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What's the strangest thing your Dog (Cat etc eats?
Aug 31^st, 2013 at 8:35pm

... and I don't mean what does it roll in.

Our dog has a pretty conventional diet, but will eat fruit such as mandarin segments, strawberries, celery, bananas, pieces of apple and rock melon. With pieces of fresh banana he lies on his back and holds the banana pieces between his paws while having the occasional nibble of it.

Very unusual. He's a Chinese Crested (with fur).

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Reply #1 - Aug 31^st, 2013 at 9:28pm

I've seen cats eat grass leaves. Not couch, but hairy green panic leaves.

This one time some friends and I went tubing down a flooded river. We left a ute at the other end to get back. Our two dogs followed us. One had broken his back a few times so could not get into the back of the ute. So three of us and a large old hairy cattle dog cross squeezed into the front. Just as I was driving off my friends realised that the dog had eaten some poo. Not cow poo. Human poo, or dog poo, or something really aweful. They started freaking out. This of course made the dog really excited, so it started jumping on them and trying to lick their face.

Another time we were with a lady who had a small lap dog, wandering through some wetland paths near the gold coast. We noticed the dog had a gum leaf in it's mouth. Why would a dog eat a gum leaf you ask? Because someone had used it for something. This little dog did not want to let it go and was very quick. Eventually the lady managed to grab the end of the leaf, rip it out of the dog's mouth, and throw it on the ground, only for the dog to gleefully snatch it back up again, so the game could begin again.

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Reply #3 - Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:27pm

freediver wrote on Aug 31^st, 2013 at 9:28pm:

I've seen cats eat grass leaves. Not couch, but hairy green panic leaves.

Cats only eat grass when they're not feeling well. Dogs are similar, but if they're eating grass regularly and then bringing it back up with coloured bile - then they've usually got the beginnings of a tumour or an established one.

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This one time some friends and I went tubing down a flooded river. We left a ute at the other end to get back. Our two dogs followed us. One had broken his back a few times so could not get into the back of the ute. So three of us and a large old hairy cattle dog cross squeezed into the front. Just as I was driving off my friends realised that the dog had eaten some poo. Not cow poo. Human poo, or dog poo, or something really aweful. They started freaking out. This of course made the dog really excited, so it started jumping on them and trying to lick their face.

I saw this occur when my old wolfhound used to quickly steal the baby's used nappies. It is an indication that certain minerals are missing in a dog's diet - mainly calcium and phosphates . Eating human excretion can mean essential vitamins are needed.

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Another time we were with a lady who had a small lap dog, wandering through some wetland paths near the gold coast. We noticed the dog had a gum leaf in it's mouth. Why would a dog eat a gum leaf you ask? Because someone had used it for something. This little dog did not want to let it go and was very quick. Eventually the lady managed to grab the end of the leaf, rip it out of the dog's mouth, and throw it on the ground, only for the dog to gleefully snatch it back up again, so the game could begin again.

Like us - dogs need roughage. Sometimes anything green will do. Maybe the dog was trying to tell her something.

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Reply #4 - Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:31pm

... wrote on Aug 31^st, 2013 at 9:29pm:

My dog eats balloons. And catshit.

We can feed dogs cat food and it's good for them. We can't feed cats dog food. The difference has to be the fatty acids from fish and crustaceans.

I saw a documentary about a man and his two dogs - both were 24 and 27 years old. He only fed them fish heads and crustaceans.

They looked half their age.

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 115038 Melbourne Gender:	Re: What's the strangest thing your Dog (Cat etc eats? Reply #5 - Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:36pm I had a cat that used to eat live grasshoppers whenever it could. It loved grasshoppers.
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Reply #6 - Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:52pm

Bobby. wrote on Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:36pm:

I had a cat that used to eat live grasshoppers whenever it could.

It loved grasshoppers.

Grasshoppers are rich in nutrients and so are little skink tails. If your area is in abundance of both then a cat should cause little damage to the environment.

Cats who prowl at night have been observed catching skinks more than anything else. Few domestic cats will go down a hole or climb a tree looking for food or play things unless they're starving.

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Reply #7 - Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:56pm

mantra wrote on Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:52pm:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:36pm:

I had a cat that used to eat live grasshoppers whenever it could.

It loved grasshoppers.

Grasshoppers are rich in nutrients and so are little skink tails. If your area is in abundance of both then a cat should cause little damage to the environment.

Cats who prowl at night have been observed catching skinks more than anything else. Few domestic cats will go down a hole or climb a tree looking for food or play things unless they're starving.

Yes I've heard that grasshoppers are good for humans too.
In Egypt - in ancient times - when the locusts ate all the crops
people were so hungry that they caught the locusts -
fried them in olive oil till crispy brown & ate them.

I suppose that's better than dying of hunger?

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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: What's the strangest thing your Dog (Cat etc eats? Reply #8 - Sep 4^th, 2013 at 9:31pm I had a cat that absolutely adored salt & vinegar chips. And a Red Heeler bitch that loved Supreme pizza with CHILLIS!!
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Re: What's the strangest thing your Dog (Cat etc eats?
Reply #9 - Sep 4^th, 2013 at 9:32pm

Bobby. wrote on Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:56pm:

mantra wrote on Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:52pm:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:36pm:

I had a cat that used to eat live grasshoppers whenever it could.

It loved grasshoppers.

Grasshoppers are rich in nutrients and so are little skink tails. If your area is in abundance of both then a cat should cause little damage to the environment.

Cats who prowl at night have been observed catching skinks more than anything else. Few domestic cats will go down a hole or climb a tree looking for food or play things unless they're starving.

Yes I've heard that grasshoppers are good for humans too.
In Egypt - in ancient times - when the locusts ate all the crops
people were so hungry that they caught the locusts -
fried them in olive oil till crispy brown & ate them.

I suppose that's better than dying of hunger?

Only just... Tongue

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Re: What's the strangest thing your Dog (Cat etc eats?
Reply #10 - Sep 4^th, 2013 at 9:35pm

Kat wrote on Sep 4^th, 2013 at 9:32pm:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:56pm:

mantra wrote on Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:52pm:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 1^st, 2013 at 12:36pm:

I had a cat that used to eat live grasshoppers whenever it could.

It loved grasshoppers.

Grasshoppers are rich in nutrients and so are little skink tails. If your area is in abundance of both then a cat should cause little damage to the environment.

Cats who prowl at night have been observed catching skinks more than anything else. Few domestic cats will go down a hole or climb a tree looking for food or play things unless they're starving.

Yes I've heard that grasshoppers are good for humans too.
In Egypt - in ancient times - when the locusts ate all the crops
people were so hungry that they caught the locusts -
fried them in olive oil till crispy brown & ate them.

I suppose that's better than dying of hunger?

Only just... Tongue

You'd be surprised at what looked good to eat if you were starving. Grin

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