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Our cat loves lunch meat, especially roast beef and then turkey and ham. But it is the good stuff and not the cheap stuff since I bought the small bags and he walked away so I gave it to the other feral cats outside.

My son Nick gives him goldfish crackers and he has had a piece of cheeseburger from BK a few times. Otherwise it is dry food and a variety of it, like kitten chow, whiskas, kibbles n bitts, meow mix, etc.

I know someone who will only feed her cat cooked shrimp.

Mine get Eukanuba and the ocassional bit of cooked fish.

Sikpiksie

Denise - that's interesting? Wouldn't a cat get nutritional problems if all they ate was shrimp?

I would think so, I know that a diet of 100% fish is bad for cats, it doesn't give them some necessary nutrients and they end up with neurological problems.
I have trained my 2 from weaning to enjoy different kinds of cat food. I always have at least 3 different flavors/brands going so they don't get the same thing 2 days in a row. I learned to do this after seeing a friend's cat prefer to go hungry if the favorite food wasn't available. Cats can get SO picky if you let them! Of course, now if I give mine the same food as yesterday they look at me in disbelief, but they end up eating it.

Sorry, I guess I should have clarified about the shrimp cat.
Now I don't agree with this either- The feeding has evolved this way over time. She started with all types of canned food, cat got finicky. It also likes fresh beans as a treat, which is interesting. But I think the cat must also get dry food, I just don't remember seeing it. It is five years old and fine. Vet knows about it too.

The owner is an older person who also has strong opinions so one can recommend the "correct" advice until you are blue in the face and it gets you nowhere. Discussing cat food opinions are as varied as discussing politics sometimes.

I read that cats actually will not eat fish or seafood unless they have had it as kittens! Of course i also read a study done at Harvard says cats cannot taste sweet things--which I do NOT believe (why else would anti-freeze be such a danger?)My Myssi loves sweets and it is not because of the texture or flavors it is just because they are sweet! She licks the icing off cakes and knocks the lid off the sugar bowl--had to get the kind that screws on because I was afraid it would make her sick.

I don't think I'd have your Myssi around when I'm making a cake. She'd have to compete with my hubby. :-) I tried to share a popsicle with my girl cat last night, she didn't go for it. Afraid her tongue would get stuck or something.

I agree. They taste sweet. Also my cats were weaned on fish. I would cook tuna, cod, talapia, perch and salmon for them.

I cannot cook salmon without our Izzy and Azrael running and begging for some LOL

Of course Izzy also loves her chicken.. fried chicken, crack chicken (chinese chicken wings you never can get enough of) or her bbq'd chicken.

Jason - I want to come to your house to eat. Your cats get all the stuff I like. :-)