Sophie - the Delia Smith of the cat world

[CarolM (Wendolene)]

... she didn't get any more cake but she tried to get her paw in my yogurt while I was having lunch today!  That girl never gives up 

She sounds like another of our cats, Rosie, who used to sit on the backrest of mum's wheelchair, just above her shoulder and then snatch the food off her fork as mum was raising it to her mouth.  Mum wasn't agile enough to give Rosie a bat and Rosie knew it.

[puddypaws]

Love the story about the bread Carol.  No, Helen, she didn't get any more cake but she tried to get her paw in my yogurt while I was having lunch today!  That girl never gives up 

[clarenmax]

With Max and food nicking, the only thing I draw the line at is when he's tried licking something off, like cheese off toast or something   

Many years ago when I was still living at home with my mum we had a long running argument about butter on bread.  She liked a lot and I didn't, so I used to scrape some off if she'd buttered it for me. Then the bread on the table started to have hardly any butter on it.  I said nothing because I thought she was having a laugh at my expense....until the day I found our cat Wuzzy on the table licking each peice of bread systematically    Turns out mum had kept quiet too becuse she thought I had been scraping the butter off.  The big question is What else had Wuzzy been licking that we didn't know about 

 

[Tiggy's Mum]

  some great stories! Did Sophie get a piece of cooked cake in the end Puddypaws?

[CarolM (Wendolene)]

With Max and food nicking, the only thing I draw the line at is when he's tried licking something off, like cheese off toast or something   

Many years ago when I was still living at home with my mum we had a long running argument about butter on bread.  She liked a lot and I didn't, so I used to scrape some off if she'd buttered it for me. Then the bread on the table started to have hardly any butter on it.  I said nothing because I thought she was having a laugh at my expense....until the day I found our cat Wuzzy on the table licking each peice of bread systematically    Turns out mum had kept quiet too becuse she thought I had been scraping the butter off.  The big question is What else had Wuzzy been licking that we didn't know about 

[clarenmax]

If it has hit the floor it is dog food - simple!

 

Again, it depends who its for  ........... I'm joking by the way ... or am I   

[Bazsmum]

If it has hit the floor it is dog food - simple!

 

[puddypaws]

I have now had my comuppance for stopping Sophie eating the cake mixture (the cake tastes fine by the way).  Was clearing cupboards this afternoon and came back in the room to find that the little  had had a fine old time unravelling my knitting which I admit I was stupid enough to leave it by my chair.  Full of beans she was about it - she even dragged it over to show me.  I must say it made me laugh and I have my suspicions that Ollie had done his bit as well because there was cream wool fluff stuck on his claws.  I think I may swap them for a tortoise 

[blackcat]

If it has been bitten, it becomes cat food. If it has been nibbled it is human food. If it has hit the floor it is dog food - simple!

[Inky]

It's not really any different to letting them shove their paws in my face/mouth - which they do - or lick my hands which I then end up putting near my face. I know they've been digging around in their litter with those paws!  I just try not to think about it. It's not like I go out of my way to put their paws in my mouth, but sometimes they're just unstoppable, and like it or not in my mouth is where they end up 

If I was worried about germs and dirties all the time I wouldn't be able to have such a close relationship with my cats as I do, and I like it the way it is 

I draw the line at trying to get food off my plate, which Taiki does try to do, but not because he's unhygienic - more because it's naughty!

[Kittybabe (Ruth)]

I know it sounds  but you know how they say an animal's saliva is full of antibiotics so that's why small wounds they tend to themselves (like scratches on noses etc) heal faster? At least that's what the vet says.

Anyway... I let Lexy lick a scratch she inflicted on me. It stopped stinging and it was nearly gone the next day.... now how's that for  but interesting? Can't be all bad!

[Mark]

Paw = covering up poo 
Face = licking bum 

But we all need a few germs to build up our immune system 

When I went on my food hygiene course, they said that people living in the same household build up an immunity to each others bacteria - so cats being family, it should be OK. Dogs are a different matter.
My sister said her friend has to muzzle her dog on walks as he will eat any kind of poo - Fox, cat, dog, he has no preference 

[clarenmax]

With Max and food nicking, the only thing I draw the line at is when he's tried licking something off, like cheese off toast or something    Leave it unguarded at your peril 

I don't think a paw in the cake mix of a nose in the chicken is that disastrous, especially if nobody else has to know   

[Mark]

I had a similar thing last night. I had the lefovers of a chicken in a tupperware ready to make a casserole. I took some out to give clapton as I have to wrap his pill in chicken for him to take it. I sat on the hall floor breaking up the chicken. When I went back to the kitchen, Willow had her face in the container and clawed a lump out. The question is, Do I still use the chicken or is it cat food now? 

I suppose the heat will kill any germs?  OH doesn't know about it 

I know non-cat people would be absolutely disgusted 

[puddypaws]

Thought I would do some baking this morning so trotted off to start.  I open the drawer to get cake tins and Sophie is in like a shot.  Fish her out and grease tins - she tries to get in fridge.  Make cake mixture and a neighbour comes to the door.  When I get back in the kitchen Sophie has her paw in the mixture doing a taste test.  I decided to take a chance and still use the mixture (not sure this is wise  ).  She watched me put it in the oven and sat watching while it cooked.  The cake is now cooling and I'm guarding it with my life in case she tries for another sample.  Ollie, who was watching from the doorway, looked at me as if to say "!well, you wanted 2 cats".  He always manages to look so darned smug.