
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