I was eating some olives the other night & my big 16lbs cat was all over me trying to get a taste of one & I caught him a few months back lapping on olive oil I had on the table for dipping bread in (good this I saw it before dipping the bread). I know that the oil is probably not a good thing for him but would a nice black pitted olive be so bad for him to eat? Anyone else notice this behavior in their cats? my other cat doesn't seem to share the olive interest. I would think the high salt content would not be a good thing for a cat with any olive diet but perhaps once in a while??
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Actually a little of the oil now and then isn't a bad thing either. It will help hair balls pass through their system.
you know it, Padunk!! 
He goes bonkers for them! Black olives not so much, but he'll get violent over green ones. I talked to my vet about it. She looked surprised, but said that if he likes them so much, feel free to give him a little bit here and again. I interpreted "a little bit" to mean a little piece of one olive every once in a while. He's always left my olive oil alone, though. *shrug*
He goes bonkers for them! Black olives not so much, but he'll get violent over green ones. I talked to my vet about it. She looked surprised, but said that if he likes them so much, feel free to give him a little bit here and again. I interpreted "a little bit" to mean a little piece of one olive every once in a while. He's always left my olive oil alone, though. *shrug*
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