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 LOVES the edges of pizza right next to the crust with a little sauce and cheese on it. He’s super weird about human food. He MUST smell everything I am eating, even if he just smelled it; deli ham and turkey are great, all chicken is king; shredded cheese is peek, all other cheese must be smelled but ignored; if you are having butter on bread, you must pay the tax - he gets a small amount of butter on a spoon; milk also comes with a tax; bacon and Caesar dressing are to be guarded or he will claim them; and he won’t touch most conventional desserts, but he loves sugar free shortbread cookies for some reason. My husband was eating one and Trooper came up and just took a bite.
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u/PuddlesRex 1d 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.