Simon Mayo confessions...vegan mindee eats cat food.

**nipper** · 09-07-2012, 05:05 PM

Did anyone hear it? Absolutely brilliant!
More importantly, does anyone want to own up to it?

md0u0131 · 09-07-2012, 05:29 PM

no I didn't hear it - did someone feed a child cat food or did they eat it off the floor? Either way vegan or not - yuck!!

**Ripeberry** · 09-07-2012, 05:33 PM

Proves that you need meat...any meat!

**loocyloo** · 09-07-2012, 05:34 PM

made me laugh ... made me laugh even more as DD and her best friend who happens to be veggie were sitting there eating tea and they were pulling the most gross faces!

i have had children eat cat biscuits before now

**Stapleton83** · 09-07-2012, 05:36 PM

Have had a mindee climb in the cat basket though

Pipsqueak · 09-07-2012, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by Ripeberry

Proves that you need meat...any meat!

spat my coffee then!!

there are no cats contained in the cat food - honest!!! lol

shame on all you minders who don't feed your kids...
but at least you are encouraging good survival skills

**nipper** · 09-07-2012, 05:38 PM

The toddler had been raised as a vegan by its mum and the childminder used to feed it the odd custard cream (unknown to mum) but one day said childminder was reading a story to other mindees when she noticed this one in particular had wondered off. He was in the kitchen sat on the floor when she realised her husband had fed the cat and the cat hadn't eaten it...

**Stapleton83** · 09-07-2012, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by Pipsqueak

spat my coffee then!!

there are no cats contained in the cat food - honest!!! lol

shame on all you minders who don't feed your kids...
but at least you are encouraging good survival skills

Fantastic foraging for food from an early age - it could be a whole new topic

**Bridey** · 09-07-2012, 05:46 PM

Ofsted are very hot on animal food bowls left in reach of children

**cathtee** · 09-07-2012, 05:54 PM

Oops, a friend of mine when i was in juniors used to eat dog biscuits, and my dd when 18 months used to give nannies dog its choc treats caught her eating them (one for dog one for her) didn't do them any harm feel ruff occasionally though

Pipsqueak · 09-07-2012, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by Bridey

Ofsted are very hot on animal food bowls left in reach of children

I have often forgotten to lift the dog food bowl and I must admit never once have I come across a child who has tried to snaffle the dogs food....!

**Bridey** · 09-07-2012, 05:57 PM

I had a mindee who curled up and fell asleep on the dog blanket next to the dog!

**Trpta108** · 09-07-2012, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by nipper

Did anyone hear it? Absolutely brilliant!
More importantly, does anyone want to own up to it?

Sorry, I don't quite see the funny side. How is this brilliant?

**watgem** · 09-07-2012, 06:38 PM

my niece used to eat our cats food out of their bowls when she was little, she just couldn't help herself!She's 20 now and nearly 6 feet tall we always have a chuckle about it with her and wonder if thats the reason she's so tall

the Daily Mail has a report today that dogs and cats help give children better immunity so hopefully it didn't hurt her

**Helen79** · 09-07-2012, 07:37 PM

Ofsted are very hot on animal food bowls left in reach of children

I've never moved the cat bowls off the floor and don't intend to just for ofsted. My cat needs constant access to food and water just like the children do. Children need to learn not to touch certain things and from the sounds of this thread no harm will come to them even if they do decide to have a nibble.

**Kiddleywinks** · 09-07-2012, 07:43 PM

Reminds me of my cousin, she turned veggie/vegan in the mid to late 80's. When she had her daughter in her late 20's she brought her up the same.

When her daughter went to school, she was invited to a birthday party, so mum checked that there was veggie food available, there was suitable food, and cousin made some extra's just to be on the safe side and for the other children to try.

Can't you just see where this is heading

Yup, her daughter was found under the buffet table scoffing the cocktail sausages and some ham rolls

**VeggieSausage** · 09-07-2012, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by Trine

Sorry, I don't quite see the funny side. How is this brilliant?

totally agree and don't find it amusing that the minder was giving the child biscuits that were presumably non vegan either .........

**Ripeberry** · 09-07-2012, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by Pipsqueak

spat my coffee then!!

there are no cats contained in the cat food - honest!!! lol

shame on all you minders who don't feed your kids...
but at least you are encouraging good survival skills

When my best friend and I were 10yrs old we wanted to rebel in some way. Smoking was too smelly and expensive so we thought that eating dry cat food would be 'rebelious' It just tasted bland and we couldn't see why the cats would even want to eat it!

**ajs** · 09-07-2012, 10:50 PM

When my son was about8 months old he used to crawl away very fast and stuff the cat food in as fast as he could before I caught him, he often smelt of cat food when we kissed him.

**ajs** · 09-07-2012, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by Helen79

I've never moved the cat bowls off the floor and don't intend to just for ofsted. My cat needs constant access to food and water just like the children do. Children need to learn not to touch certain things and from the sounds of this thread no harm will come to them even if they do decide to have a nibble.

Quite agree and yes cat and dog food has to be safe for human consumption before it is sold