"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Doug Kanter" > wrote:
>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Doug Kanter wrote:
>> >> "aem" > wrote in message
>> >> ups.com...
>> >>>
>> >>> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>> >>>> How many people here let the dogs "pre-clean" the roasting pans?
>> >>>> I know it sure makes cleaning them easier as the dogs really do a
>> >>>> good job getting the "gross" off...
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I found, much to my surprise, that many of my co-workers join me in
>> >>>> this practice when I've talked about it at work. :-)
>> >>>>
>> >>> Somewhere near 90% of pet owners feed table scraps to their dogs and
>> >>> cats. According to the American Humane Society it's a bad idea,
>> >>> introducing too much uncontrolled variety, and very often at least in
>> >>> the U.S. too much fat, into their diets. Of course the dogs like it,
>> >>> but the owners are supposed to know better.
>> >>
>> >> Sounds right, but cats that spend time outdoors introduce plenty of
>> >> uncontrolled variety to their diets, usually with no ill effect.
>> >> Moths, earthworms, and rodent brains are big favorites.
>> >
>> > That's normal for outdoor cats. Even indoor cats will go after flies
>> > and
>> > spiders and such; it's the hunting instinct. It's funny to watch my
>> > (indoor) cat leap in the air after a housefly has gotten in and buzzes
>> > around her head. It's like it is teasing her. She eventually
>> > triumphs.
>> > This isn't the same as feeding table scraps.
>> >
>> > Jill
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Yeah..I know. I'm just being a pain in the ass. :-) Another reason not
>> to
>> feed them odd stuff: I have a recipe for sausage/kale soup. I sometimes
>> add
>> shrimp, scallops or firm fish when I serve it. Gave 3 shrimp to my 4
>> month
>> old cat on Monday night. All day Tuesday, she walked around farting. It
>> was
>> worse than when my son and his friends wolf down 1 can each of baked
>> beans,
>> to see who can be the king of gross two hours later.
>>
>>
>
> Really??? Kitty is sensitive. :-)
> My cats beg when I'm cleaning shrimp and I indulge them a little bit.
> I've not run into that.

I forgot to mention that the soup was QUITE spicy. I seem to have grown some
mutant jalapeños this year - two of them in 3 gallons of soup, and it was
pushing the limit for a couple of dinner victims. I drained all the soup off
the shrimp before giving them to kitty, and she ate them VERY happily. But,
the next day, I wonder if she felt like some people do after a dozen serious
chicken wings.