A pet food company’s product research lab apparently experimented with mouse-based cat food once, and determined that cats don’t actually like the taste of mouse: they just can’t catch chickens, cows or salmon, and prefer mouse to starvation.
this post was submitted on 16 May 2026
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My cat is a picky eater but she loves the frozen thawed pinkie mice usually sold for reptiles.
My cat was a great mouser. Unfortunately, she would only eat the top/front half of the mouse -- leaving a little bit of spine sticking out -- and then put the rest on my pillow next to my head while I was asleep. Let's just say that scene in The Godfather Part I hits home.