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Cats!
Each cat, and each combination of cats, causes things to change. They
have changed things, both regarding treats and canned food. For years I’ve been giving two kinds of treats. One kind is really just Friskies, and the other is the real treats. Pickles and Waffles(RB) figured out that the real treats were the best. Usually Waffles would come for the treats, which I give before each of my meals and at bedtime. Sometimes Pickles would come, and sometimes she wouldn’t. Because the real treats always got gobbled down first, I wouldn’t give them unless both cats were there. Waffles figured that out, so he would go and get Pickles at treat time. Somehow, after Waffles was gone and I got Koala, I started giving both kinds of treats whether there were one or two cats in the kitchen at the time. Sometimes when I fix a meal, neither of the cats comes. Sometimes just Koala comes. If I pick up a treat can and shake it, he’ll run out of the room to get Pickles. If she doesn’t come with him, he usually doesn’t come back. Generally she’ll come with him and they share the treats. When I got Pickles & Waffles, I was already giving Lindy(RB) a little canned food every evening. My vet recommends dry food, so that’s what they ate mostly. Waffles decided he wanted canned food too, so I gave him some when I gave it to Lindy. Pickles wasn’t interested, except when it was tuna, and then she wanted some. I started the same thing with Koala, giving him 1/8 of a can of food every evening before I have my dinner. Pickles was the same way - ignored the food except for the tuna. At some point, Koala decided that he needed canned food in the morning too. The usual routine was that, as soon as Koala had the canned food, Pickles would run into the living room. I’d follow her and give her skritches and tummy rubs. A few weeks ago, Pickles started showing interest in the canned food. Every so often she’d watch as I served it, and start eating along with Koala. The dish is oval, so at first that was possible. Eventually Pickles would push Koala away, and I’d fix him another dish of the food. That started happening more and more often. Finally they both decided that Pickles should have canned food in the morning, but not in the evening. If she isn’t there when I start to fix the cat food before I fix my dinner, Koala will go and get her. In the evening she doesn’t come out for it, and he doesn’t go after her. I wrote the above last night. This morning Pickles took a quick look at the food and followed me into the living room. Cats! |
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