[Reverend Suede]

I mean...Cats like to eat mice right? Heck why not make cat flavored dog food?

[Chris]

You might be onto something. However, finding out what mice or dogs "taste like" might be an animal rights issue

[Sara]

Why don't they just make mouse-flavored cat food?

[Anne]

Cats like eat all kinds of things, not just mice. Cream, fish, and even sometimes catnip are examples of other foods classically attributed to the cat palate.

[model true]

maybe they're trying to but aren't very successful

[orange]

Mice don't taste as good to cats as tunafish, tender chicken, savory beef, etc. I don't think it would win cat taste tests.Interesting idea, though!

[rbrulesamanda]

I think that that is a a wonderful idea, and that you should tell someome

[Lindsey]

Most pet food actually comes from byproducts of the human food industry. Parts of the carcass that are not considered suitable for human consumption, or are just not sold on a wide scale, are basically waste for many packing plants. These products still have a lot of nutritional value, and so they are rendered and/or processed and shipped to pet food companies. Since there are no packing plants for mice (since most humans do not eat mice), there are no byproducts for use in the pet industry. It wouldn't be economical to raise mice just for pet food, when they get all the by products from packing plants.

[Althea]

It's quite funny you mentioning mouse flavored cat food because a few weeks ago, I bought in a small town in the south of France some rat flavores cat food (dry food).
The cats didn't think much of it...I think they prefer real rats^^.

[judel]

I think cats like to eat mice because of the chase. The same with birds. They want to stalk them and play with them. Some cats won't even eat them when they're dead, cause they're not fighting back. LOL...I had a cat that would kill things and then bring them in the house and leave them in the kitchen. When I asked my vet about it, she told me that they were gifts for me...to show appreciation for all I had done for my cat! Now, isn't that funny? Sick, but funny!