Don’t get me wrong, birds have rights, yes, they do.
But, why is it they get a tower full of nectar, replenished readily, and I have to be the one to wait for hoomans to deliver food to my bowl?
Birds have food at the ready, come rain, or come shine.
Why?
It just doesn’t make sense to me? I watch them flighty little birds, right from here, I look up at them in more ways than one. They get to eat and fly away and come back often.
I should be able to eat whenever I want. Just like a bird.
So when the food picking is good, I make sure to get my fill.
Take today, for example.
The hoomans were late to get up, so once all of us furry friends were finally fed, I made sure to do the cleanup. Not only did I eat my bowl. I ate Tizzie’s bowl. And I ate the dog’s bowl, too.
What…? Is that a bad thing?
Maybe I do have a food obsession? (Fast forward to 6:28 to hear more about this affliction.)
I do kind of look like a wood tick ready to pop. I fear that things are going to change for me soon. The hooman who towered over me to take this photo wasn’t happy with me.
Man, o’ man, I am quite thirsty after all of that food…things aren’t going to end well, I just feel it in my redundant fluff that folds over my feet. Sigh.
Post inspired by my twisted take on Frank’s prompt of Tower over at Dutch Goes The Photo – Tuesday Photography Challenge.
PS – We need to build walls around the other two pets food to keep Dessy from eating their food. She’s truly obsessed. Have you heard of food-obsessed cats? Do you have a food-obsessed cat? How do you keep them from eating too much – and not bugging the heck out of you all day and night to feed them?
To the casual observer, it appears that Dessy has been fed recently. Our cats get food delivered to special places. That keeps the dog from hoovering up all the cat food. She’ll leave dog food in her bowl, but she’d never pass up the chance to steal some cat food.
Yes, she was fed – a lot today! We had a Golden Retriever who did that – we had to raise the cat food up off the ground so the Golden wouldn’t eat their food. I think Dessy is that Golden reincarnated…or Garfield. 😉
Wow, Dessy has been a naughty kitty! I guess you’ve gotta hide the other food?
Yeah, she’s naughty. And napping like a little angel. We’re going to have to do something to help her regulate her food consumption!
Can you put her in a separate room, close the door for a bit until other kitty has ate?
The other kitty nibbles then disappears. Dessy waits to attack the bowl. We do sometimes put the bowl on a shelf until the other one is hungry.
We’ve had a few that developed thyroid issues, weighed next to nothing, and wanted to be fed constantly. Now that we’re down to 2, Mary feeds them in the morning and gives them treats in the afternoon, and sometimes has to open another can (they get the good stuff, Fancy Feast, which the vet calls “kitty crack”).
We always had a sort of free-range approach to feeding the clowder. We’d leave dry food out all day, because we had a few that ate in the middle of the night (you’d wake up at 2 AM to “CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH”). We only had one that had an eating problem, and that was just one of many problems she had…
Aw, it’s tough when the critters have health issues. Dessy and Tizzie are sisters – they were rescued almost after they were born, and they were the two runts. Tizzie turned out as a normal eater, Dessy…well, you can see, she’s obsessed. I better not try Fancy Feast – that kitty crack would definitely turn the beast mode on for our two cats! Thank you for sharing your kitty tales, it’s nice to know we’re not alone in our food adventures.
I was thinking Dessy resembled Parker in the Winter a little bit with her girth before you mentioned it. My friend Carol had three cats, recently lost one, but had to feed them in separate rooms – each one had digestive issues – one had to have moist food, the other dry kibble and the other a raw diet. They didn’t like their food segregated and had to eat it all up then and there. A lot of attitude going on in Carol’s house!
Yes, Dessy and Parker are very similiar! Oh, my, Carol and I could share stories, that’s for sure.
I’m sure you could, plus Carol has a whole contingent of ferals that she fusses over and feeds and shelters all year around. She lives in Honeoye Falls (near Rochester, NY) and they get a ton of snow. She has shelters on her deck with battery-operated heating pads she puts under the straw and battery-operated dishes to keep the food and water from freezing. She traps and takes the feral kittens to a feral rescue center. She names all the kittens and worries about who comes to eat and do they get enough all the time!
Oh, my, that takes a whole different level of devotion to furry little critters! Nice of her to rescue them. I don’t have many ferals in our parts, I’m guessing the predators take care of them. ;-(
Her property line is at a wooded area and she gets lots of deer, possums, raccoons and many feral cats. Carol believes the ferals live in the woods and only venture out for food, except in Winter when they bed down in the shelters. Mama cat needs to be caught and spayed – she is prolific at producing litters. Yes, she is involved in their nurturing and often pays for them to have the feline distemper shots at the feral rescue place.
That is very nice of her. She has the perfect spot to do so.
Dessy is a little bit plump, isn’t she? Lol
You’ve got that right – she’s dang proud of it too!