This was the case with my cat for a while, until I let her have a sniff of my pulled pork sandwich, and she took a big bite and ran off.

As is their right, peasant!

My sister's cat is the exact same way. They dub it the sniff tax.

that’s a turkish van! I have his twin :D

I had a dog that I tricked into eating a tomato once. He wasn’t pleased, but after that he stopped begging. He would come up and ask to smell and see my food. If he wanted something he would let me know and I would get him some. If he didn’t he just moved along, disappointed, but we had an understanding.

There are 2 cats inside of my home:

• One of them smells and then steals my food
• The other one smells and then looks disgusted at my food

I see it as enrichment, like when they give bears at the zoo something to smell to entertain them. Makes my cat happy at least just to smell stuff

With dogs this behavior shows who is boss. The one who controls the food is in control. Your cat wants to be offered to food to show they are your boss. Which they are, let's be honest. ;)

My cat does this when I'm drinking tea and his response is some mix of disgust and concern.

I did this for my one cat until he proceeded to sneeze on my food. Little shit.

He must inspec

I came home once to my cat on the kitchen counter and my ex holding a spice bottle up to the cat's face, cabinet door open. "What are you doing?" "Letting Max smell the spices."

He was just standing there, opening one bottle, letting the cat sniff it, then closing it and putting it back, grabbing the next one, and so on. The cat just sat there waiting and sniffing. For over an hour and who knows how long before that.

Our cat does this, but she doesn't always make a disgusted face. There are a couple exceptions:

Grapes and broccoli (she doesn't want to eat them, just play with them)

Teriyaki chicken on a stick - she will attempt to eat. So I usually only let her smell it when there's a small amount of chicken left

"This is what you eat? Pathetic."

That picture's AI isn't it ?

Mine used to be like this, but now prefers WARM chicken. 🙄

We've had as many as 5 cats at once. We had one that did the same thing, without the judgement, he just wanted a sniff, he didn't really want it. OTOH, My Mama Bear always wanted a single bite of whatever meat I was eating, just to know that I still loved her.

I let my Willow sniff-test a lot of my food. usually I know he wouldn't find interest in it, but I did lose a few shrimp to him one time

Inspector Han: PRESENT PLATE! Looks up, are you really going to eat that? Slow walk away with disgusted tail twitch. Inspector Chewbacca: Oh, heya mum. Watcha gots der? Sniff sniffy sniff wuffle. Meh. Sits beside me with his paw on my lap. Pointedly not looking at my plate. Side eyeing every bite. Doesn't look disgusted, but makes it clear he's making sure it doesn't kill me. Their food: royal canin duck and pea. Chicken allergies in Han. Me: beans, lentils, rice and whatever veg is in the clearance sections. I miss dairy. Their food smells delicious. At least I love beans lol.

It's even worse when the cat is being really pushy in the morning and demands additional tribute, so I let her sniff my coffee. That face of disgust remains funny.

Cat confirmed

Sorry i know this is a cat thread, but my dog is a bit like this, except he's decided he loves eating salad, yesterday he was begging for carrot, and following me around because he wanted some if my apple. I've created a monster :)

"your meager offering offends me human."

I have to be careful with burgers because my garbage cat rescue will actively try and steal them after sniff inspecting.

Mine is just like this, once in a while she will nod approval before leaving, and you know you did something well.

My cat smells what i take out of the fridge, just in case it is chicken.

She also likes to have breakfast with me, and asks for some milk or cottage (this is a day each 2 weeks)

... and scratch as if to bury it

I think it may be due to salt and other spices, they are kinda sensible to those and strong smells

What in gods name is that plate of cat food

Is probably, secretly, a highly rated critic in the Paw Gazette...

Lol

Saw that same face on my partner when I served my famous chicken and dill dumplings.