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Hey everyone,

It’s me again – the person with the two ridiculously hungry cats, Candy and Poppy.

First off, I just wanted to say a massive thank you. A while back, I shared my little side project, cancateat.food, and I was honestly blown away by how many of you checked it out and gave me such smart feedback. It was genuinely awesome.

I basically treated all your comments as a to-do list, and I’ve been tinkering away ever since. I’m pretty excited to share what I’ve been up to, all thanks to you:

So, about plants… A ton of you pointed out, “What about plants?! My cat tries to eat my ferns!” and you were totally right. It was a blind spot. So, I buckled down and managed to add over 1,000 plants to the database, most with pictures. Hopefully this helps when you spot them chewing on something they shouldn’t.

Food Search

Food Detail

“What if it’s not on the list?” Another brilliant idea you had. I’ve now added a “Food Request” button in the corner. If you search for something and I don’t have it, just click that, pop it into the sheet, and I’ll get it researched and added. It’s our way of building this thing together.

Food Request

And yeah, I fixed the clunky stuff. Remember that annoying extra click you had to do after searching? It’s gone. I smoothed out a bunch of other little things you guys pointed out. Thanks for the honest feedback on that!

I just want to repeat that this is still my little project, born from a moment of panic in my kitchen. It’s for us. So, it’s still 100% free, with no ads, no sign-ups, and no creepy tracking. Just a tool from one cat person to another.

Anyway, I’d love for you to take another look and tell me what you think. I hope it’s even more useful now.

You can find it here: cancateat.food

  • Kojichan@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 day ago

    Definitely suggest adding coffee and teas.

    I know coffee is toxic in large doses… yet my chunky boy loves having a few sips. XP

    • havanidea@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      7 hours ago

      Got it! I’ll add coffee and tea to my food to-do list. Any new suggestions added there will be updated in the website’s food database within a week. Feel free to add any other food suggestions here: food-requests

      Thanks for your advice! 😘

  • havanidea@lemmy.worldOP
    27·
    2 days ago

    Just wanted to personally thank some of the folks whose feedback was a massive help in the latest cancateat.food update.

    In no particular order, a huge thank you to: @unmagical @Australis13 @hedgehog @Cactopuses @.Donuts

    Your ideas were fantastic! And to everyone who has supported the project, thank you so much. It honestly means a lot. You guys are the best!

  • medgremlin@midwest.social
    4·
    2 days ago

    Just a heads up: I tried to enter something on the request spreadsheet and it’s locked as view-only. Maybe make it a link to a google form that exports to a spreadsheet?

    • havanidea@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      7 hours ago

      My apologies! The Google Sheets permissions were indeed set incorrectly. It’s fixed now. 😅

    • havanidea@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      7 hours ago

      Really? That’s definitely something I’ll consider! Does anyone else here share the same thought? If this gets over 20 likes, I’ll look into creating a dog version!

  • 56!@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 days ago

    The homepage suggests searching for “eggs”, but searching for “eggs” gives 0 results.

    • havanidea@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      7 hours ago

      oh, my fault, try ‘egg’ again. Guess [eggs] does not match [egg] 😅

      I will think about this problem.

      Thanks for your advice 😘

  • HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 days ago

    Never heard of this project before, but it looks awesome, thank you! Instantly shared it with all my cat having friends.

  • Australis13@fedia.io
    7·
    2 days ago

    Fantastic update - great to see so many plants added.

    Couple of additions to suggest, if I may. Both of these are due to rather unfortunate naming changes that mean the common name for a plant is actually the botanical name for a different one!

    • Hippeastrum as an alternative name for Amaryllis. Today only one species (Amaryllis belladonna, or the Belladonna Lily) is considered true Amaryllis; most of the showy hybrids people grow are Hippeastrums and at least here in Australia, the correct name is often used. Botanically the two genera are in the same family and have similar risks.
    • Pelargonium as an alternative name for Geranium. Again, what most people think of as Geraniums are actually Pelargoniums; true Geraniums are not as common in cultivation here.

    Lycoris (Surprise Lilies) and Nerine are also in the Amaryllid family and many species seem to have the same toxins as Hippeastrum.