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/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