Why does my cat like to eat ants? He's all over them like they're catnip!

Cats love very strong, pungent smells and tastes...ever smell your cat's food?

If you have ever eaten an ant yourself, you would find that they have a very sour, salty taste to them. Cats like these types of tastes and it is probable that your cat has discovered this.

I do not know if this is healthy, but if there are no health risks...I say let kitty go nuts, less money spent on an exterminator.

cats are just entertained by anything that moves and is alive... its natrual instinct to kill it or eat it..

As far as I know, there is nothing unhealthy about eating ants. They are a delicasy in some parts of the world. And animals are generally pretty good about not eating things that will kill them. Evolution and all.

They love to have things to pounce on & you never know ants may taste good my cat loves it when it rains and worms come out she brings them in the house through the cat door and watches them wiggle she would be a great fishermans cat

Check your cat's nose. If it seems unusually long, it's probably an aardvark, not a cat.

Maybe they crave the high protein content. My cat loved to eat ants. I was worried about the fomic acid that ants produce and that they can bite back, too. But this never seemed to bother my cat and it looked like he was getting a catnip high out of the meal.

Your cat turned into predator! Keep your eyes open when you sleep just in case ;)

He's finished the mice and getting desperate

Believe it or not, cats, like other animals in the wild, have figured out an anti-pest removal. The ants give off a very strong, to sensitive noses, odor. This odor is comes from a gland on the ants abdomen that releases this toxic smell to deter predators, and let other ants know that there is trouble. Animals of many types like to ingest, as well as aggitate, the ants in order to obtain this pungent smell from the ants. This in-turn deters fleas as well as ticks! So infact your cat is saving you $$ on flea removal products!