Man Gets Warned To Stop Giving Human Food To His Friend's Cat, Repeats It And Gets His Whole Meal Trashed

"Do not give her anything, she is only allowed to have cat food."

Maryjane

• Published in Animal Stories
• November 11, 2023

Certain cats will come to you begging and pleading for food, especially if they witness you eating. It's risky and shouldn't be encouraged to give your cat any table scraps or little amounts of human food for a number of reasons.

First and foremost, cats require the nutrients that are explicitly included in high-quality cat diets. Any "extras" they eat will make them less hungry for their regular meals.

While a tiny piece of chicken or turkey off your dinner plate won't harm a cat, you are unintentionally fostering negative behavior in it. Certain human foods are acceptable for our beloved cats as occasional treats.

However, since their wet and dry food is designed to satisfy all of their nutritional demands, cats technically don't need human food at all. They should also stay away from a lot of meals meant for humans.

All forms of garlic, whether raw or cooked, as well as garlic powder and salt, are harmful to cats. No, cats shouldn't even consider eating garlic, so make sure your cat never comes into contact with garlic because it is about five times more harmful to cats than onions are.

The OP of today's story had warned her husband's friend so many times to stop giving their cat human food. This friend tried feeding the cat garlic bread once, and the OP trashed his whole food, which got him upset.

The OP writes

OP grabs it away and yell at him to get the hell away from her cat until he's learned some manners

The Reddit post got more than 2k comments and we've gathered some of the most upvoted ones for you below

It's interesting OP's husband keeps inviting him over

It does highlight a big issue

The OP didn't have a right to out his meal

From a Redditor who believes the OP has more of a husband problem

NTA though you have more of a husband problem than a husband's friend problem, Steve has shown he has zero respect for you in your own home with your own pet and your husband is allowing this to continue in your home.

He can have his friendship with Steve but he should not be welcome in your shared home where he only has respect for one resident and keeps trying to feed the family pet food that could make them ill or even be toxic to them.

Why is his behavior even tolerated in the first place?

The husband did nothing when his wife was called names

Garlic is toxic to cats

The OP should give Steve cat food

OP's husband is as much of an AH as his friend

Neither of them would be allowed back

It essentially communicates one's belief when they are so significant that they think they can harm or even cause inconvenience to other living things on a whim. In addition to being poisonous to dogs and cats, this friend has been warned to cut it out.

Many Redditors say that if the OP's husband continues to let his friend do this despite her repeated requests for him to stop, then she has a problem with her marriage.

Maryjane