> Ronn! Blankenship wrote: <some snippage> > From Scientific American.com Weekly Review (13 Mar > 2007 issue): > STRANGE BUT TRUE: Cats Cannot Taste Sweets > There is a reason cats prefer meaty wet food to dry > kibble, and disdain sugar entirely. > I read this when I had just gotten home... and [it] > was the better part of two hours past Midnight's > normal supper > time. One of the first things I did after walking > in the door was > open a can of "meaty wet food" ...He didn't touch it > ...after I had > opened a package of apple turnovers...he immediately > jumped up and ...licked > the sugar off each and every one of the turnovers. > Perhaps he could > not read the newsletter and didn't know that he was > supposed to eat > the "meaty wet food" and "disdain [the] sugar > entirely." Or perhaps > he was following a higher law of being a cat: to do > the opposite of what he is expected to do . . .
I think that research is not yet complete on the cat/sugar bit, because my cats like plain pumpkin puree, dried cranberries and apricots, and Bashir will avidly lick pear cores and pulp-covered mango seeds. Don't they warn you about antifreeze because the sweet taste induces dogs and cats to drink it? Debbi Catanomics Maru :) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
