By weird I mean outside of regular cat diet, things like cornflakes, ketchup or banana bread (these are real examples from my and my friends’ cats).

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    I once housesat and the cat would bite any soft fruit as well as through the plastic bags of snacks if left unattended. I’m attaching the photo of what a peach bitten by that cat looked like. I hope the attachment works, first time trying this

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    I used to have a cat that went nuts for cantaloupe. Like she would eat through cardboard to get to it, then gnaw through the rind and hollow it out.

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    One of my cats has what I call social pica. She is always trying to get me to eat paper with her.

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      Mine does this too, she will tear up pieces of paper on the floor and leave a mess. I’ve wondered if it’s something to be concerned about

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        Very important papers. Try spending time with her and her pile, it might make her so happy

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    One of my cats loved fruit. She was a 7 toed blue eyed white cat that loved canteloupe as a snack.

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    Avocados, bread and cheese. Also they will do anything for chicken nuggets.

    Unfortunately, I also own a tiny human as well, whose preferred diet also consists of the same things and has a short attention span. The cats adore tiny human as she is a source of unguarded treats.

    The struggle is real.

    God help me as tiny human just found out about avocado toast with shredded Parmesan… The cats are thrilled.

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    My girl craves bananas and will circle the table when my son and I are having breakfast, demanding her share. She also likes pita chips.

    My old boy (RIP) used to love avocado and seaweed snacks.

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    I have two cats that are both crazy for their own reasons.
    One is just in love with marshmallows. He will not eat them that much, but loves to bite and kick them. I think, he just loves the texture of that. He also love to lick every sweet there is. We have to keep him away from glasses with fountain drinks, because he will lick edges.
    Second one just loves plastic. When he is hungry, he will not look for food, but for plastic to chew instead. Any plastic bag, ribbon, anything, he will munch that until he will choke… Twice I had to pull a present ribbon from his throat… It’s especially hard on Christmas 😃

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    Does “his own vomit” count? I found him behind a table munching and crunching on something. Turns out he had thrown up there at some point, it went unnoticed, dried, and he was eating little dried bits of chewed up “party mix” snacks.

    Really, this seems efficient. Recycling.

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    My one cat likes to eat paint chips. It’s a battle to prevent him from doing so. He also likes fries and will steal them from my plate. One of my other cats likes taco meat and my third cat is crazy about cheese.