Why does canned cat food smell like ass

[KitchenWitch]

And how can cats like it?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. ass can smell great.

:P

[KitchenWitch]

3. Depends upon the ass!

:evilgrin:

[Dr. Strange]

11. Smart ass!

:hide:

[TZ]

16. No dummy!

Its cat ass!!!:rofl:

[Quantess]

2. probably made from assy parts & by-products

Have you ever given cats human-grade tuna? Every cat I know goes wild for tuna.

[KitchenWitch]

4. I have to pick some tuna up today.

[dolo amber]

5. ...

[KitchenWitch]

6. Awesome!

:rofl:

[Hissyspit]

15. That got you a heart. n/t

[huskerlaw]

7. I don't know, but it sure does!

My cats rarely get any, because the smell makes me retch. Although Heidi and Ginger sent us some Swiss cat food that really wasn't so bad (and the cats LOVED it).

How's it going? Have they come out of hiding yet?

[KitchenWitch]

8. Nope.

I put the canned food into their hidey holes...

[huskerlaw]

17. You might want to try...

If you haven't already...do you have a room that you could put them in? One that's quiet and small so that they could get used to just one room before they take on the entire house? That could be "their" room...and nobody goes in there except to check on them and feed them once in a while.

Then, once they're comfortable in there, you could make your introductions in their space. They might be more comfortable with that.

:shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

18. We do have a room we could do that in...

I just would have to round up the kittehs!

[LostinVA]

9. Our cat gets Evo and Innova canned food

It doesn't smell bad, for canned cat food, anyway.

I'm just glad I finally found something he won't puke that's not the Hill's prescription crap.

[madinmaryland]

10. Try the pouches.

[zanne]

12. Whenever I set out a Havahart trap...

I put "Fancy Feast" Fish & Shrimp in it. It's really stinky and cats love it.

[HamdenRice]

13. I once read why this is ...

It is that cat's have a quite poor sense of smell for predators. Therefore, they like to eat things with strong odors, and since owners tend to buy cat food based on how much the cat seems to enjoy it and how reliably they eat it, pet food makers make cat food smelly so that your cat will enjoy it, and look like it enjoys it, and so you will continue to buy it.

[Bucky]

14. Do you ever find your cats eating your ass by accident?

And just when did you become the expert on the olfactory pleasures of les derrieres?