Good strategizing. Hoping Betty will rediscover her appetite! Baby Su and Elvis continue ignoring one of their absolute faves this morning. So Betty, you're not alone. And it's a pleasant 74F here now. Heat is no excuse. It's not noisy, either. Nothing is going on that's justifiable reason for foodstriking.
It’s not a hunger strike per se. She just doesn’t seem to want to eat these two medicine meals—when, where, or how I am plating them isn’t agreeing with her sensibilities or preferences. But…if I just take the food from plate to carpet (I tried simply putting the plate on the carpet), she will eat from the carpet. Sometimes I can get her started on the carpet and have her finish on the plate. But this morning, she wanted nothing of the plate. But she ate all but the liquid that I couldn’t easily pick up off the plate and deposit on the carpet. Now that it’s lunchtime and I simply drop a plate, give a couple pets, and disappear to another room, she’s going to town and will likely finish her lunch in one go. So…Good strategizing. Hoping Betty will rediscover her appetite! Baby Su and Elvis continue ignoring one of their absolute faves this morning. So Betty, you're not alone. And it's a pleasant 74F here now. Heat is no excuse. It's not noisy, either. Nothing is going on that's justifiable reason for foodstriking.
BTW, I got this the other day and thought of Betty. Massaging Shell Cat Comb
There's something about the texture of the carpet that she seems to prefer over the texture of her plates. Hmmmm.It’s not a hunger strike per se. She just doesn’t seem to want to eat these two medicine meals—when, where, or how I am plating them isn’t agreeing with her sensibilities or preferences. But…if I just take the food from plate to carpet (I tried simply putting the plate on the carpet), she will eat from the carpet. Sometimes I can get her started on the carpet and have her finish on the plate. But this morning, she wanted nothing of the plate. But she ate all but the liquid that I couldn’t easily pick up off the plate and deposit on the carpet. Now that it’s lunchtime and I simply drop a plate, give a couple pets, and disappear to another room, she’s going to town and will likely finish her lunch in one go. So…
And then we do the evening fussies all over again for first dinner. By second dinner and the overnight, she’ll be eating without any arguments or fuss.
But there's something about that carpet. I think it appeals to her wilder inner lynx nature.For only those two meals??
She eats off the same plate for her other three meals.
Edible plates for cats????But there's something about that carpet. I think it appeals to her wilder inner lynx nature.
Exactamente! Have you seen those edible spoons? Kinda like that. "Edible plates for felines. Because your cat is WILD inside."
Some ideas to try...and yeah, I didn't think that scratcher would be effective for brushing, but thought she might like the feel of it as a cuddling adjunct.
Hopefully it'll all work!Ooops!
I prepared her breakfast and pilled her and was impressed that she ate breakfast in one go once more.
Except it’s not breakfast time!
She’s unlikely to be harmed by the extra dose of meds. We’ll be skipping the morning dose and should be back on track by evening.
I was wondering why she was having after breakfast zoomies.
She’s sitting in my lap with two breakfasts in her.Hopefully it'll all work!
She seems no worse for my sleepy confusion last night.
"Extra food? I'll take it!"She’s sitting in my lap with two breakfasts in her.
Oh no! It wasn't extra food. She actually got short-changed."Extra food? I'll take it!"
Ah. Well, a little extra COULD be slipped in there...Oh no! It wasn't extra food. She actually got short-changed.
When my alarm went off last night, I thought it was the 6am alarm. So I changed out the food and prepared her 6am meds and medicine meal. Then I pilled her off the carpet last night and was so delighted and impressed that she ate her breakfast all in one go after prior morning fussies.
And then something confusing happened. She had post-breakfast zoomies. She doesn't have post-breakfast zoomies. She's a post-breakfast siren because she wants me to come back to bed for more cuddles. It wasn't until I laid back down with her, and picked up my phone that I saw it was actually 1am, her overnight meal alarm.
Because I made it a medicine meal, she got shorted a few grams she normally would have had on an overnight meal. And she got a second dose of pills 5 hours sooner than her regularly scheduled dose.
On the other paw, her actual breakfast this morning went a lot quicker because I didn't have a pill to prepare, a new feeding shift's food mix to make, washing the prior shift's dishes, etc. I debated whether to prepare a dirt gelcap. But figured I pilled her enough. She gets a freebie morning and we'll get back on proper dosing schedule with evening medicine meal.
I took out a big chunk of chicken from the freshly opened I/D stew can and put that on the floor for her. That primed her appetite. She quickly joined me on the counter for the rest of meal prep. I spent some time this afternoon cutting new pills and packing the soil-based probiotic into those repacked gel caps with her other meds. There’s not enough dirt in those repacks. The size five gel caps are smaller than the threes or fours that that the dirt comes in. She won’t get a full dose of the dirt in a day. But it’s better than nothing until I’m convinced that mixing it with food is not creating any of her fussies.Ah. Well, a little extra COULD be slipped in there...
