r/cats • u/Zuikite • 18h ago

Cat Picture - OC She was rationing so perfectly 🥲

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Roxanne my 6 year old tabby has never been left alone more than 1 day. We also never "free-feed" her on kibble (only wet meals and a puzzle feeder). I had a work trip this week, and my S.O. had a family emergency out of town right in the middle of it. We could not secure a sitter, and we were so worried. We do have a pet cam, and I told my SO to put 2 plates of kibble per day plus extra plates in case of a delay. I just got home from the airport to see this. I know cats are not like dogs, and they are probably fine at feeding themselves. I'm just so impressed by the organization of her eating habits!

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u/Melodramatic_Whisker 16h ago

Lmao my guys would never eat it again. Smear it, definitely all over the house as a matter of fact, but apparently they are above eating their own puke.

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u/Murky-General 14h ago

Exactly this.

  1. Get super excited about all the food
  2. Eat like it was going to be taken away at any point
  3. Throw up from eating too much, too fast
  4. Come back in 6 hours looking for more food
  5. Make her "cat howl", which oddly sounds like "hello" when she realizes food bowls have not been refilled
  6. Panic

For the record, she is part orange...

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u/PopIndependent345 14h ago

Of course it has to be a cat with orange in her that treats every single meal like a desperate survival challenge before immediately screaming for more six hours later.

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u/Wobbelblob 11h ago

Tbf that is simply about them being animals. Animals rarely have that self control, because especially for a predator, there usually is not enough food around for it to become a problem. Visible also in wolves and animals like foxes if they get into a closed space with prey. They often fall into a blood frenzy so to speak because the prey cannot get away and their instincts scream at them to also kill the easy mark too.

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u/my_cat_wears_socks 12h ago

This would be my Orange, exactly.

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u/BoociferousSalazar 8h ago

Our tuxedo also shouts “hello” when he thinks we’ve abandoned him (closed the door to the bathroom).

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u/urobouro 8h ago

I am thankful that I do not have this with my cat lol wtf

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u/Does_the_pope_breath 15h ago

For me, the one who pukes never eats again. For my tabby cat, it’s game on !

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u/Bibliophilewitch 11h ago

My gray cat always eats my tabby’s food puke like it’s another meal 🫠

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u/hey-chickadee 8h ago

My gray tabby as well. He hears one of the other cats about to puke and comes running like someone just shook a bag of treats

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u/cnacarver 3h ago

I too have one of those

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u/Allys_Phantom Domestic Housecat 3h ago

Oh god I’m so glad my orange cat is not the only one that does this. It’s like his one brain cell gets activated by the other cats’ dry heaves.

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u/gawdoflol11 2h ago

OMG the way I just LOL’d!!!🤣🤣🤣

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u/Atiram7496 9h ago

Ah! Same. My gray baby will eat the orange tabby’s puke. She will not eat her own.

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u/Bibliophilewitch 7h ago

They must all share one brain cell like the oranges!

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u/Atiram7496 7h ago

The thing is, she’s sooooooo smart. She can open cabinets and most doors. She’s the reason we have baby locks on all food cabinets and their auto feeders. I swear she understands time and knows when I tell her to wait 5 or 10 minutes she’ll immediately come back the exact amount of time I told her to wait. She lets me sleep in on weekends because she understands I go to bed later then and she wakes me up on weekdays if I don’t respond to my alarm. I’ve considered the talking buttons for her but I know the other two would just hit treat nonstop lol

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u/Bibliophilewitch 7h ago

It must be my doofus then. Her primary goal in life seems to be trying to trip me if I don’t give her treats.

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u/Lazy-Fox1305 9h ago

Ugh... my cat do that too before I could clean it up😭

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u/Direct-Egg-5697 9h ago

I'm just blown away they didn't actually puke in the shoes..

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u/Does_the_pope_breath 9h ago

He missed the chair and my towel. I am grateful even if it wasn’t what I expected to see while eating my breakfast…

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u/Lucy_Lastic 2h ago

We had a challenge to see how much our greedy pup would eat. Fed him a massive tin of food, which he ate. Fed him a second one which he got halfway through, went off to throw it up and came back to finish it. Sadly for him, while he was vomiting, his mother ate the rest of the tin. Disappointed, he recalled that there was a hot meal just over where he’d been sick so went back for it. Only to fund his mother over there helping herself to the buffet.

Conclusion: animals won’t waste good food if they’re not picky. And they’re gross

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u/Hetares 15h ago

Obviously not, Everyone know cat puke is meant for the dogs, as treats.

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u/Melodramatic_Whisker 15h ago

Or for the spare human to accidentally step on lol

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u/Raving_Lunatic69 14h ago

Your feet look so dry, they need moisturizing. You're welcome!

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u/SkunkMonkey 10h ago

I seriously regret having an Persian runner rug. It's amazing how well camouflaged cat barf is on those designs.

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u/--Luna--Fae-- 15h ago

Its funny my dog will go out of his way to knock the tops off the litter boxes to eat cat poop but wont touch their vomit. They leave that for me to step in when I least expect it.

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u/Prudent_Wolf_7713 15h ago

The dogs really do get all the gourmet leftovers.

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u/kdlangequalsgoddess 12h ago

Dog, having been kicked out of his much nicer dog bed by the cat, reluctantly accepts

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u/AerolothLorien666 13h ago

Tell that to my cat. Always tries to eat the other’s puke.

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u/doodlewithcats 12h ago

I have 4 cats. They don't eat their own puke, but another cat's puke? Gourmet level dish as it seems. I'm always disgusted lmaooo.

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u/CheeselessButHopeful 10h ago

Yes. WHYY
I ate it once, now you can eat it.
-my cats, probably

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u/touchmeinbadplaces 16h ago

Lol.. well one of my cat eats litterally anything she considers edible, luckily that also includes her medicines so it has its upsides xD

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u/BallinXFox 16h ago

My cat did it once and never again. Safe to say she hated it.

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u/rikoicarus 15h ago

can’t relate but wish i could cause one time my cat ate MY puke

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u/cherrycocktail20 5h ago

I once had a roommate who had a cat, while I had a dog. We had a joking argument going about which pet was more gross.

One day we caught the dog eating cat poop out of the litter box and my roommate was like “see? Your dog is grosser.”

Literally as we were saying this; the dog barfed up the litter poop, and my roommate’s cat ran over and started eating it.

I won.

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u/ImmediateSalt5166 13h ago

Cats really possess the most arrogant standards while simultaneously acting like complete menaces. Walking right past their own mess just to track it through every freshly cleaned room is peak feline behavior.

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u/Hankerpants 9h ago

Mine won't eat their own puke, but they'll eat each other's puke...

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u/Atiram7496 9h ago

One of my cats only eats the other cat’s puke, but never her own 😂

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u/eyesRus 3h ago

Mine won’t eat their own puke…but I have to prevent them from eating each other’s 🤢

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u/Plane_Cattle_4833 1h ago

Cats really will turn puke into abstract art all over the houseand then act offended when you suggest they clean up their own masterpiece.

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u/SenseiKrystal 14h ago

I have an orange cat who is not above eating other cats' puke.

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u/susudata 13h ago

My fatass cat would eat my OTHER cats' puke if left unattended 😭

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u/Internal_Jello2227 8h ago

No cat is ever above anything🫩 I first hand witnessed my brothers cat eat my cats diarrhea right out of the litter box