If You Catch Your Pet Licking or Eating Your Food
By MerryBelle
@merrybelle2021 (1393)
Philippines
April 23, 2023 10:19am CST
what do you do next? Do you still eat it? Or just take off the parts your dog or cat ate?
About 2 weeks ago, I caught one cat eating the tuna-mackerel spread I left on the table (I was going to make a sandwich as a snack and everything was set) so I disposed it and found something else to eat.
But tonight, I was very hungry, it was way past dinner time, and the only food left was fried marinated milkfish and no rice so I would have to eat all of it to feel full. I left the kitchen for a bit then when I came back saw the other cat eating one piece. This time I just sliced off the piece she bit and ate everything else.
What would you do?
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15 responses
@dgobucks226 (35733)
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23 Apr 23
Well, for me I wouldn't let it get that far. Eating human food with it being given to them is a no-no. No cats on the table or counters and no dogs jumping on my lap at the dinner table.
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
23 Apr 23
@merrybelle2021 Your stomach is sensitive, salt and tomatoes with rice are great, with egg is even better. Or I could just eat bread,
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@merrybelle2021 (1393)
• Philippines
23 Apr 23
Just salt and tomatoes might give me a stomachache.
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@merrybelle2021 (1393)
• Philippines
3 May 23
@Jenaisle No, there was no rice anymore and it was very late at night so no place to buy and would take too long to cook.
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@marguicha (223776)
• Chile
23 Apr 23
I´d rather go hungry. But there´s no possibility of Luna´s getting near my food. She lives outdoors and I live indoors. She has her own house and her own food. And so do I.
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@marguicha (223776)
• Chile
23 Apr 23
@merrybelle2021 My youngest daughter has dogs and cats roaming in the house. I couldn´t. I give Luna her snacks of my leftover food in her dish, outside.
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@DaddyEvil (137634)
• United States
23 Apr 23
I'd put my fishies back in their tank and tell them to stop eating my food. Then throw the food away and get something else.
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@marguicha (223776)
• Chile
23 Apr 23
I´d even prefer a hamburger from a fast food stores than something my dear Luna had licked. Or nothing. There´s always bread at home. Or a quick rice. Or a green salad.2 people like this
@marguicha (223776)
• Chile
23 Apr 23
@DaddyEvil I always say that at my home you can die of anything but from hunger.
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@pitsipeahie (5011)
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24 Apr 23
I wouldn't eat anything that has been licked or my cat ate already. I have three cats none of them ever gets on the table or counter. In the first place, they don't get to go in the dining or kitchen area where food is prepared and eaten. They have their own place in the house. And that's where they'll only be.
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@pitsipeahie (5011)
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3 May 23
@merrybelle2021 They stay in an enclosed area. They don't freely roam in the entire house else their fur will be everywhere and I'll have problems like that.
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@merrybelle2021 (1393)
• Philippines
3 May 23
How did you train them not to go to the dining or kitchen area? Are those areas closed off or are the cats stay in an enclosed area?
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@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
23 Apr 23
If I caught one of my pets eating something of mine depending on what it is I'd let them finish it otherwise id takes it from them and throws it away. Even though most animals' mouths are clear doesn't means you should eat something that has been in their mouth. There are certain bacteria and such that are not always good for a human that animals can get from other animals, virus, and such. The same for humans to animals.
I don't even eat something that's been in another person's mouth.
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@sallypup (61627)
• Centralia, Washington
15 Jul 23
We found frosting off our birthday cake and we humans didn't do it. No way were we going to throw away the cake that we'd put a good deal of effort into making- we make stuff from scratch so that carrot cake took effort.
@aninditasen (16503)
• Raurkela, India
24 Apr 23
I don't eat things that are touched by cats or dogs. I have net windows so no cats can enter. Where my pet dog is concerned I keep my food away from his reach.
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@Riberet19 (24)
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24 Apr 23
Once I found my dog on the table eating my bowl of cereal, I remember that first I got angry and then I told him to leave, then I passed the anger and I simply understood that he is an animal and it is his instinct, he wanted to eat haha
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@jstory07 (139974)
• Roseburg, Oregon
15 Jul 23
That has never happened o me. I would probably cut off the part that the cat ate off of.
