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Espy is The Desiccator
Espy is an odd cat; I've written a lot about him. Nickname is Mr.
Trouble. Anyway, this is about his eating habits. He is finicky. He mostly likes gravy, although he is not a big fan of the Gravy Lovers Fancy Feast line. His style of eating is to lick everything with his tongue until all the moisture has been sucked out of it. I'll often take whatever is left and move it to the bowls of the other cats, who are perfectly happy to lap it up. Oddly, he will also eat kibble; and at the moment we're working through a large bag of Costco's cat food. So I know that his licking isn't a tooth problem, he just likes sucking the food dry. Anyone else have a cat that does this? I try to buy varieties of food that slosh when I shake the can. I figure that was Espy has a chance to like it. |
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On 07/13/2012 07:04 AM, dgk wrote:
Espy is an odd cat; I've written a lot about him. Nickname is Mr. Trouble. Anyway, this is about his eating habits. He is finicky. He mostly likes gravy, although he is not a big fan of the Gravy Lovers Fancy Feast line. His style of eating is to lick everything with his tongue until all the moisture has been sucked out of it. I'll often take whatever is left and move it to the bowls of the other cats, who are perfectly happy to lap it up. Oddly, he will also eat kibble; and at the moment we're working through a large bag of Costco's cat food. So I know that his licking isn't a tooth problem, he just likes sucking the food dry. Anyone else have a cat that does this? I try to buy varieties of food that slosh when I shake the can. I figure that was Espy has a chance to like it. My Siamese (RB 16) loved gravy and also would lick the food dry. My TuTu avoids gravy . MLB |
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:04:18 -0400, dgk wrote:
Espy is an odd cat; I've written a lot about him. Nickname is Mr. Trouble. Anyway, this is about his eating habits. He is finicky. He mostly likes gravy, although he is not a big fan of the Gravy Lovers Fancy Feast line. His style of eating is to lick everything with his tongue until all the moisture has been sucked out of it. I'll often take whatever is left and move it to the bowls of the other cats, who are perfectly happy to lap it up. Oddly, he will also eat kibble; and at the moment we're working through a large bag of Costco's cat food. So I know that his licking isn't a tooth problem, he just likes sucking the food dry. Anyone else have a cat that does this? I try to buy varieties of food that slosh when I shake the can. I figure that was Espy has a chance to like it. Scouty tends to lick the gravy off and leaves the pieces in the bowl if you give her chunky food... so I often give them pate and she has no choice but to eat the lot. |
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"Kajikit" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:04:18 -0400, dgk wrote: Espy is an odd cat; I've written a lot about him. Nickname is Mr. Trouble. Anyway, this is about his eating habits. He is finicky. He mostly likes gravy, although he is not a big fan of the Gravy Lovers Fancy Feast line. His style of eating is to lick everything with his tongue until all the moisture has been sucked out of it. I'll often take whatever is left and move it to the bowls of the other cats, who are perfectly happy to lap it up. Oddly, he will also eat kibble; and at the moment we're working through a large bag of Costco's cat food. So I know that his licking isn't a tooth problem, he just likes sucking the food dry. Anyone else have a cat that does this? I try to buy varieties of food that slosh when I shake the can. I figure that was Espy has a chance to like it. Scouty tends to lick the gravy off and leaves the pieces in the bowl if you give her chunky food... so I often give them pate and she has no choice but to eat the lot. Persia's the same way with the gravy-type Fancy Feast. Nary a complaint about the pate style Jill |
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On 7/17/2012 3:23 AM, jmcquown wrote:
"Kajikit" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:04:18 -0400, dgk wrote: Espy is an odd cat; I've written a lot about him. Nickname is Mr. Trouble. Anyway, this is about his eating habits. He is finicky. He mostly likes gravy, although he is not a big fan of the Gravy Lovers Fancy Feast line. His style of eating is to lick everything with his tongue until all the moisture has been sucked out of it. I'll often take whatever is left and move it to the bowls of the other cats, who are perfectly happy to lap it up. Oddly, he will also eat kibble; and at the moment we're working through a large bag of Costco's cat food. So I know that his licking isn't a tooth problem, he just likes sucking the food dry. Anyone else have a cat that does this? I try to buy varieties of food that slosh when I shake the can. I figure that was Espy has a chance to like it. Scouty tends to lick the gravy off and leaves the pieces in the bowl if you give her chunky food... so I often give them pate and she has no choice but to eat the lot. Persia's the same way with the gravy-type Fancy Feast. Nary a complaint about the pate style Jill I've had several cats that (when we fed canned - we cannot do so now as (a) it gives Ping ultra-stinky and runny poops and (b) Lizzie won't eat canned) would lick the gravy off the chunky varieties - I think it's the texture of the chunks... I've not eaten one but from what I've felt with my fingers, they are more like rubber than meat. I don't blame them for not wanting to eat the chunks. -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) comcast (dot) net http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:21:16 -0400, Magic Mood Jeep
wrote: On 7/17/2012 3:23 AM, jmcquown wrote: "Kajikit" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:04:18 -0400, dgk wrote: Espy is an odd cat; I've written a lot about him. Nickname is Mr. Trouble. Anyway, this is about his eating habits. He is finicky. He mostly likes gravy, although he is not a big fan of the Gravy Lovers Fancy Feast line. His style of eating is to lick everything with his tongue until all the moisture has been sucked out of it. I'll often take whatever is left and move it to the bowls of the other cats, who are perfectly happy to lap it up. Oddly, he will also eat kibble; and at the moment we're working through a large bag of Costco's cat food. So I know that his licking isn't a tooth problem, he just likes sucking the food dry. Anyone else have a cat that does this? I try to buy varieties of food that slosh when I shake the can. I figure that was Espy has a chance to like it. Scouty tends to lick the gravy off and leaves the pieces in the bowl if you give her chunky food... so I often give them pate and she has no choice but to eat the lot. Persia's the same way with the gravy-type Fancy Feast. Nary a complaint about the pate style Jill I've had several cats that (when we fed canned - we cannot do so now as (a) it gives Ping ultra-stinky and runny poops and (b) Lizzie won't eat canned) would lick the gravy off the chunky varieties - I think it's the texture of the chunks... I've not eaten one but from what I've felt with my fingers, they are more like rubber than meat. I don't blame them for not wanting to eat the chunks. -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. All interesting comments. Espy usually doesn't eat Pate anything but all my cats seem to like Fancy Feast Beef Feast in it's various implementations (classic, grilled, dessicated, etc). I'll try to get some more from the local Target. I'm getting tired of trying to find something they'll all mostly eat. But the way Espy leaves those chunks bone dry is just funny. It's like he uses blotting paper (anyone else old enough to remember that?) |
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"dgk" wrote in message ... On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:21:16 -0400, Magic Mood Jeep wrote: On 7/17/2012 3:23 AM, jmcquown wrote: "Kajikit" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:04:18 -0400, dgk wrote: Espy is an odd cat; I've written a lot about him. Nickname is Mr. Trouble. Anyway, this is about his eating habits. He is finicky. He mostly likes gravy, although he is not a big fan of the Gravy Lovers Fancy Feast line. His style of eating is to lick everything with his tongue until all the moisture has been sucked out of it. I'll often take whatever is left and move it to the bowls of the other cats, who are perfectly happy to lap it up. Oddly, he will also eat kibble; and at the moment we're working through a large bag of Costco's cat food. So I know that his licking isn't a tooth problem, he just likes sucking the food dry. Anyone else have a cat that does this? I try to buy varieties of food that slosh when I shake the can. I figure that was Espy has a chance to like it. Scouty tends to lick the gravy off and leaves the pieces in the bowl if you give her chunky food... so I often give them pate and she has no choice but to eat the lot. Persia's the same way with the gravy-type Fancy Feast. Nary a complaint about the pate style Jill I've had several cats that (when we fed canned - we cannot do so now as (a) it gives Ping ultra-stinky and runny poops and (b) Lizzie won't eat canned) would lick the gravy off the chunky varieties - I think it's the texture of the chunks... I've not eaten one but from what I've felt with my fingers, they are more like rubber than meat. I don't blame them for not wanting to eat the chunks. -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. All interesting comments. Espy usually doesn't eat Pate anything but all my cats seem to like Fancy Feast Beef Feast in it's various implementations (classic, grilled, dessicated, etc). I'll try to get some more from the local Target. I'm getting tired of trying to find something they'll all mostly eat. But the way Espy leaves those chunks bone dry is just funny. It's like he uses blotting paper (anyone else old enough to remember that?) Blotting paper... depends on what you mean by that. I remember as a young teen being given "makeup lessons" from a friend's mother. She used blotting paper on her face to remove excess oil. She might not have had to do that if she hadn't slathered her face with cold cream every night. LOL The only other blotting paper I'm aware of was used by people who wrote with fountain pens or pens dipped in in inkwells. What are you talking about? Jill |
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On 7/17/2012 11:53 AM, jmcquown wrote:
"dgk" wrote in message ... On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:21:16 -0400, Magic Mood Jeep wrote: On 7/17/2012 3:23 AM, jmcquown wrote: "Kajikit" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:04:18 -0400, dgk wrote: Espy is an odd cat; I've written a lot about him. Nickname is Mr. Trouble. Anyway, this is about his eating habits. He is finicky. He mostly likes gravy, although he is not a big fan of the Gravy Lovers Fancy Feast line. His style of eating is to lick everything with his tongue until all the moisture has been sucked out of it. I'll often take whatever is left and move it to the bowls of the other cats, who are perfectly happy to lap it up. Oddly, he will also eat kibble; and at the moment we're working through a large bag of Costco's cat food. So I know that his licking isn't a tooth problem, he just likes sucking the food dry. Anyone else have a cat that does this? I try to buy varieties of food that slosh when I shake the can. I figure that was Espy has a chance to like it. Scouty tends to lick the gravy off and leaves the pieces in the bowl if you give her chunky food... so I often give them pate and she has no choice but to eat the lot. Persia's the same way with the gravy-type Fancy Feast. Nary a complaint about the pate style Jill I've had several cats that (when we fed canned - we cannot do so now as (a) it gives Ping ultra-stinky and runny poops and (b) Lizzie won't eat canned) would lick the gravy off the chunky varieties - I think it's the texture of the chunks... I've not eaten one but from what I've felt with my fingers, they are more like rubber than meat. I don't blame them for not wanting to eat the chunks. -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. All interesting comments. Espy usually doesn't eat Pate anything but all my cats seem to like Fancy Feast Beef Feast in it's various implementations (classic, grilled, dessicated, etc). I'll try to get some more from the local Target. I'm getting tired of trying to find something they'll all mostly eat. But the way Espy leaves those chunks bone dry is just funny. It's like he uses blotting paper (anyone else old enough to remember that?) Blotting paper... depends on what you mean by that. I remember as a young teen being given "makeup lessons" from a friend's mother. She used blotting paper on her face to remove excess oil. She might not have had to do that if she hadn't slathered her face with cold cream every night. LOL The only other blotting paper I'm aware of was used by people who wrote with fountain pens or pens dipped in in inkwells. What are you talking about? Jill Probably to the writing implement. -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) comcast (dot) net http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:07:11 -0400, Magic Mood Jeep
wrote: On 7/17/2012 11:53 AM, jmcquown wrote: "dgk" wrote in message ... On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:21:16 -0400, Magic Mood Jeep wrote: On 7/17/2012 3:23 AM, jmcquown wrote: "Kajikit" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:04:18 -0400, dgk wrote: Espy is an odd cat; I've written a lot about him. Nickname is Mr. Trouble. Anyway, this is about his eating habits. He is finicky. He mostly likes gravy, although he is not a big fan of the Gravy Lovers Fancy Feast line. His style of eating is to lick everything with his tongue until all the moisture has been sucked out of it. I'll often take whatever is left and move it to the bowls of the other cats, who are perfectly happy to lap it up. Oddly, he will also eat kibble; and at the moment we're working through a large bag of Costco's cat food. So I know that his licking isn't a tooth problem, he just likes sucking the food dry. Anyone else have a cat that does this? I try to buy varieties of food that slosh when I shake the can. I figure that was Espy has a chance to like it. Scouty tends to lick the gravy off and leaves the pieces in the bowl if you give her chunky food... so I often give them pate and she has no choice but to eat the lot. Persia's the same way with the gravy-type Fancy Feast. Nary a complaint about the pate style Jill I've had several cats that (when we fed canned - we cannot do so now as (a) it gives Ping ultra-stinky and runny poops and (b) Lizzie won't eat canned) would lick the gravy off the chunky varieties - I think it's the texture of the chunks... I've not eaten one but from what I've felt with my fingers, they are more like rubber than meat. I don't blame them for not wanting to eat the chunks. -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. All interesting comments. Espy usually doesn't eat Pate anything but all my cats seem to like Fancy Feast Beef Feast in it's various implementations (classic, grilled, dessicated, etc). I'll try to get some more from the local Target. I'm getting tired of trying to find something they'll all mostly eat. But the way Espy leaves those chunks bone dry is just funny. It's like he uses blotting paper (anyone else old enough to remember that?) Blotting paper... depends on what you mean by that. I remember as a young teen being given "makeup lessons" from a friend's mother. She used blotting paper on her face to remove excess oil. She might not have had to do that if she hadn't slathered her face with cold cream every night. LOL The only other blotting paper I'm aware of was used by people who wrote with fountain pens or pens dipped in in inkwells. What are you talking about? Jill Probably to the writing implement. -- Yes, the stuff to suck up ink spills I guess. |
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