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Persia and the Stale Cat Food
I was cleaning out a cupboard and found a couple of small half-used bags
of dry cat food. Friskies and something else. I guess I bought it when Persia started dropping weight fast and we didn't know yet what was going on. I just wanted her to eat. Well, I scattered some of this old stale food on the patio a few days ago. I figured maybe the squirrels would eat it. Nope. But the big crows loved it! I found it interesting most of them would dip it in the bird bath to rehydrate it. Anyway, the weather is very nice and mild here. I have the (screened) back door to the patio open. I tossed the rest of that old cat food on the patio. Persia heard me shaking the bag. They all know that sound, don't they? Then she started sniffing through the screen. Hey! Isn't that the food I got to eat once? I liked it! LOL She has been hanging out by the patio door ever since. Sniffing at the stale but forbidden kibble. Tossing longing glances at it. And at me. Sorry, girl. It's pretty funny to watch her try to convince me there's some intruder. Some reason she *really* needs to go out there. Jill |
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Persia and the Stale Cat Food
On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 14:52:29 -0400, jmcquown
wrote: I was cleaning out a cupboard and found a couple of small half-used bags of dry cat food. Friskies and something else. I guess I bought it when Persia started dropping weight fast and we didn't know yet what was going on. I just wanted her to eat. Well, I scattered some of this old stale food on the patio a few days ago. I figured maybe the squirrels would eat it. Nope. But the big crows loved it! I found it interesting most of them would dip it in the bird bath to rehydrate it. Anyway, the weather is very nice and mild here. I have the (screened) back door to the patio open. I tossed the rest of that old cat food on the patio. Persia heard me shaking the bag. They all know that sound, don't they? Then she started sniffing through the screen. Hey! Isn't that the food I got to eat once? I liked it! LOL She has been hanging out by the patio door ever since. Sniffing at the stale but forbidden kibble. Tossing longing glances at it. And at me. Sorry, girl. It's pretty funny to watch her try to convince me there's some intruder. Some reason she *really* needs to go out there. Jill Could be some little mousie out there? Must investigate. |
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Persia and the Stale Cat Food
Both tiger and Sweetie pie are sloppy eaters and leave a lot of little pieces of canned food around their dishes. Later on after it has dried up they will "snack" these pieces. One would think they were hungry!
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Persia and the Stale Cat Food
On 4/7/2014 11:49 AM, Mike Mayers wrote:
Both tiger and Sweetie pie are sloppy eaters and leave a lot of little pieces of canned food around their dishes. Later on after it has dried up they will "snack" these pieces. One would think they were hungry! Persia is a messy eater, too. I have plastic placemats under her water and food bowls. She ignores the stuff that she's slopped out of the bowls, though. Jill |
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Persia and the Stale Cat Food
On 4/7/2014 8:49 AM, Mike Mayers wrote:
Both tiger and Sweetie pie are sloppy eaters and leave a lot of little pieces of canned food around their dishes. Later on after it has dried up they will "snack" these pieces. One would think they were hungry! Waffles and Pickles crack me up. On the recommendation of the vet, they get Iams Weight Control (kibbles). They are sloppy, and positively refuse to eat any food that has fallen on the floor. This is in my dining area. In the kitchen part, I give them "treats". If they're both there, they bet a few actual treats. Otherwise, what they get is actually Friskies. They gobble that up from the floor without hesitation. Joy |
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Persia and the Stale Cat Food
On 4/7/2014 8:59 AM, dgk wrote:
It's pretty funny to watch her try to convince me there's some intruder. Some reason she*really* needs to go out there. Jill Could be some little mousie out there? Must investigate. Funny thing, Persia is afraid of mice. When I lived in west Tennessee we were walking towards the kitchen. Persia was walking ahead of me, because of course kitchen = food! She stopped dead in her tracks and meowed. I looked. There was a dead mouse on the floor. She refused to go into the kitchen until after I disposed of it. The one thing she likes about living in South Carolina is the anole lizards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_anole The lizards are starting to show up now that it's getting warmer. They climb on the screen doors. Persia watches them with intense interest. Jill |
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Persia and the Stale Cat Food
On 4/9/2014 8:51 AM, jmcquown wrote:
On 4/7/2014 8:59 AM, dgk wrote: It's pretty funny to watch her try to convince me there's some intruder. Some reason she*really* needs to go out there. Jill Could be some little mousie out there? Must investigate. Funny thing, Persia is afraid of mice. When I lived in west Tennessee we were walking towards the kitchen. Persia was walking ahead of me, because of course kitchen = food! She stopped dead in her tracks and meowed. I looked. There was a dead mouse on the floor. She refused to go into the kitchen until after I disposed of it. LOL! That reminds me of my first cat, Tawny. We'd had her for a few months when I saw a mouse in the kitchen. I went and brought Tawny to the kitchen, hoping he'd catch the mouse. He took one look and ran! Joy The one thing she likes about living in South Carolina is the anole lizards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_anole The lizards are starting to show up now that it's getting warmer. They climb on the screen doors. Persia watches them with intense interest. Jill |
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On 4/9/2014 6:29 PM, Joy wrote:
On 4/9/2014 8:51 AM, jmcquown wrote: On 4/7/2014 8:59 AM, dgk wrote: It's pretty funny to watch her try to convince me there's some intruder. Some reason she*really* needs to go out there. Jill Could be some little mousie out there? Must investigate. Funny thing, Persia is afraid of mice. When I lived in west Tennessee we were walking towards the kitchen. Persia was walking ahead of me, because of course kitchen = food! She stopped dead in her tracks and meowed. I looked. There was a dead mouse on the floor. She refused to go into the kitchen until after I disposed of it. LOL! That reminds me of my first cat, Tawny. We'd had her for a few months when I saw a mouse in the kitchen. I went and brought Tawny to the kitchen, hoping he'd catch the mouse. He took one look and ran! Joy Apparently they aren't all "mousers" Jill |
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Persia and the Stale Cat Food
On Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:51:29 -0400, jmcquown
wrote: On 4/7/2014 8:59 AM, dgk wrote: It's pretty funny to watch her try to convince me there's some intruder. Some reason she*really* needs to go out there. Jill Could be some little mousie out there? Must investigate. Funny thing, Persia is afraid of mice. When I lived in west Tennessee we were walking towards the kitchen. Persia was walking ahead of me, because of course kitchen = food! She stopped dead in her tracks and meowed. I looked. There was a dead mouse on the floor. She refused to go into the kitchen until after I disposed of it. The one thing she likes about living in South Carolina is the anole lizards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_anole The lizards are starting to show up now that it's getting warmer. They climb on the screen doors. Persia watches them with intense interest. Jill I'm very interested to see how the cats take to those little lizards in Florida. I'm likely to have a screened in "Florida Room" since all the houses in that community have one. It will take a while before I let them roam, but I'll likely let them in the Florida Room pretty soon after I move there. Once in a while a lizard ends up in the room, but mostly they hang on the outside of the screens. |
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On 4/10/2014 12:58 PM, dgk wrote:
The one thing she likes about living in South Carolina is the anole lizards.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_anole The lizards are starting to show up now that it's getting warmer. They climb on the screen doors. Persia watches them with intense interest. Jill I'm very interested to see how the cats take to those little lizards in Florida. I'm likely to have a screened in "Florida Room" since all the houses in that community have one. It will take a while before I let them roam, but I'll likely let them in the Florida Room pretty soon after I move there. Once in a while a lizard ends up in the room, but mostly they hang on the outside of the screens. I've never had a lizard get inside (knock wood). As you say, they just hang out on the screens. I see them by the mailbox, sometimes. Anoles are like small camelions; they change colour to blend in with the surroundings. Hanging on the screen, they're bright green. On the mailbox post they're brown. During mating season the males display bright pink dewlaps. Showing off for the girls. There's also a red headed skink that resided under the cover over the firepit on my patio last year. I think he/she is back. I nicknamed him Rosie. A Florida room (screened-in porch) sounds perfect for the cats. Depending upon where you move, that might be as close to the outdoors as you want them to get. Where I live, there be monsters. I'm talking about alligators. And possibly some poisonous snakes. Jill |
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