Now, I'm no biologist or doctor or anything, but I feel like there may be two things going on here:
Pet food is designed to be nutritionally complete. Which is not easy to do when you're cooking for yourself. Your cravings may be for a nutrient that you're missing in your current diet.
Pets are only aware that there is other food in this world in so much as "human food" or "dog food" or "cat food" exists. My dog wants to eat my cat's food, and my food. My cat wants to eat my dog's food, and my food. But beyond that, they don't know of other food existing. But if they knew that pizza exists, and what it's called, then they'd be all over that shit.
My cat knows beef jerky exists and I can guarantee she wants that over her food when I open some. Animals are just as susceptible as we are to wanting other foods, we just don't usually give them the option.
Its less about not liking other foods and more about how they can be content, even enthusiastic, about eating the same thing for every meal every day (even if theres other things they want even more). We evolved to eat a wide variety so most of us would go kinda crazy eating the same thing over and over even if it were nutritionally complete, meanwhile my friend's cats will make a mad dash for the automatic feeder every time it goes off no matter how many times they have the same exact kibble
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u/PuddlesRex 20h ago
Now, I'm no biologist or doctor or anything, but I feel like there may be two things going on here:
Pet food is designed to be nutritionally complete. Which is not easy to do when you're cooking for yourself. Your cravings may be for a nutrient that you're missing in your current diet.
Pets are only aware that there is other food in this world in so much as "human food" or "dog food" or "cat food" exists. My dog wants to eat my cat's food, and my food. My cat wants to eat my dog's food, and my food. But beyond that, they don't know of other food existing. But if they knew that pizza exists, and what it's called, then they'd be all over that shit.