Why does Sphinx the cat suddenly want people food?
I grew up with 2 cats who loved people food, and my mom was all too happy to oblige. As a treat, she’d get the 2 cats and the dog to split a cheeseburger happy meal from McDonalds – one cat loved the meat and cheese, the other went nuts for the fries. The dog got the bun, just because she couldn’t be left out of anything. Now however – their new cat won’t even look at people food. My mom’s tried everything – everything that cats should like (butter, cheese, meat of every variety) as well as just about everything else she can think of, but the silly cat won’t touch anything but her kibble the crap out of can. Cats are just weird. Gotta love ’em.
One of my cats who had never had canned food in his life used to come screaming into the kitchen begging when I ran the can opener. Another cat I adopted as a young adult came pre-programmed to freak out for tortillas, and then about a year later looked at me like I was an idiot for offering her some, and hasn’t wanted them in 10 years. We don’t think of cats as having great noses, but they’re better than ours. Every once in a while they decide that something they smell is a must-have. It’s unlikely to be a nutritional deficiency, if that’s your concern; I think some cats just realize one day that we’re not eating Friskies too and get interested.
