# Spicy food + cats? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 23, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicy-food-cats/393404 "2007-02-23T17:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicy-food-cats/393404/21 "2007-02-24T17:22:54Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] Maybe some animals tastes are like humans’ in that respect: some of them\* like\* hot sauce. [/QUOTE] Yeah that was going to be my reply as well. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicy-food-cats/393404/22 "2007-02-24T19:51:46Z")
My dog will not eat spicy mustard so count me as one of the “does register” crowd. You know it really makes you think. Dogs, or my dog at least, will eat her own shit but not mustard. To quote the internet, “WTF mate” ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicy-food-cats/393404/23 "2007-02-24T19:53:22Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Man is he a farty dog. [/QUOTE] Is that anything like a salty dog? Maybe instead of grapefruit juice it uses bean paste 😃 Ack, sorry for the hijack! ---
**Author:** ![disneyineveryway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@disneyineveryway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/disneyineveryway)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicy-food-cats/393404/24 "2016-04-30T20:34:03Z")
I have been crying for the past 30 minutes over this, I gave my cat a couple pieces of small chicken that was very very very lightly seasoned with cayenne pepper and realized after that I actually seasoned it. My whole family ate the chicken dish and nobody said it was spicy because it wasn’t, jalepenos are more spicy, so it isnt burn our mouths at all and my cat seems to not give a care in the world. By the looks of it, it doesnt have a long tern health effect on the cat, just gives them gas and diarrhea? I am so worried about my cat. He is my son practically. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicy-food-cats/393404/25 "2016-04-30T20:49:20Z")
You never know what you’re going to get when you see Opal’s name on the front page. I wouldn’t worry about it (the moderately spicy food, that is), but bumping a 9 year old thread probably isn’t going to get you any real answers. It’s not listed on the first page of the Humane Society or ASPCA’s page about what not to feed your pets. [http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/people-foods-avoid-feeding-your-pets](http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/people-foods-avoid-feeding-your-pets) [http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/resources/tips/foods\_poisonous\_to\_pets.html](http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/resources/tips/foods_poisonous_to_pets.html) But there’s plenty of other sites to look at and ASPCA has their own poison control (with a $65 fee) if you’re really worried. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicy-food-cats/393404/26 "2016-04-30T21:10:44Z")
**disneyineveryway** , we prefer that old threads not be bumped in General Questions except to add new factual information. I’m closing this. If you wish to discuss your cat you are welcome to open a new thread in the IMHO forum. Colibri General Questions Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicy-food-cats/393404.md?page=1)