# The part of the mouse my cat won't eat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-part-of-the-mouse-my-cat-wont-eat/68172>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 9, 2001, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-part-of-the-mouse-my-cat-wont-eat/68172 "2001-06-09T11:24:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kob09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ebca7d/32.png) [@kob09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kob09)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-part-of-the-mouse-my-cat-wont-eat/68172/21 "2012-07-24T16:02:54Z")

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> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#):
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> _I will not eat it from a mouse  
> I will not eat it from a louse  
> I do not like green organ jam  
> I do not like it, Cat-I-Am_

:smack: at myself for the typo ..

nice result though 😃

I just found one more of those weird organs and it’s definitely the stomach my cat leaves behind. I took a closer look to solve the mystery :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-part-of-the-mouse-my-cat-wont-eat/68172/22 "2012-07-24T16:12:39Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> How interesting, I never knew cats would do that. (When I owned cats they would disassemble the occasional mouse they caught but seemed to be uninterested in eating them)
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> I wonder if there’s a reason for them doing that? They don’t like the taste perhaps?

They’re just full from being fed cat food.

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-part-of-the-mouse-my-cat-wont-eat/68172/23 "2012-07-24T16:54:19Z")

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> [@Reeder](#):
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> The only thing my cats eat are the heads. I don’t think I want to know why.

They stay crunchy . . . even in milk!

CMC fnord!

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-part-of-the-mouse-my-cat-wont-eat/68172/24 "2012-07-24T17:04:36Z")

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> [@Reeder](#):
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> The only thing my cats eat are the heads. I don’t think I want to know why.

zombie or no

if you eat the head the rest of the tasty and nutritious animal isn’t going to run away. lots of cats i’ve seen start with the head.

dogs will do the head too in smaller prey they’ve killed. they even eat/bite/dismember the heads of stuffed toys.

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-part-of-the-mouse-my-cat-wont-eat/68172/25 "2012-07-24T18:06:15Z")

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> [@Koxinga](#):
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> Mr AaronX  
> Sir  
> I send you half the  
> Kidne I took from one mousie  
> prasarved it for you tother piece  
> I fried and ate it was very nise.
> 
> From
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> your bedroom

:eek::dubious::D:D:D:D:D:D

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