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This leaves me with more questions as I have a cat that absolutely will not leave you alone if you're holding ANY fruit. She will cry and whine and do all she can to get to that fruit. Apple, plum, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, melons, it doesn't matter. She goes especially nuts for dragonfruit.

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Cats are weird. My cats will gag if you hold fruit near their nose. Same goes with most people-food. They are interested in meat though.

When I was younger, we had a cat would get into literally any food available. Fruit, cheese, Doritos, salad.

Though, people are weird, too.

My cat went bananas for the smell of strawberries. No interest in eating them but adored the smell.

Citrus in particular is famous for cats disliking. Interesting that your cat enjoys those.

I had a cat that freaked out when he smelled oranges. I always thought he associated it with an orange scented shampoo we used once on him.

My old cat was obsessed with margaritas. It made zero sense.

One time I caught him licking a counter that I had just sprayed with a bitter lime deterrent.

Cats are weird.

I would not describe grapefruit or melons as “sweet” at all.

Grapefruit I can see, but what kinds of melons are there that aren't sweet? The most common melons I can think of (watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew) are all quite sweet. Through googling I found some other melons that appear to mostly be from asia, although I've never seen them in person, and there descriptions mention sweetness as well. Do you have examples of savory melons?

My taste buds are different, all canteloupe tastes slightly rotten to me, even when other people swear up and down it's fresh, but it tastes like it's rotten to me. Other melons are fine for me. I am not a super taster so it's just an idiosyncracy.

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