Many cats are meticulous eaters. They won’t eat if dinner isn’t served fresh, they won’t look at it if there’s a hair in the bowl, and they won’t get close to it if you accidentally pick the wrong flavor. And there are felines who are the exact opposite. They refuse to comply with table manners altogether and dive deep into the flavorful plate full of wonder.
Please meet the official messy eaters of the feline world as presented to you in this cute and funny compilation by Bored Panda. Because chewing it slow is for the weak, and these little tigers have no time for playing games.
Warning! Make sure to feed your cats food that is safe for them. Any food which is not specifically designed for cats can affect their digestive system and be very dangerous to their health.
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No Regrets
Learning To Eat Is Exhausting
Her First Attempt At Eating From A Dish Got A Little Messy
Most cats are picky eaters, but that doesn’t mean they always know what’s best for them. For this reason, every feline owner should be careful about which foods they can feed to their furry companion.
Bored Panda reached out to Molly DeVoss, a certified feline behavior specialist who runs the non-profit consultancy Cat Behavior Solutions, which is dedicated to reducing cat shelter surrenders by correcting and preventing behavior issues in the home. Molly said that proper nutrition for cats is absolutely vital, and without it, “you may notice your cat is gaining weight, having dental problems, their fur is dry, flaky, or greasy, and much more.”
Moreover, “Diseases such as arthritis and diabetes can also be a result of poor nutrition.” Molly also said that cats are obligate carnivores, which means that “they cannot survive off a diet of fruits, vegetables, and grains; they must have meat, organs, and bone.”
Munching On Watermelon
Cat Enjoys A Birthday Cake
What Bolognese? I Don't Know Who Ate It
In the wild, a cat will consume carbohydrates from their prey’s stomach contents. However, when it comes to cat food with added carbohydrates, they aren’t generally easily digestible.
Molly said she recommends avoiding six ingredients in commercial cat foods: “by-products of any kind, meat and bone meal, corn, wheat, gluten, and soy.” It turns out that the by-products are slaughterhouse waste; what’s left of an animal after the parts for human consumption are removed.
“This can contain organs, which cats need; however, it can also contain feed, beaks, brains, undeveloped eggs, pieces of tumors, diseased organs, and intestines (sometimes with feces).” Molly warned that “While these do provide some protein content, they are not providing your cat with the taurine-rich meat he needs.”
Little Kitten With A Food Goatee
Cursed Milk Dunk
Greatest Milk Mustache Of All Time
The feline behaviorist also warned that “meat and bone meal can in fact contain roadkill, dead zoo animals, dead livestock, and even euthanized horses and pets—which can still have poison in their bodies.”
In other cases, corn, wheat, and soy are used as cat food fillers (as well as barley, oatmeal, and white rice), which are much less expensive than meat. However, Molly said that “these fillers are some of the leading causes of cat allergies. Corn, which is not appropriate for a carnivore, is an incomplete protein, contains gluten, and is one of the more allergenic ingredients.”
Molly also said that some cats may have greater tolerance towards these ingredients and lesser allergic reactions, but it doesn’t mean they’re safe. “A good-quality cat food will not contain those six ingredients; it might contain a small amount of veggies and fruit, but should be mostly meat,” she concluded.
First Time Eating Wet Food
Caught This Guy Trying To Steal My Yogurt
I dislike it when people hold kittens like that
Load More Replies...You're an a-hole for dunking his face into the yogurt just to get a picture posted.
Totally this! Hurting the kitty for worthless twitter likes. Sometimes I hate social media so much.
Load More Replies...Nope. Cats/kittens will not get drenched in food to this degree. Its head was dunked in. A*****e. Remove this post. Animal Abuse.
How long have you been a vet or vet nurse? I've been one for almost 12 years, see this constantly, that kitten was not dipped
Load More Replies...Yeah, do you often leave opened yogurt on the floor? This one is on purpose- looks like you dipped it's head straight into it, no cat would go so deep into it. Poor kitty.
I've seen this picture before and I think this picture is bull. First off, the yogurt container is on the floor. I think he shoved the kittens head in the yogurt, just for a picture. I mean look at how he is holding the kitten.
I'm a vet nurse, that is a proper hold for a kitten this size. Very secure there's no squeeze to it at all
Load More Replies...That is a proper hold for a kitten that size. I'm a vet nurse, there's no squeeze to it at all, but LOTS of support
Load More Replies...No. Again! Another person deliberately messing up the cat for a fake photo. The container isn’t even big enough for the cat to get that messy.
The owner of this cat is an asshole. First, holding the cat like that, then shoving it's face in the yoghurt. Why didn't he put the food on a plate?????????????
You need to Report it. It states you can under the photo.
Load More Replies...GET YOUR DANG GRUBBY FINGERS OFF OF THAT POOR POOR BABY NOW!!!! 🤬 KITTEN ABUSE LITERALLY!!!
that's a proper hold, I'm a vet nurse, I hold kittens like that all the time it's not being squeezed at all, that's a good way to support a kitten. and there's no way that person dunked the kitten, that kitten did it's own dunking. I see it all the time
Load More Replies...How do you know it was him? Maybe someone put yoghurt on his face to get him in trouble!
Someone Got Into The Spaghetti Bolognese
He's A Messy Eater
Give Me Mooore
Who Ate The Ravioli?
No Regrets
I Think My Cat Has A Drinking Problem...
Caught My Old Mate Eating My Soup While I Was On The Phone. It's More Than 10 Years Now That I Have To Pay Attention To Him Everytime I Eat. He Never Gives Up. I Love Him
Dijon Is Life
Meet Stinky Fred! He Has Chronic Constipation Issues. Yesterday, I Unblocked Him And Now He Is Feeling Good Enough To Seriously Chow Down
So What If I Eat With My Whole Face
Life Is Hard When You're A Kitten
The Saddest Dirty Fluff
Clearly This Little Girl Enjoyed Her Meal, But Oh Those Judgy Eyes Over Being Removed For Clean Up
Messy Kitty
She's A Bit Of A Messy Eater
A Purrfect Mess
Our Foster Kitten, Blue, Is A Messy Eater. We Love Her Anyway
Super Cute
My Cat Eats Like A Truffle Hog
Our Kitten Used To Put His Whole Face Into His Food
Cole Is Somewhat Of A Messy Eater
Messy Face
She Is Such A Mess When She Eats. She Gets It All Over Herself. Kittens Are So Hard To Keep Clean, Man
Literally Just Can't
Have I Got Something On My Face?
Again that doesn't look like an accident. Cats automatically lick their nose clean.
Food Is Not Just Eating Energy, It Is An Experience - Guy Fieri
My cat died a month after she gave birth to 5 incredible kittens. They ate just like these, all five, all dirty. We had to to teach them everything and do a lot of cleaning. This post is a bitter sweet experience. The grief is overwhelming still since it only happened in January. 2020 is a horrible year for many.
Sorry to hear about your loss... hope the kittens are well and you are healing.
Load More Replies...So many people here that have no idea how crazy HAM cats and kittens even dogs and puppies will go for food. Especially food they have been told no on. I've been a vet nurse for 12 years and in the "business" of raising kittens and puppies from birth for various reasons. From my professional eye, NONE OF THESE WERE FORCED. There's one up there somewhere of an older cat that has food literally all over its face, no one seemed to notice the bandage, and that the food is very watered down. That cat is in the hospital the food is watered down for ease of eating, sick and injured cats in the hospital are VERY messy, can't tell you how many cages I've cleaned where the cat slung food even on the ceiling of the cage, they looked like a bomb went off in the food bowl. Seriously, yall need to stop with this everyone is evil and dipping their kittens in stuff BS.
There is one that definitely doesn't look like that though - "Cat Regrets Dipping His Face In Nacho Cheese" currently at number 37 is too tidy to look like the cat being too enthusiastic or careless when eating.
Load More Replies...I had three foster cats -- mom and two grown kittens. All were emaciated and part of their weight-gain diet was peanut butter. PEANUT BUTTER EVERYWHERE! A few months later I had a foster puppy and he went mad tracking down and licking off all the peanut buttery madness.
i'm fostering 4 kittens right now...so messy!! but so cute i don't mind
I love these messy animal pics when they aren’t staged. Same with kids - it’s so easy to tell with most of them. Fine if it’s funny/safe, just annoying to present it as authentic. Call it performance art and it’s fine.
A lot of these pictures are adorably cute, but PLEASE DO NOT FEED YOUR CATS/KITTENS DAIRY MILK. It is seriously hard on their bodies in a way that will hurt them and cause severe diarrhea that you'll also have to clean up. If they're kittens, and the mom is absent, they need formula specially made for kittens, and if they're older then buy treats made for cats or give them plain muscle or organ meat as a treat in addition to their (formulated) dry or wet food. We give our kitty an occasional plate with a little canned tuna + chopped up chicken gizzard and she loves it, and it doesn't make her sick. Do 5 minutes of googling and be good to your fur babies, y'all.
Wonderful! But two looked like they were restraining the kittens to the point of pain. The Majority of the pics were super I loved them all this will make my day!
My cat died a month after she gave birth to 5 incredible kittens. They ate just like these, all five, all dirty. We had to to teach them everything and do a lot of cleaning. This post is a bitter sweet experience. The grief is overwhelming still since it only happened in January. 2020 is a horrible year for many.
Sorry to hear about your loss... hope the kittens are well and you are healing.
Load More Replies...So many people here that have no idea how crazy HAM cats and kittens even dogs and puppies will go for food. Especially food they have been told no on. I've been a vet nurse for 12 years and in the "business" of raising kittens and puppies from birth for various reasons. From my professional eye, NONE OF THESE WERE FORCED. There's one up there somewhere of an older cat that has food literally all over its face, no one seemed to notice the bandage, and that the food is very watered down. That cat is in the hospital the food is watered down for ease of eating, sick and injured cats in the hospital are VERY messy, can't tell you how many cages I've cleaned where the cat slung food even on the ceiling of the cage, they looked like a bomb went off in the food bowl. Seriously, yall need to stop with this everyone is evil and dipping their kittens in stuff BS.
There is one that definitely doesn't look like that though - "Cat Regrets Dipping His Face In Nacho Cheese" currently at number 37 is too tidy to look like the cat being too enthusiastic or careless when eating.
Load More Replies...I had three foster cats -- mom and two grown kittens. All were emaciated and part of their weight-gain diet was peanut butter. PEANUT BUTTER EVERYWHERE! A few months later I had a foster puppy and he went mad tracking down and licking off all the peanut buttery madness.
i'm fostering 4 kittens right now...so messy!! but so cute i don't mind
I love these messy animal pics when they aren’t staged. Same with kids - it’s so easy to tell with most of them. Fine if it’s funny/safe, just annoying to present it as authentic. Call it performance art and it’s fine.
A lot of these pictures are adorably cute, but PLEASE DO NOT FEED YOUR CATS/KITTENS DAIRY MILK. It is seriously hard on their bodies in a way that will hurt them and cause severe diarrhea that you'll also have to clean up. If they're kittens, and the mom is absent, they need formula specially made for kittens, and if they're older then buy treats made for cats or give them plain muscle or organ meat as a treat in addition to their (formulated) dry or wet food. We give our kitty an occasional plate with a little canned tuna + chopped up chicken gizzard and she loves it, and it doesn't make her sick. Do 5 minutes of googling and be good to your fur babies, y'all.
Wonderful! But two looked like they were restraining the kittens to the point of pain. The Majority of the pics were super I loved them all this will make my day!