On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:37:41 -0700, Joy
wrote:


Just when a person does think you understand them they change again!!!
LOL

Exactly.

Now they're working at confusing me about their food. My vet is most
concerned with tooth problems, so she has me feed them dry food. When I
got Koala, I was giving Lindy (RB) a little bit of gooshy food twice a
day, so Koala decided he had to have some too. That has continued.

Pickles has never shown any interest in canned food, except for tuna.
Her usual routine is to watch me give Koala his canned food, then order
me to follow her into the living room for some quality petting and tummy
rubs.

Okay, I got the routine down. I guess that was the problem. I knew (or
thought I knew) what to expect. In the past few weeks they have decided
to shake things up a bit. Sometimes Pickles will stick her head into
Koala's dish as soon as I put the food down. Koala usually starts
eating at the opposite end of the oval dish, then he walks away after a
minute or two. That means I have to fix another dish for him.

Sometimes he looks at the food, then walks away. If Pickles is there,
she starts eating and I fix Koala another dish. But sometimes Pickles
doesn't show up, in which case I don't fix another dish.

Besides the fact that I'm now spending more on canned cat food, I'm
continually off balance, because I never know which of the three things
will happen when I put the canned food down.

Yes, that's pretty much it. I feed them in the bathroom, which is a
bit cramped and often Nipsy and Scooter will start eating, and then
walk away. Marlo will come by to see what the offering is, and will
eat a bit of wet food and then graze on some dry.

Once in a while I'll see Baby coming out of the bathroom so I know
that she ate something, but mostly I don't know when she eats.