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Old 29th July 2010, 10:22 AM
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scrounging odd foods!!

Hi, just wanted to know if its my maine coonie, or has anybody else got one that seems to want to scrounge and eat the oddest of foods?? Oscar is nearly 15 weeks old and this morning he wanted to eat my daughters breakfast cereal, and has tried asking for crisps too!! Oscar has a very good diet of kitten 36 and chicken and tuna as treats, so he is very well fed, so im a bit confused and amused by this behaviour!! Is this just a coonie kitten thing, or is it a trait that stays with them, even when they are adults? I will appreciate any feedback from any MC lover, anywhere!!
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Old 29th July 2010, 10:34 AM
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Mine love to share my toast! but only little bits.
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Old 29th July 2010, 10:44 AM
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Thanks, Helen & John. Funny you should mention toast because Oscar has also badgered my daughter to a little bit of that too!! Is it just me or are MCs hard to say no to??!!
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At the house that I lodged in during my first year at uni they had a cat (huge black and white moggie) and he was obsessed with peas. If you were having a meal with peas, he would just sit and stare at you until you gave him some.
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Scrounging odd foods

Sure ia a MC thing,we have a curry lover,doesn't matter how hot,one who will sit beside you if you are relaxing with fish & chips & while looking straight ahead will put a paw out so quick & pinch a chip,not fish doesn't want to know,two who will eat crisps one of them likes just plain but the other will only entertain cheese & onion & as for nans shortcakes...
With all of them if you have a cooked chicken & offer a bit to them they will walk away but if one of them is poorly & you cook chicken to keep its diet light then no problem, that one will eat it but still not the others,nothing so weird as our little darlings
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Thanks for all your comments so far, keep em coming! Glad to see its not just my maine coon! Also forgot to say, that I had a maine coon x persian (more maine coon than persian in looks and personality) her name was Portia, (sadly we had to have her put to sleep a few months ago because she had a cancerous nasal tumor, she was only 3yrs old) Anyway she used to climb on the back of the chair and perch on your shoulders and try and take food out of hands with her paw!! Must be a maine coon thing because Oscar has started to do the same thing on occasions!!
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Interesting, I thought it was a kitten thing, but maybe as you say it's a MC thing! Our 5-month-old kittens LOVE the chinese takeaway, and you should see them fighting over a prawn cracker, it's better than telly! When Larry was 13 weeks he did an amazing leap off the floor and landed directly on my plate of chow mein noodles - all 4 paws hit the target and he started munching. I couldn't believe my eyes - we have been so used to elderly moggies! We are now on to him and training is in place to curb this kind of behaviour. If they won't stay off the table at mealtimes they are shut in the other room, and this seems to be working.

Mine also love peas and bread, and popadoms. Mind you, they are so hungry at the moment they'll eat nearly anything. When I lift up the kitchen rug to clean the floor, I often find fragments of bread or rich tea biscuits which they've stolen at some point and squirrelled away, like a dog hiding his bone!!!
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Amazing, I will have to see if Oscar starts squirrelling things away!! He also drinks water from our drinking glasses too, could this be the start of the water obsession MCs have??!!
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He also drinks water from our drinking glasses too, could this be the start of the water obsession MCs have??!!
Could be, but having said that all my moggies have been partial to a drink from a glass of water on the table. Laggs and Monty love a dripping tap and Monty especially will watch one for ages. Laggs is more interested in stealing the wet dishcloth and running off with it. They are a bit wary of the bath taps though, as they make a hissing noise which they don't seem to like. Also they are a bit confused over the empty bath v. the full bath with person in it and steam coming off.... not worked that one out yet!!
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Little cheese snack things too and cheese too. Hector has also nibbled rice from dads plate too but stopped when he tasted the garlic chilli chicken left overs! I dont blame him for that!
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