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Wierdest thing your pets will eat.

  • 31-03-2008 10:25pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 842 ✭✭✭


    I caught my cat, Jessicat eating a salt and vinegar walkers crisp the other day. (She is just a little hunger! I don't think she even liked it) She also tries to eat the fish food!
    My king Charles Cara loves raw pasta but only spaghetti.
    My collie cross, Chang loves apple.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 792 ✭✭✭hadook


    Have a look at the ingredients of the fish food and you'll see why the cat likes it :D

    One of my cats like raw chilli peppers. Another one likes mashed potato. The dogs eat pelleted rabbit food and have been known to steal raw carrots from the rabbits bowl.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,779 ✭✭✭✭fits


    My two dogs absolutely love chewing the corks from wine bottles. The tails start to wag as soon as I take the corkscrew out!

    Alcos


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,555 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    Isobelle (izzy) my pup will eat...

    Pot Noodle.. chicken and mushroom or Chow Mein. not to mad on the beef one.

    Curry chips and cheese.. only supermacs tho..

    Coke.. not pepsi coke

    Coffee.. doesnt like decaf.

    Cigarettes.. unlit please... Silkcut blue preferred

    Basically, she will eat anything put in front of her so i need to be careful where i put my stuff. I try to feed her good quality dog nuts - i find the tinned food gives her the runs...


    Shes obsessed with food! :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Lauragoesmad


    hadook wrote: »
    Have a look at the ingredients of the fish food and you'll see why the cat likes it :D

    She keeps knocking it off the top of the tank with her paws trying to break it open. Cats are so bold compared to dogs!
    hadook wrote: »
    One of my cats like raw chilli peppers. Another one likes mashed potato. The dogs eat pelleted rabbit food and have been known to steal raw carrots from the rabbits bowl.

    And I thought my cat was a mad eater??:O Your cat eats chillies!!! Thats mental!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Lauragoesmad


    fits wrote: »
    My two dogs absolutely love chewing the corks from wine bottles. The tails start to wag as soon as I take the corkscrew out!

    Alcos

    Thats the best excuse ever for cracking open a bottle of wine!!
    "Oh, it's not for me, It's really for the dogs!" :D:D


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    My sister had a Gerbil that ate about 2/3rds of its plastic exercise wheel in one night :)
    Brothers dog chewed and ate the saddle from his Honda 350 motorbike.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,555 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    Brothers dog chewed and ate the saddle from his Honda 350 motorbike.

    Bet that dog aint got no testicles now :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Lauragoesmad


    Brothers dog chewed and ate the saddle from his Honda 350 motorbike.

    LMAO, Thats one of those things thats so funny, that you can't even give out to them even if you catch them in the act. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,555 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    Izzy chewed thru my remote and my surround sound speaker wire... all in one siting :mad:


    ..i cant be angry at her tho :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    snyper wrote: »
    Bet that dog aint got no testicles now :D
    Hadn't any to begin with, she was a bitch :D


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Lauragoesmad


    you'd want to watch that she might chew through an electric cable. I think it might be best if you do tell her off for that if you catch her doing it.:(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭J.S. Pill


    One of my dogs used to love to eat crayons.

    Needless to say, this resulted in multicoloured 'packages' being left on our lawn


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,555 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    J.S. Pill wrote: »
    One of my dogs used to love to eat crayons.

    Needless to say, this resulted in multicoloured 'packages' being left on our lawn

    What a colourful little dog.

    Ba boom..

    No?

    I'll get my coat.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Lauragoesmad


    Taxi!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 59 ✭✭TFP


    my lab puppy eats anything that comes within a few inches of his nose .. hopefully he will grow out of that soon .. but my dad's little terrier (RIP) used to love his veggies. My dad had quite an extensive veg patch in the garden and the terrier's favourite was digging up Radishes and spring onions for a mid afternoon snack !!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Brothers current Jack Russle chewed a lump out the passenger side seat belt in his Micra two years ago, It failed the DOE over it. He did it again a few months ago in the rear passenger seat of his Stilo, brother cut a foot off the belt so it wouldn't be noticed. He better not be carrying fat passengers :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Had a cat when I was a kid and I caught her eating cabbage.

    I've caught one of my (current) cats munching on a daddy long legs. She would also eat spicy stuff like curry, if we let her.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 75 ✭✭Country-Bumpkin


    My GSP loves any kind of vegetables...especially mushrooms. He'll sit in front of the fridge until u take one out as a treat for him. Other things he loves include chillis, limes, next door neighbours pigeons, the garden hose (we're on our 3rd one already) and underwear! Hes a crazy pup.....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,676 ✭✭✭The Artist


    my staffordshire lewis ate one of these:cool:
    patio_table.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 261 ✭✭cmurph


    my boxer loves bananas and apples but goes beserk if he spots a frube...

    a yoghurt in a tube....i opened it and he sits down and will squeeze it in between his paws and eat every drop!! :)

    also has eaten wiring from back of car for ttrailer , seat off motorbike :eek: [my cousins bike] , net around trampoline

    he has settled now thankfully!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭armour87


    Oh, such fond memories of my beloved dog Scoops, we would give him a choice of drink...

    Water, Wine or Whiskey. He always drank the wine :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    One of my cats is awful, if she gets the chance, she will eat what I have for dinner. She dragged a bagel off a plate and ran with it and also ate some lettuce that fell out of my chicken wrap.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,810 ✭✭✭ergonomics


    My dog loves raw potato. Not cooked and especially not mashed. Has to be raw. She also loves apples, but you have to hold it for her so she can eat it like we do.

    She hates BBQ sauce. She runs away from it if you present it to her!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Lauragoesmad


    ergonomics wrote: »
    She also loves apples, but you have to hold it for her so she can eat it like we do.

    Thats deadly. What a cool dog!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 479 ✭✭mags16


    I know this is disgusting but my I've caught my dog eating cat poo! Just typing this makes me feel sick. Because of this I worm her regularly.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭armour87


    ergonomics wrote: »
    My dog loves raw potato. Not cooked and especially not mashed. Has to be raw. She also loves apples, but you have to hold it for her so she can eat it like we do.

    She hates BBQ sauce. She runs away from it if you present it to her!
    Thats deadly. What a cool dog!

    +1

    Surely the easiest way to feed a dog!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Lauragoesmad


    mags16 wrote: »
    I know this is disgusting but my I've caught my dog eating cat poo! Just typing this makes me feel sick. Because of this I worm her regularly.

    My mate, Orla's dog, Paco does this too. She was so disgusted that she brought him to the vet coz she thought he was mad. The vet said its normal though!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭Ado86


    One of my cats likes spicy potato wedges (...and the reason I know this is that she robbed some off my plate when I went to get a glass of water..!)
    My other cat likes cheese and onion crisps, and will lick herself through the tub of butter if the lid is left off !!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,772 ✭✭✭✭Whispered


    My cats hate the smell of alcohol. So I thought one night that I would be safe to leave my drink on the floor while I went to answer the phone. Came in ten mins later to find an almost empty glass with my lil girls head stuck in it. When she walked away she tripped - dunno if she was drunk or just got a fright after being caught "robbing" I know i shouldn't laugh but :D:D







    (suppose it was partly my fault, it was a glass of bailys - creamy)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 585 ✭✭✭lisajane


    My dog, shrek loves cream crackers. And the empty paper bun wrappers amongst other things. She has eaten the back seat belts in my car. 1 of them wasn't enough to fill her up but she had to have 2. She has eaten the head of my bobbing head dog in the car. She has eaten the wires under my dads van, that costed him 800 euro to fix. She has eaten a few phone chargers, and eaten half of the door on her kennel making herself a window in her kennel.

    I had another dog a few years ago that ate nothing but soggy weetabix. Another dog once had guinness.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,810 ✭✭✭ergonomics


    Thats deadly. What a cool dog!

    She'll eat ice-cream or ice pops too, but again, have to hold them up she can lick it not bite it. Clever little thing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    raw potatoes aren't supposed to be good for dogs (or humans, for that matter) ..so keep an eye on the amounts


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,810 ✭✭✭ergonomics


    peasant wrote: »
    raw potatoes aren't supposed to be good for dogs (or humans, for that matter) ..so keep an eye on the amounts

    Never ever give them to her, I just know she loves them! Dropped one once and she went mad for it. Now whenever I'm peeling them she gets really excited and hovers in case one falls.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Gauge


    My dog just likes to taste things, if you leave a cupboard door open he will ransack it, have a bite of anything edible and scatter the rest all over the floor. I came home last week to discover he'd gotten into the cereal cupboard and there was corn flakes everywhere. Our first dog was very well behaved and quiet, so when we got the new fella we weren't quite prepared for the trouble he'd get into looking for interesting things to eat- the first time we left him alone he got into the vegetable rack and ate some raw potatoes, flung all the onions around, then got up onto the kitchen table by jumping on a chair, and ate the apples in the fruit bowel (and knocked the rest off the table).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    My mate, Orla's dog, Paco does this too. She was so disgusted that she brought him to the vet coz she thought he was mad. The vet said its normal though!!

    I've also read that most dogs are mad for it...


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭togster


    My lab will eat anything. He eats onions, celery, apples, bananas, lettuce?; he particularily like red pepper :confused:

    Oh and one day he ate a tea-bag :eek:


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    ergonomics wrote: »
    My dog loves raw potato. Not cooked and especially not mashed. Has to be raw. She also loves apples, but you have to hold it for her so she can eat it like we do.

    She hates BBQ sauce. She runs away from it if you present it to her!

    Mine too, I think its the fact he can put it in his mouth and crush it!

    Oddly he likes spicy food too! We've shared many a chicken Jalfrezi!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 997 ✭✭✭MsFifers


    I actually think its really weird that pets eat dried pet food - it looks horrible! Dehydrated bits of reconstituted meat - yuk!

    But - its good for them we are told so... :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Amimad


    Mine all eat differently.
    Timmy likes anything, especially if it comes out of the bin. He has been known to eat tin foil(with the meat taste on!)
    Ding is fussy his fav is corn beef
    Kylie likes dust????
    Nara has been with us just over a week & she seems just to love food( no wonder she's a little fattY)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    hadook wrote: »
    Have a look at the ingredients of the fish food and you'll see why the cat likes it :D

    One of my cats like raw chilli peppers. Another one likes mashed potato. The dogs eat pelleted rabbit food and have been known to steal raw carrots from the rabbits bowl.

    Raw Chilli peppers! Could it keep a straight face while doing it?
    On the carrots, our dogs stole the carrot had out for the rabbit last weekend. I was surprised that they liked it. Not sure if they were eating, or it was justing something to nibble on.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 662 ✭✭✭LovelyTom


    My little fellow eats absolutely anyting! caught him eating a bird out the back garden, he eats peppers, apples, bananas, carpet, coal(hot or cool) stones, bark, erasers, pencil pairings, tobasco sauce. we once even caught him trying to thumb tacs... he's a right genius...:pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Lauragoesmad


    Amimad wrote: »
    Kylie likes dust????

    She must be on your woman from Little Brittains diet!
    A bit a dust!!


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Real B-man


    My cat licks the flavour of pringles but wont eat them :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 583 ✭✭✭Steak


    one of my cats eats anything that he catches which includes; squirrels, hares, bats, mice, rats, birds and the odd fly hear or there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭MaeveD


    My parrot adores spaghetti hoops in tomato sauce :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Puddleduck


    Miracle grow (that was scary) crayons, beer, cigarettes, birds, mice, poo, the kennel, the doors, Ive also found barbies, stanley blades and screws (shes trying to give me a heart attack) in her box


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭spottykatt


    togster wrote: »
    My lab will eat anything. He eats onions, celery, apples, bananas, lettuce?; he particularily like red pepper :confused:

    Woops Id be careful of the onions togster, dont want to alarm you but they have been well reported to be a cause of haemolytic anaemia in dogs. :( Pieces of raw onion, onion powder, or even cooked onion, can cause damage to red blood cells which can result in anemia in both dogs and cats.

    The boring bit but in case your interested...the primary toxic component is n-propyl disulfide, which is thought to cause oxidative damage to erythrocytes (RBC's), resulting in hemolysis. Toxicoses from fresh, dried, powdered plant material and even feeding commercial baby food containing onion powder have been reported in dogs/cats!:eek:

    Oh and my wee mutt is mad for eating tissues...hmmm!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8 beautythebp


    lets see...............cat litter with the lumps or the toilet bowl suprise of someone ( one of the kids forgot to flush) then likes to get up in our faces and burp...........yuck let me tell you. may she rest in peace. her name was poopers for good reason.

    rubbish, bigger dogs, cats, birds, and doritos!!!!!

    I have a gerbil that likes to eat green peppers, fish that like the odd cornflake, and 2 cats that like to eat melons.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭LouOB


    Amimad wrote: »
    Mine all eat differently.
    Timmy likes anything, especially if it comes out of the bin. He has been known to eat tin foil(with the meat taste on!)
    Ding is fussy his fav is corn beef
    Kylie likes dust????
    Nara has been with us just over a week & she seems just to love food( no wonder she's a little fattY)

    Can I borrow Kylie for my house - cat fluff everywhere

    My two lads will eat anything that I have finished on the plate - bar lettuce and onion
    One of the lads started munching on a chilli pepper plant I had - well he never finished it as the half munched pepper was left dangling on the plant


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 337 ✭✭Elevelyn


    My pup eats her poo, grass if i throw some at her, carrots, chews lighters if she gets the chance and once she gobbled a whole bottle of Seven Seas cod-liver oil tablets when my back was turned for a second, but she was totally fine.


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