By weird I mean outside of regular cat diet, things like cornflakes, ketchup or banana bread (these are real examples from my and my friends’ cats).

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    I once housesat and the cat would bite any soft fruit as well as through the plastic bags of snacks if left unattended. I’m attaching the photo of what a peach bitten by that cat looked like. I hope the attachment works, first time trying this

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        At least in my case the cat didn’t take the fruit elsewhere, it would just bite it on the spot. Cleaning up after a sticky mess of fruit all over the apartment doesn’t sound fun…

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          I had ferrets for a while. they liked to steal and hide things. you learn to check under the couch weekly just so you don’t find things by smell. and hope it’s not somehow inside the couch.

          mostly it was the one guy, who preferred his chips and sweets, but knew his sister liked other things. she didn’t eat tomatoes or apples or fruit, but he’d carry that stinky orange down stairs for her, lips peeled back so he didn’t have to taste it too much.

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    Not my cat, but a family friend’s. The cat would go nuts for olives. One of them liked having olives on their pizza, and the cat would eat their way through unattended pizza boxes to get to the olives on the top of the pizza.

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    Before my wonderful cat passed away, he was never interested in “people food”. But there were 2 exceptions that he went absolutely bonkers for: ranch dressing and Taco Bell.

    Made me question the true edibility of both.

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    Onions. She has stolen them from my plate and came for more.

    PSA: Onions and garlick are poisonous for cats!

    My cat is fine, though. Not letting her have it anymore.

    Edit: oh, and chips! Any kind.

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        If it weren’t for humans they’d long be extinct. 😂

        “Hey, what’s this?” Scratches gorilla playfully and lays down on side 😅

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    Mine sits politely at the counter while we cook (no paws on the counter) waiting to taste anything we are cooking.

    I don’t think she knows she’s a cat.

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    I let my cats sniff almost everything, and they usually walk away. For example, today I let them sniff some both raw chicken that I was preparing for my own dinner, and both gave it a few good sniffs before walking away. Most recently, I discovered that my youngest enjoys peanut butter! I believe it was the same cat who has also tried to eat my dried mango on multiple occasions. It was either my oldest or a friend’s cat who repeatedly took me up on the offer of banana chips.

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    Avocados, bread and cheese. Also they will do anything for chicken nuggets.

    Unfortunately, I also own a tiny human as well, whose preferred diet also consists of the same things and has a short attention span. The cats adore tiny human as she is a source of unguarded treats.

    The struggle is real.

    God help me as tiny human just found out about avocado toast with shredded Parmesan… The cats are thrilled.

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    I have two cats that are both crazy for their own reasons.
    One is just in love with marshmallows. He will not eat them that much, but loves to bite and kick them. I think, he just loves the texture of that. He also love to lick every sweet there is. We have to keep him away from glasses with fountain drinks, because he will lick edges.
    Second one just loves plastic. When he is hungry, he will not look for food, but for plastic to chew instead. Any plastic bag, ribbon, anything, he will munch that until he will choke… Twice I had to pull a present ribbon from his throat… It’s especially hard on Christmas 😃