Hello everyone. I am not a native English speaker so please pardon my grammar mistakes. I am here to talk about my 2-year-old male cat, Beyta. I adopted him from a local shelter one and half years ago. He was doing all right, except scratching the furniture and carpet sometimes (though I have bought several scratchers and tried scratch stop items, but he would still scratch sofa and carpet sometime. I can bear that but if you have any ideas dealing with scratch problems please tell me).
Anyway, I never fed him any human food since I adopted him. I had no idea what he ate before, but he accepted both dry and wet cat food pretty well. He barely showed interest in human food until then. That was one day, I took a bag of scallops out of the fridge and put it on the table to thaw them. Then I walked away for other stuffs. When I came back, I found Beyta was on the table----eating the scallops! That was the first time I saw him eating human food. I don't know if that first try gave him some more interests. From then, every time when we having dinner, he would jump up to our table and trying to lick the food. Even if I drive him away he would come back again and again. Now I have to lock him in the bedroom when I eat anything. Then he would scratch the carpet to show his dissatisfaction. The part of the carpet near the bedroom door is ratty and ragged now. I really have no idea of how to deal with him. And when people cannot see, he would stand up with his hing legs and pull down the trash bin, so that he would squeeze into the trash bin and search for human food. I had to change all the trash bins to the ones that have pet lock...
I am really concerned about him. I know cat cannot have human food because they cannot bear high salinity. But how could I cut off his interest in human food completely? He is really stubborn and would try anything for getting whatever he wants to get (e.g. he would keep meowing and follow my every step until he gets the treat). He is a cute and gorgeous cat though. I really love him. That is why I want him to stop wanting human food! I feel I have no idea with him...Please help me out. Thank you so much.
Anyway, I never fed him any human food since I adopted him. I had no idea what he ate before, but he accepted both dry and wet cat food pretty well. He barely showed interest in human food until then. That was one day, I took a bag of scallops out of the fridge and put it on the table to thaw them. Then I walked away for other stuffs. When I came back, I found Beyta was on the table----eating the scallops! That was the first time I saw him eating human food. I don't know if that first try gave him some more interests. From then, every time when we having dinner, he would jump up to our table and trying to lick the food. Even if I drive him away he would come back again and again. Now I have to lock him in the bedroom when I eat anything. Then he would scratch the carpet to show his dissatisfaction. The part of the carpet near the bedroom door is ratty and ragged now. I really have no idea of how to deal with him. And when people cannot see, he would stand up with his hing legs and pull down the trash bin, so that he would squeeze into the trash bin and search for human food. I had to change all the trash bins to the ones that have pet lock...
I am really concerned about him. I know cat cannot have human food because they cannot bear high salinity. But how could I cut off his interest in human food completely? He is really stubborn and would try anything for getting whatever he wants to get (e.g. he would keep meowing and follow my every step until he gets the treat). He is a cute and gorgeous cat though. I really love him. That is why I want him to stop wanting human food! I feel I have no idea with him...Please help me out. Thank you so much.
