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Just curious - for cat people
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I saw a kitty in my backyard so I put out a little milk, although I realize it's not the best thing. I just wasn't sure if it was hungry. He (or she) was skittish, but ran up to the plate as soon as I closed the door. I looked through my cabinets and found a can of Pedigree dog food and put a scoop on another plate with a little milk. The cat came back and licked up all the milk but left the dog food.
When he got close, he looked very well fed, but that could be fur. So he's probably someone's pet.
My question is this - if humans are starving they'll usually eat anything. A dog will eat it's own poo. Will a hungry cat pass up a plate of dog food? My experience is that animals will eat anything edible if they're very hungry.
This is always one of those double-edged swords. I was putting a bowl of dry cat food out at night, but the raccoons were probably eating it (or maybe the squirrels) and there are a lot of people who keep their pets outdoors. I also have so many ants that usually the bowl was covered in them in the morning if there was any food left. Once a little boy knocked on my door and asked me to stop feeding his cat since she wasn't going home at night. I couldn't tell a 9 year old that his Mom should neuter her animals and treat the fleas. The cat was pregnant and needed to be in a home.
So is dog food just for dogs? Now I've got 3/4 of a can of Pedigree in the fridge (boy does that smell!) so tonight I'll put it outside and maybe whatever creatures roam at night will eat it up quickly.
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I use to wonder why old poor people who had to chose between their medicine and food ate dog food instead of pork n beans and other stuff that cost the same until I realized that dog food is complete nutrition having all the vitamins and fiber and it better for you than some food that is passed off for human consumption.
So I guess that was a bad idea.
Emily, I will give that idea about water a try. The ants were also under the dish - mainly on the back since it was very wet from the milk. That's why I didn't see them until the began crawling on me. But that's a good idea. I'll wear gloves & long sleeves next time! I can put a smaller bowl into a larger one filled with water. A cat will be smart enough to figure it out. My backyard is so full of sticky burrs (that are those nasty things called) that I stopped going back there where some of the cats hide which is why this plate was next to my door. After last time when I must have tracked a bunch of burrs in, I've been screeching every time I step on one. I am wearing slippers now. LOL Sometimes my socks and pants are so covered in them that it's painful. Rick does have a point since I have no idea what is eating the food I put out, but I've also seen some black kitties eating it when I look out the window. Maybe it's better to put food out in the morning. Raccoons usually stay out of sight during daylight.
I agree with Spy153, some cats will eat anything, others won't. I have one of each. I had a coupon for a free premium brand of food (regularly $14 per 4 lb bag), so I tried feeding it to the finicky one. She went 3 days without eating a thing. I finally had to run back to the store and buy her usual brand before she starved herself to death.
My neighbor across the street asked me to feed her cats over Thanksgiving. She had cans of cat food mixed with cans of dog food out for me. They don't have a dog, so I assume at least one of her cats will eat dog food.
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