Sgt Stripes here. I love being an indoor kitty. I have humans to take care of me and lots of windows to look out. I have plenty of toys and can pretty much get tummy rubs on demand. I even have an electric tummy warmer. (Mom calls it a bed warmer.) But there’s one thing that has taken a little getting used to: the food.
Back when I lived outside, I had to hunt for food. We live in a pretty open area. Mom has two acres and there’s forty acres on the lot next door. I didn’t have much trouble getting what I needed. (Don’t tell Mom, but I got a few treats from the neighbors too.) I was attracted to Mom and my human brother because they put kibble out regularly. It was a nice contrast to my diet of field mice and voles.
When I came inside, they tried to feed me kibble and wet food. I love the kibble, but the wet food tasted really weird. I didn’t like it. I kept trying to tell them that I really wanted a vole, but they never seemed to understand. I asked Mr Google to find me some vole-flavored food, but I didn’t have any luck. All I could find was ways to get rid of voles. I don’t want to poison them. If I poison them, I can’t eat them.
Right now, I’m eating mainly kibble. Occasionally, I’ll have some chicken and tuna stew and some treats, It’s not that I don’t like my kibble, but it gets a little boring. I’d really like something fresh. My human brother gave me goose one time. That was pretty tasty, but I really don’t like human food (except ice cream).
I talked to Snoops about it. She lived outside for a while before she ended up at the shelter. She understood what I meant. She says that’s the main reason she occasionally eats the mice she catches. It’s a flavor that none of the canned foods can match. We don’t really understand why there are vegetables in some cat food, but no mice or voles.
I tried eating a couple of the mice I found upstairs. (It’s one of the advantages of living in an old farmhouse. It’s easy for mice to get in.) They were pretty tasty, but they really didn’t taste like the ones I had outside. Snoops says it’s because of what they eat. Apparently the humans aren’t really good about keeping all the food in the pantry locked in airtight containers. It has come to their attention that mice love sweets. On occasion, they’ve eaten large (for a mouse) quantities of chocolate chips and baking chocolate.
I guess I prefer grass-fed mice and voles. There have been a few mice since I came inside, but no voles. I saw that one of the pet stores around here has voles. I tried to talk Mom into buying a couple, but she wouldn’t do it. She won’t buy any of the fun animals: no mice, no voles, no gerbils, no hamsters. So I’m kind of stuck.
I think Mom feels bad because I don’t like wet food. I think she’s tried every flavor they make. I don’t want to make her feel bad; it’s not her fault that cat food doesn’t come in the really good flavors. Maybe I could write a letter to the cat-food companies and suggest they try something different.
In the meantime, I’m going keep living the good life and eating kibble.
Adventures in Cheeseland 
Sgt. Stripes, I can imagine what you’re going through. Use to grass fed Voles and wham…you’re inside where you can’t get them anymore. I guess you’ve tried the food that is for sale, refrigerated, in the pet food stores? Mom isn’t familiar with them as I will eat canned. And of course, they won’t be serving up Voles and mice. Ask the other furred members of your household how they adjusted. May be some hints there….
Ooh. Those are great idea! Thank you!!
dood…ask a snakez. that soundz stoopid eye noe, but sum
peepulz haz snakez az petz and they ….thoz peepulz…hafta
buy “fresh” for de snakez…may bee de snakez can tell ya
wear ta get “fresh vole “…. ask em two day tho bee for st patrick
drivez em all outta town ‼️🍀🍀😺
That’s a pawsome idea! Thanks!!
Our cats advise a captive breeding program: Let some of the mice live. And breed. Then you’ll have all the mice you could want, at your paw-tips.
Ooh! I like that idea. I’ll tell Snoops to lay off hunting for a bit.
Thought you might like it.
so your lookin fur dee tastier “free range mice”!
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I thought voles were poisonous? Maybe it is moles? One of them has something that makes cats sick. Stick with kibble. Thank you for the kind words you left on my blog for the passing of Lucy. XO
Hmm. I’m definitely happier inside.
I say you just keep testing the human food until you find something you like. I hear pork chops and bacon are good.
Hmm. I’ve never had either one of those. I’ll talk to Mom
Bacon is yummmy!
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Mew mew mew Sgt Stripess mee reememberss mee days (an nitess) on THE meen streetss of Wireton. Huntin fore mice an moless an voless an small birdiess…. mee missess THE taste two.
How-efurr mee DOESS like Blue Wilderness Salmon Pate an Weruva “Catss Inn THE Kitchen” pouchess have sum reelly tasty nomss! Yummy inn THE tummy!
***nose rubss*** BellaDharma an ((hugss)) BellaSita Mum
I’m glad someone understands!
Trust mee mee noses Sgt Stripess!! At leest our Hu’manss reelly care about us! 😉
Voles, small rodents of the family Cricetidae, are widely distributed across the globe, including India. Despite their diminutive size, voles play significant roles in ecosystems, particularly in agriculture and forest habitats.
https://www.indianetzone.com/44/voles.htm
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