That looks like it was designed with Betty in mind! Which color will you choose? And check out that sunflower scratcher on the bottom of the page! Probably geared/sized more for kittens, but I like it. A lot.
I would get it in a gray. I wish I could be trusted with whites. Betty cleans herself. That’s the only way I could agree to a white cat.
Yeah, white is impossible. My ex insisted on white for our dining room chair upholstery (choice of white or navy at Ikea) and a friend crocheted some really nice soft yellow and white cat blankets in a size that works, uh, PURRfectlyI would get it in a gray. I wish I could be trusted with whites. Betty cleans herself. That’s the only way I could agree to a white cat.
Betty is a carpet scratcher. One more tree (or sunflower) isn’t going to change her mind.
*Not that Baby Su or Elvis ever jump on them, but with my roomies being rather casual in their eating habits, it's a lot easier to clean them than it is to take the chair covers off, wash, and re-apply. I do have a replacement set of the white chair covers, though. Because, you know.*
*HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY, Big Boy. Why don'tcha come up and...SEE me sometime?* Now you can't resist that enticing leg, can you?
. And did she found herself a good family with you! Just followed you on Instagram too.
not quite two months yetI don't know how I managed to miss this thread for almost THREE MONTHS but I'm glad I found it now!
I'm so happy to meet Betty White! She's a cutie, just like her older sisters
She didn’t seem nauseated though. I finally found a treat she likes so I got something in her instead of resorting to the yolk squirt. It’s a freeze-dried rabbit treat. Anyway. She still seemed perky and alert and I wasn’t convinced that she would benefit from egg yolk. I decided to simply let it play out. And revisit in the morning with fresh food. Well, she got through the night with no tummy disturbances and was perky and demanding in the morning. For fuss anyway. Her morning demands are rarely for food. They just seem that way until I put the plate down. But this time, I started the rabbit transition with her. 1/2 Rawz rabbit and 1/2 FF in a Bettty-sized 20 gram potion. We are 90 minutes into the wait. She seems peaceful enough curled in her new bed next to me. If she’s good in another 90 minutes, I’ll plate another 50/50 portion. I feel better with a more aggressive split because she’s already had this food before and it treated her well enough back then too.
*YEAH!!!*
I will test that theory by placing the big portion in the front room tonight. (Based on her previous habits, an ounce in the front room and two in the office used to be ideal.) After once again joining the clean plate club during the day, she was getting a much slower start to the night. At lights out when she still hasn’t touched first dinner, I plated 100% rabbit instead of 50/50 with FF. That did it. She ate that portion. She also ate the ounce in the front room (eventually) and half of the remainder when I moved it to the front room at about 5am. So for a night of slow eating, she did still eat 3/4 of her allotment. This morning has been noticeably slower. Sure. She did have some at 5. But that was hours ago. I was able to coax more in her with powdered freeze dried Stella and Chewy’s. But here we are at 10:30 and barely anything has left her breakfast plates. 
At least she doesn’t look nauseated.
Hoping she continues doing well with that and that you can always access it for her! I'd guess that Betty, like a lot of us, has her days of being hungry and others of not-so-much. Some days I sort of force myself to eat because I know I should. So I can empathize with her if that's what's going on. Maybe a strenuous game of da Bird or Cat Dancer would work up an appetite?My hopes that she would become a piggy with better food have not proven out yet. I think her new poof has distracted her from nighttime eating.
But yeah. The rabbit transition is in full force. It was basically a crash switch as I already know it treats her well and she seems to prefer it over FF anyway.
I got her to eat a few more bites with the S&C freeze dried topper. But I don’t want to keep needling her to eat a few more bites. I want to find a food that she’s excited about that also treats her right.Hoping she continues doing well with that and that you can always access it for her! I'd guess that Betty, like a lot of us, has her days of being hungry and others of not-so-much. Some days I sort of force myself to eat because I know I should. So I can empathize with her if that's what's going on. Maybe a strenuous game of da Bird or Cat Dancer would work up an appetite?
Time for my jalapeno bagel
But for now, I’ll just give her the afternoon to decide if she’s going to be hungry enough to nibble some more. Or maybe even finish half her food today. That would be okay by me. For today anyway.
Yeah. Some cats, like Baby Su, seem to love the egging on attention of a human standing over them and encouraging them verbally. Maybe that goes back to thinking another predator is standing in the wings waiting to take over if they don't eat it all. Others, not at all on the encouraging. *Betty, which kind of cat are you? Tell your dad!*I got her to eat a few more bites with the S&C freeze dried topper. But I don’t want to keep needling her to eat a few more bites. I want to find a food that she’s excited about that also treats her right.
It is entirely possible that we’re doing this transition too fast even though she doesn’t look nauseated. But I don’t want to go back to FF. I thought about it this weekend and if she was someone else’s cat and someone else was posting about her struggles, I would encourage a change to better food.
She was so loud and insistent earlier this morning. And it’s almost never food she’s interested in.
Anyway, I’m going to try to help her by not trying so hard to help her. If she doesn’t come around to eat more by dinner, I may have to back up to 50/50 with the FF.
She’s usually the “Fuss me now. I’ll feed myself later type.” Fuss over food.
