I think I was starving my cat!

[susandennis]

First off, the cable guy came and replaced a cable and replugged down at the big box and got me more/strong signal. We'll see if that fixed it. It's fine now.

But, I've come to the realization that I think I have been starving Zoey.

Every since I through out those tiny kibble bits and filled her bowl with fresh, she's been a different cat. No more constantly begging and whining and carrying on. No more scarfing down the wet food. I think for whatever reason she was unable to eat those little bits and no telling how long they were the only thing in the bowl. I look at that bowl every day and it had food in it - covering the bottom so I thought there was not a problem.

But, last week she was so whiny needy hungry that I even went to the grocery store before my 5 am swim because I was out of the canned stuff. Ever since I fixed the dried kibble situation, she's there chomping now and again all day long. She eats a little wet food but about 1/10th of what she ate before.

She comes over to nap here beside me but does not interrupt me like she did before. I really do think I was inadvertently starving her! So sorry, Zoey!!

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[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

Same with our Luna! She was on kibble only until we had her teeth cleaned, and she went in to renal failure and I don't know what all, and had several teeth removed. Now she really needs gooshy fuds, so we had to transition her from kibble to wet. And I think we got the amount wrong.

We were giving her 3T each morning and night. And she lost a whole pound--and she's a chihuahua. Oops. We upped it a little.

She's been a canned ham with legs since we got her from the shelter, so she needed to drop some weight, but dang.

[susandennis]

poor zoey and luna. for sure.

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

So mistreated.

[susandennis]

oh she's adorable. Zoey has, apparently, totally forgiven me. She needs to learn how to hold a grudge.

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

The icon? Looks very like her, but is merely scrounged from the internet.

We're finding that Luna, with the additional tablespoon daily, is now not eating all of her food consistently. As if she's, I dunno, FULL. We're 90% saying oh, good grief, and 10% watching it to inform the vet if necessary.

This one is our old cat, Nutmeg, who died many years ago. She wasn't really wailing; she was yawning. Still a great picture, though.

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

Poor Zoey! But you worked it out and she will have already forgotten so you should too

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

Any kibble that enters and leaves my cat's mouth is contaminated with her own saliva and therefore, you know, inedible... Cats!