What is the strangest thing your pet eats?

Rachael

This is just too funny! Pets are hysterical. I have a Redbone Coon Hound - he'll eat anything. But he's not crazy about finishing raw carrots. He'll get started with them and then spit out little slobbery bits on the floor. LOL.

He's got a stomach of steel, too. One day I was making dinner rolls from scratch and left them rising on the counter. He sneaked into the kitchen when I wasn't looking and ate 11 of the 12 unbaked rolls. Yes, 11 dough balls! And didn't get sick at all.

Right now, he's trying to eat his tail...sigh.

weaklink109

bratgrr1

My dogs like watermelon, apples (sometimes), green beans, sugar snap peas, carrots (cooked only). My puppy (7 mos) is a garbage disposal. She will eat anything except I gave her a piece of raw potato that she didn't eat. She particularly likes dirty socks, dirty underwear and used feminine products from the wastebasket.

Good thing the dog didn't eat the raw potato. Raw potato is not a good thing for dogs to eat. Cooked is just fine. Baked or boiled rather than fries (fat and salt are bad for Fido as well as us:bigsmile: ) As for the feminine products--my Lhasa has a weakness for pantyliners so I have to dispose of carefully.
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Dogs eating their own poo or others is something to be avoided. If they are eating their own, you can get a supplement to put in their food that will stop them from doing so. They eat cat feces because cat food is higher in protein and the cat excrement is higher in protein, which is what the dog is going after. Eating anybody's poo is a good practice to STOP as your dog can catch illnesses from it--ie if the other animal had parasites.....well...you get the idea.

areille0489

Our dog will eat anything except onions and garlic.

Onions are another thing to AVOID. Eating onions can actually create a poison that goes into the blood and can be fatal in large enough doses.
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Grapes and raisins are also not good for your dog. A single serving of raisins can kill. A large enough quantity of chocolate can kill. A lesser amount of chocolate can produce vomiting that is REALLY a challenge to get off the living room carpet.

My Yorkie is part goat:noway: :laugh: :laugh: --will eat anything that isn't dog food--given the chance. He got into the chocolate covered blueberries while I was out. He is also part acrobat, so he managed to knock them off a high counter. Anyway, the aftermath of that kept me busy for quite a while. Fortunately, all he got out of it was a little gastrointestinal upset.

Avocadoes are also poisonous to dogs, so if Fido likes chips--hold the guacamole!!!:noway:

The sweetener in sugarless gum-Xylitol is very dangerous to animals-can lower blood sugar and can be fatal.

Too much fat can cause pancreatitis, a very painful and serious illness.

My Yorkie and my other two dogs, Shih tzu and Lhasa, LOVE bread and Orowheat sandwich thins. They also think that baby carrots make excellent doggie treats. The other night, they got hold of a serving of raw broccoli, and between them, they didn't leave a crumb!!:noway: Good thing I had some asparagus for ME!!

These three are know, collectively, as "The Three Little Pigs"--since the Yorkie was good at finding any food in the house he could reach, until I re-arranged everything--and he always "shared" his booty with the others. Crackers, flax and soy chips from Trader Joes.

My late Shih tzu (in my ticker) LOVED cooked carrots, broccoli, and he loved asparagus SOO much that one night when I had company for dinner and that was on the menu, he made such a fuss I had to go put him in my car in the garage so we could eat our dinner in peace!!!:noway: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: He also loved lettuce, preferring romaine to iceberg--proving even dogs know that romaine has more nutrition than iceberg!!:laugh:

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This is a fun thread, but I am a bit of a crusader about pet safety and health, so I am passing on a couple of links to websites that tell what "people foods" and other substances can harm your pet. Although I am focusing on dogs, if you have a cat, the websites are still worth checking out:

http://www.holisticdog.org/badfoods.shtml

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+1659&aid=1030

http://lacetoleather.com/fataltodogs.html

http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Foods-Dangerous-for-Your-Dog

Everyone enjoy your furry friends and let's keep them healthy, despite their desire to eat things they shouldn't!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

callie365

Our loveable lab is a "raw broccoli" baby! Guess I should take a cue from him! :bigsmile:

PJilly

One of my two Shelties has a big bowl of baby organic spinach every afternoon when I have my salad. The other one wants nothing to do with it.

Blossom01

My Dog likes to eat grass but I heard it was good for their digestion system… He also likes peanut butter for some reason and will go crazy for some chocolate.

My CAT loves avocados!

rjadams

Bodi likes spicy food and apples. I had a dog once who ate anything. one embarrassing morning as she was doing her business, she pooped out a condom from the bathroom trash.:blushing: That prompted my second husband to get a vasectomy. :laugh:

PJilly

Bodi likes spicy food and apples. I had a dog once who ate anything. one embarrassing morning as she was doing her business, she pooped out a condom from the bathroom trash.:blushing: That prompted my second husband to get a vasectomy. :laugh:

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labreemike

my choc lab eats most anything even cleans out my toddlers potty chair if she gets there first hates bananas though

hroush

My dog would quickly get tired of her dog food. When we would first get a new brand she would clean the bowl. Within several days, there would be some left over proceeding to a point where it looked like she barely touched it.

My grandma had a chow that loved mcdonald's fries, but stuck up her nose to fries from anywhere else.

My sister has three cats that my mom is taking car of. Every night they get treats and one of them knows where the treats are located. Every night he approaches the tall, skinny cupboard and he would take his one front clawless paw (he only has 3 legs) and pull the door open within a couple tries. Then he would just sit there and shift from staring at you to looking into the cupboard. If you closed the door, he would immediately reopen it and sit there until he got his treats.

He and another one of the cats know when you are eating ice cream. They will come and stare at you and then try to get into your lap to get a little taste. When finished, my mom will let them lick out the bowl.

pinbotchick

As the "mother" of 4 cats - I see it all. One loves pretzels and chips, one loves corn on the cob, one licks the dried beer spills from the kegorator, one only eats "cat food"... A former cat loved yogurt - I had to save her spoonful or she would whine all day...

weaklink109

I forgot to mention that my Yorkie and current Shih tzu LOVE bananas. This seems appropriate, since they DRIVE me bananas most of the time!!!:bigsmile: The Shih tzu in my ticker knew when we were walking to Ben and Jerry's --where he would always get his dish of low fat yogurt, or driving to Baskin and Robbins--where he would get low fat vanilla ice cream. It was always quite comical to watch him devour a dish of ice cream on a hot summer night in the outdoor seating area of either place.

He was quite upset one night, however, when he was upstage by TWO Bouviers:noway: :noway: :noway: --both OVER 200 lbs. each. If you are not familiar with the breed, here is a quote from the website of a rescue organization:

"The natural look of the Bouvier is that of a large, shaggy farm dog, usually with some dirt and weeds clinging to his tousled coat. His esthetics are those of an unmade bed.":noway: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

These two belonged to a couple who met at the breed owners' association, and each brought their own dog into the household. Remember the movie title "Gone in 60 seconds?" It was supposed to describe car theft, but it is also a pretty good description of what happened to the dish of three scoops of ice cream that each of those big dogs received.:noway: :noway: :noway: Poor Dreyfus (my Shih tzu) could only sit and watch in amazement.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ..along with all the rest of us. Fortunately, they were well-behaved, as they were big enough that I thought they each needed a SADDLE!!!!:laugh: :laugh:

Robin,
Your story about the dog and the condom is priceless. You should post it on the other thread!!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Who would have imagined that a dog could inspire a man to have surgery!!!

sexygenius

my dog LOVES frozen vegatbles...she wont eat them thawed but goes crazy over frozen things

my glider eats a varity of odd things i make (mostly smothies) but one i made her pancakes with glider meal,meal worms, a cricket or two,spinach,carrot,pasturized egg whites, and banana..all whipped up in a blender and then cooked like normal pancakes..it actually turned out really good and she really liked it

princessorchid

My puppy loves his veg - we used to have a vegetable trolley we kept under the island in the kitchen - which we had to remove - and he's stolen rhubarb, a whole avocado (he managed to chew through the skin and polished off half before we notced), carrots...he also likes horsradish and the herbs from our balcony garden. Am quite thankful he likes mint, as he's usually got pretty good breath!

He also looooves cat food. The cat is less than impressed!

weaklink109

my dog LOVES frozen vegatbles...she wont eat them thawed but goes crazy over frozen things

my glider eats a varity of odd things i make (mostly smothies) but one i made her pancakes with glider meal,meal worms, a cricket or two,spinach,carrot,pasturized egg whites, and banana..all whipped up in a blender and then cooked like normal pancakes..it actually turned out really good and she really liked it

What the heck is a glider? I even did an interet search and since I doubt that you have a chair that you are feeding pancakes to:noway: :noway: :laugh: :laugh: , I thought I would ask for more info.

Ms_Natalie

My dogs like watermelon, apples (sometimes), green beans, sugar snap peas, carrots (cooked only). My puppy (7 mos) is a garbage disposal. She will eat anything except I gave her a piece of raw potato that she didn't eat. She particularly likes dirty socks, dirty underwear and used feminine products from the wastebasket. :noway:

My dog is exactly the same with dirty underwear and feminine products! He even walked into my living room carrying a pair of my knickers when I had a government statistic man visiting! :blushing:

Other than that, my dog will try ANYTHING! But he absolutely loves yoghurts! :flowerforyou:

Ms_Natalie

Ooooo, and SOAP! he is a little sod for licking the soap in the bathroom and once when we babysitting a friends husky puppy, the husky brought the soap from the bathroom and smudge (my little jack russell terrierist) swallowed it whole in one go before I could get to him :ohwell:

Gave him a good clean I guess! :laugh:

maddox22

My dog is exactly the same with dirty underwear and feminine products! He even walked into my living room carrying a pair of my knickers when I had a government statistic man visiting! :blushing:

Other than that, my dog will try ANYTHING! But he absolutely loves yoghurts! :flowerforyou:

Oh, my dog LOVES to lick the crotches of my shorts and underpants, and the armpits of my shirts. Especially if they are the PJs I've worn for a few days. I've learned to keep them up on my dresser or in the hamper--she's cured me of leaving dirty clothes on the floor! :-)

weaklink109

Came home today and found something ELSE that my dogs like!!--Sour cream!!!:noway: :noway: :bigsmile: I thought I heard something drop when I opened the fridge this morning, but I was in a hurry to get out the door and couldn't see anything. A little tub of sour cream must have fallen and rolled under the edge of the cupboard. Bradley my Yorkie is VERY good with getting into tight spaces, so when I came home, there was a very EMTPY, very (licked) CLEAN plastic sour cream carton, with lots of teeth marks in it and the lid. Bradley wasn't clamouring for his lunch, so I have a pretty good idea who is responsible!!:laugh: :laugh:

MizMeow

I have one cat, Bell, who eats spinach and collard greens. Another cat, Murphy, he will steal pantyliners (clean), the paper backing from said panty liners, and the used sheets off the lint rollers. Another cat, Pepper, she will only eat turkey lunch meat, no other kind of lunch meat. BD, yet another cat (I have 10), will come from nowhere even if he thinks I may have rotisserie chicken, he ignores all other types of chicken.
Yellowfish, another cat, only eats crunchy cat food, turns her nose up to anything else.
The other 5 are pretty normal

I also have 2 cockatiels only eat seeds, anything else in the bag, or treats, they ignore or throw out of their cage.

Finally, my golden retriever, Morgan, will eat anything that is not nailed down..

iluvwdw

I thought my cat was the only one who eats saltine crackers. We have to hold it and he licks it to death then chomps it off piece by piece until it's gone or a soggy mess. He actually bites off each corner and works his way inward. LOL

He also used fought us for our water bottles since we got him. He would pull it away from us while we were trying to drink. And if you had a cup of water on the table, he owned it. Even when we brushed our teeth, he would try to get our water cup away from us. So I started putting his own cup of water on the counter, so I could rinse mine. I finally got him to drink his water out of a bowl with his food, but 4 years later, he stil has his cup of water on the bathroom counter. When I wake up in the am, it is half gone, till his face won't fit in there anymore.

schnarfo

my guinea pigs love cardboard

iluvwdw

My kitty just reminded me this morning how he likes to lick the toilet paper!!! I don't know why he does this but he licks the toilet paper roll every morning if he can get to it. The edges are all shredded.

pmjsmom

what a funny thread! I thought I had the weird cat, mine races for my cantelope when I pull it outta the fridge, no clue why. Then within a 1/2 hour proceeds to puke it up on the rug. So needless to say I try hard to not feed him anything but his cat food. Which I also clean up offa the carpet every few days.:sick:

Life with our furry friends!

Love this! My cat loved cantelope, too, though he kept it down! He also liked peaches and the juice that canned pineapple comes in but not the pineapple. He liked most squash, too.

He did NOT like to eat fish! (Though he would drink the water that tuna is packed in!)

LorinaLynn

One of my cats will eat tortilla chips, Raspberry Zingers, and Pop Tarts. But not all together.