Two things about Hillary

[james_davis_nicoll]

She loves this heat. I knew that.

If left unattended with a peeled banana, she will eat a surprisingly large amount of it. This was something of a surprise.

I can't say that her expression when I caught her was that of a cat who was stealing a treat. It was more ... determined to have this special food when the other cats could not, regardless of its taste.

I just hope this experiment goes better than her sister's consumption of green peppers.

Comments

[felis-sidus.livejournal.com]

According to this breeder of Russian Blues, cats do have a few taste buds for sweet at the back of their tongues. Interestingly, my cat who loved sweet fruit was a Russian Blue type. (I.e., her black-and-white mother somehow managed to produce a kitten who could have passed for a pure-bred Russian Blue.)

The sweet fruit she liked tended to be the kind that is strongly aromatic when quite ripe, so the scent may have had as much to do with it as the taste.

For the benefit of new cat owners out there: cat > chocolate > high mortality risk. I'm sure you already know that; you said Ophelia is mad for it, not that you give it to her.

Did you do that on purpose (Ophelia - mad)?

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

For the benefit of new cat owners out there: cat > chocolate > high mortality risk. I'm sure you already know that; you said Ophelia is mad for it, not that you give it to her.

I know, yup.

It's amazing: open a container of chocolate and she comes running in, whining like her life would end if she didn't get any.