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[susandennis]

A couple of weeks ago I ordered some heavy duty cat food bowls in hopes that they would be heavy enough to withstand the Roomba bump without spilling the water or the food. Plus they are pretty. The outfit I ordered them from Petcarerx started sending me spam - both email and snail mail - after I was very careful to check 'never send them anything'. Plus the damn things took 13 days to get here.

BUT, they work! Roomba bumps 'em and they just sit there - no spillage at all! Excellent.

Since I've started feeding Jake and Betty wet food at in the evenings - in addition to their always-there dry stuff, they seem to think that the minute I walk in the door, it's dinner time. The new rule is 'no dinner' until Roomba's done.

They are going nuts. No dinner and this thing keeps bumping their dinner ware. I think they are minutes away from calling up the cat union.

Oh and Whacko unzeugmatic has struck again. This time it's a kangaroo sticker on a 1920's picture of Chicago's state street mailed from Perth. I'm going to have to create a special section on the post card boards and just label it "Don't Ask Cause I Got No Explanation".

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[vasilatos]

I was hoping you'd solve the food bowl thing. We have a very heavy Mexican (pretty blue pattern) bowl for water on the floor, and it resists Roomba just fine.

Penny Lane and Sam get dinner at 5 pm, period. Sam starts "reminding" me anywhere from 3 to 4:30, but they both know "It's not time yet" by now. The vet wishes I would do a morning feeding, but then Sam "reminds" me at 5 am.

[roadskoller.livejournal.com]

I never thought of that before. How did that cats feel about rumba at first?

[susandennis]

They are both pretty wary. The older one (Jake) pretends it has nothing to do with him. Betty keeps her eyes on it pretty much the whole time its working. I think both of them would vote to send it back - given an opportunity which they will never get.

[roadskoller.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about all the cats I've ever had in my life and Rumba. I think all of them would sit on the counters and watch it, but I think that Frodo (all black) and Simon (a seal point siamese) would stalk it. Attack and run! Attack and run!
It would be a laugh riot.

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

I love your kitty/Roomba tales, they crack me up!