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[bethos]

For several days, Chiana was not eating her food. She would eat a few pellets out of the dish and then leave the rest. I didn't see her eating or drinking, although I knew she was drinking at least a little because I kept checking her skin and she didn't seem dehydrated. I put an extra dish of water in my bedroom because she seemed more comfortable

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[minor_ramblings]

Cats, man.

I have to feed Tori with her food dish on top of a shelf or she won't eat, so you have my sympathies.

Little fuzzy screwballs...

[vampireelf]

At least she's eating now!

[spielcheck]

Back when her dish was near the boundary of the uncarpeted kitchen and the carpeted living room, my cat used to take a mouthful of food, step away from her dish and over to the carpet, drop it onto the rug, then eat it back up off the floor again. Over and over for two years. There is a reason I had so little of my damage deposit returned to me.

[marcmarq]

you could get a piece of carpet 3 feet by 2 feet or something and put her food on that. Then she can tear that up and not have it in your room. She will go and eat when she gets hungry enough.

[holyspigot]

If cats are anything like toddlers, they are dumb - or smart? -- enough that they will NOT go and eat when they get hungry enough. Because they don't recognize that 'hunger' feelings equal 'need food.' Instead, they equate it with, 'whine a lot and be a pain in the ass and then fall asleep under the sofa.'

[marcmarq]

I even have some pieces of carpet that you can have that will work if you want them.