What Food Can Will He Choose?

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I am giving my cats a third meal at noon. This is very small and intended to give them a variety of protein sources. They get 1 small can shared between them for mid day snack.

I decided to line up the cans on a lower shelf. Let the 13 year old see them and when I select one. I pop the top for him to smell. I wondered how long until he would want to make his own choice. Could he then identify the can and communicate which one he wanted?

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About ten days into the experiment, he showed me which can he wanted.
Not what I was expecting, yet it makes sense to him. Bigger is better.
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Disclaimer: Yes image is staged. He used his paw and knocked the big can of chili beans over when he chose.
 
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