# So, my cats hate kangaroo mince **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668 "2009-07-11T12:33:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/1 "2009-07-11T12:33:02Z")
Worthless bastards. They have decided to refrain from eating it. Of course cats contribute so much. And on the packs from supermarkets- prime mince will mean (if you look closely) kangaroo mince mixed with some other crap. I think I dislike cats. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/2 "2009-07-11T12:55:30Z")
Maybe they would like kangaroo mice better? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/3 "2009-07-11T13:50:54Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Maybe they would like kangaroo mice better? That’s how I read the title. ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/4 "2009-07-11T14:00:31Z")
Mine will stand up on hind legs and whine for it if she smells kangaroo mince; she loves it. Come to think of it, so do I! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/5 "2009-07-11T14:30:28Z")
Kangaroo mince makes a superior pasta sauce. Virtually no fat and delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/6 "2009-07-11T18:29:54Z")
Help out this poor American, unfamiliar with Australian vernacular. What’s kangaroo mince? And if you tell me it’s mince made with kangaroos, at least tell me afterward what mince is. I’m guessing something like what we call hamburger? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/7 "2009-07-11T18:34:33Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > Help out this poor American, unfamiliar with Australian vernacular. > > What’s kangaroo mince? > > And if you tell me it’s mince made with kangaroos, at least tell me afterward what mince is. I’m guessing something like what we call hamburger? I’m guessing it’s what we know as canned cat food here. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/8 "2009-07-11T22:45:41Z")
Minced meat is basically ground meat. My Siamese girl turns up her nose at most ground beef. If it’s ground sirloin, MAYBE she’ll eat it, if there’s nothing more interesting around, and if she’s feeling hungry enough. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/9 "2009-07-11T22:58:27Z")
FWIW I personally find kangaroo a touch gamey in flavor, but then I don’t think I’d ever enjoy a raw mouse on a foggy morning. Not sure what standards to apply, big-picture wise. But you might dislike cats? That is a very hard one to figure… ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/10 "2009-07-12T00:17:08Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > Help out this poor American, unfamiliar with Australian vernacular. > > What’s kangaroo mince? mince verb (minced, mincing) –verb (t) 1. to cut or chop into very small pieces. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/11 "2009-07-12T00:59:44Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > Help out this poor American, unfamiliar with Australian vernacular. > > What’s kangaroo mince? > > And if you tell me it’s mince made with kangaroos, at least tell me afterward what mince is. I’m guessing something like what we call hamburger? Shouldn’t you know this stuff, being a wombat and all? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/12 "2009-07-12T01:08:59Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Shouldn’t you know this stuff, being a wombat and all? Wombats are herbivores so knowledge of minced kangaroo is unlikely. Although I could only find info on visible wombats. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/13 "2009-07-12T02:56:53Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > That’s how I read the title. Me too. I know they have tree kangaroos and kangaroo rats, so I assumed the OP’s cats were refusing to hunt some pesky marsupial or other. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/14 "2009-07-12T10:48:13Z")
I’ve never had a cat do well on kangaroo mince. Mostly they hate it… and on the one occasion that one hasn’t, it invariably ends badly. Our fluffy cat was sold to us with a list of things he’d been raised to eat. ‘Kangaroo mince’ was right at the top of the list as the primary food. And yes, if you feed him kangaroo mince, he’ll eat it alright. Then he’ll throw it up less than five minutes later. NO wonder he was such a small kitten. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/15 "2009-07-12T10:54:18Z")
The best part is the kangaroo mince went through one of them big time. Now I wish they hadn’t even tried it. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/16 "2009-07-12T15:58:32Z")
He’s seen too many of those Looney Tunes [cartoons](http://www.ugo.com/filmtv/kickin-moments-of-entertainment/?cur=hippety) where Sylvester mistakes the baby kangaroo for a giant mouse. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/17 "2009-07-12T21:06:03Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Shouldn’t you know this stuff, being a wombat and all? Nah - I’m basically a domesticated wombat (although my wife might disagree with that). I still haven’t received a definitive answer: is “mince” cat food or ground meat for humans - or is there something else in addition to meat in it? ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/18 "2009-07-12T21:29:57Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > I still haven’t received a definitive answer: is “mince” cat food or ground meat for humans - or is there something else in addition to meat in it? And is it common to feed it to cats, or is it more of an unusual treat? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/19 "2009-07-12T22:30:41Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > I still haven’t received a definitive answer: is “mince” cat food or ground meat for humans - or is there something else in addition to meat in it? Either. “Mince” is just chopped up/ground up meat. I’ll go into the butcher’s and buy half a kilo of beef mince and turn it into spag bol. Or you could buy a lesser grade of any type of mince for your pets, as \*\*Cicero \*\*was trying to do. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668/20 "2009-07-12T23:29:36Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Either. “Mince” is just chopped up/ground up meat. I’ll go into the butcher’s and buy half a kilo of beef mince and turn it into **spag bol.** Or you could buy a lesser grade of any type of mince for your pets, as \*\*Cicero \*\*was trying to do. Just to stave off added confusion.😃 [Spag bol.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolognese_sauce) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-cats-hate-kangaroo-mince/502668.md?page=2)