The last few weeks have been something of an experimental period, to try to establish a feeding routine for Louis Catorze now that he’s on wet food.

This is what I’ve discovered: 

  1. There is one variant which he doesn’t love quite as much as the others. Guess which it is? Clue: it’s the fish that started this whole thing off. (That’s right: despite turning into an absolute hell-beast when we’re preparing or eating salmon, when it’s in cat food he likes it but doesn’t LOVE it. )
  2. I have to mush the fish flakes into an indescribable paste before Catorze will eat them. (Yup: he, who happily munches the heads off mice and rats, won’t eat a salmon flake if it’s more than 0.01cm².)
  3. Catorze’s preferred serving size is not a whole pack, like a normal cat, nor even half a pack, but three-quarters of a pack, three times a day. Or maybe four times, depending on his mood. (Obviously if it’s four then that works out at three packs a day, which is fine. However, two and a quarter packs a day is just nonsense and doesn’t sit well with me psychologically.)

In addition to all of the above, the new intake of wet food means a constant round of washing Catorze’s fancy Japanese ergonomic raised bowls and his antique Louis XIV silverware

It’s a hard life being a Catorzian slave. Yet, I’m sure if you asked Catorze, he would tell you that this is only right and proper, and that all cats should be treated like this.

Fang you very much.

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20 responses to “Hurle, sers, mange, répète (Partie 2)”

  1. mcmcneil1 avatar
    mcmcneil1

    Your point on the habits of cats eating odd fractions of a can of wet food is well taken. Sometimes three show up and I divide by that. Other times only two, and one of them won’t eat it anyway. However, it gives the li to the contention that you will never need to use algebra.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Oh dear, that sounds complicated! Feeding time is chaotic as it is without the need to do MATHS!

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  2. cat9984 avatar

    You’re probably lucky he doesn’t want you to taste test his meals to make sure they’re not poisoned 😉

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      I can totally see him wanting me to do that!

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  3. Kate Crimmins avatar

    The cats in my house are treated like that. Sometimes there are impromptu feedings between feedings. One cat likes kibble sprinkled on top of her wet food and won’t eat it without. Another one steals everyone’s food so I have to be food cop or pick up or cover the uneaten stuff. One day they like stuff, the next day they don’t. Welcome to normal cat restaurants.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Oh God, I can’t imagine having to serve multiple diners!

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      1. Kate Crimmins avatar

        It is indeed awful. I’m a short order cook on duty 24/7.

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  4. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    It sounds as if being a Catorzian slave needs a deep knowledge of fractions 😺.
    Congratulations for all your explanations 😺

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      I can’t do Maths! Nor should I have to at feline meal times.

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      1. mmechapeau avatar
        mmechapeau

        Seriously, do you put the pack of wet food onto some scales to measure a three-quarters of it or do you do it approximately?

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        1. iamthesunking avatar

          Oh God, no, no scales! I just guess by appearance. I draw the line at weighing out the little sod’s food, although if he were overweight then I deffo would.

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  5. RasmaSandra avatar

    Freddie and Tish eat in my opinion like horses. I put dry food in their bowls and Tish bats her brother away from a bowl while then Freddie attempts to eat along with her from one bowl while the other bowl stands there with food in it. Finally it dawns on Freddie that hey I could walk around and have a bowl of food all to myself. LOL This circus gets repeated about three times a day and if I get lucky I get the entertainment of Freddie jumping over Tish to get to the other bowl.

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  6. sevencatsandcounting avatar

    Oh, my! 3/4s of a serving is most annoying! Our cats are tremendous wet food wasters. No matter how little the serving, they will leave shards of it for the servants to clean off.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      A little tip for those shards: scrape them together into the middle of the bowl to form one pile. Yes, this is a pain in the arse to do, but Catorze often comes back and eats them when they’re like this. If they’re spread around the plate, they go dry and gross and then he won’t touch them again.

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      1. sevencatsandcounting avatar

        Hmmm… I will have to try that! The real trick will be ensuring that the cats eat up the remnants instead of the hovering Woofies.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar

          Don’t dismiss the hovering woofies! They perform an extremely valuable clean-up service and they save you a job!

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          1. sevencatsandcounting avatar

            Thank you! Sometimes it feels like the Humans don’t appreciate all the services we provide. Woofs and Wags, Cosmo, et al

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  7. Penny Cooper avatar
    Penny Cooper

    And here’s me sitting reading this and then realising that I dozed off hours ago straight after hand feeding Merlot his food on the settee as he demanded, and I haven’t washed my flipping hand, it is coated in hard baked on dog food mixed with chicken and minced beef!!! Which I don’t even eat… Yuck! I’ll go get the scrubbing brush and fairy liquid then!!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Eurgh, a meaty hand!

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      1. Penny Cooper avatar
        Penny Cooper

        It iis vile!

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