Overnight

[lexin]

Up at a sparrow's fart after a very disturbed night. Smokey (for it was she) came and "slept" on my bed.

This "sleeping" involved wanting fuss every hour on the hour, then going to sleep for an hour on my feet, rinse and repeat all through the night until about 4am, when she disappeared to sleep properly because it was clearly all too much for a simple cat to cope with.

She's currently behind the sofa (I think) having a kip, whereas I'm up and looking at my work laptop through bleary eyes.

The good news, though, is that she's eating and is using her litter tray just fine. (By the way, thank you shezan for recommending that kind of litter tray. It's very much easier for me to cope with and Smokey just loves it.)

We are having something of a Mexican standoff about dry cat food. She's not keen (despite being fed it at the RSPCA) whereas I think it should form the mainstay of a cat's diet and is good for her teeth. We'll see who has the stomach for the fight. So to speak.

This is my best photo of her so far - still a bit blurry:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/lexin0/catandassoc020_zps62feb5b8.jpg

Comments

[tazlet]

Hold out on the dry food - despite all appearance, cat will not starve - and do not feed wet food for breakfast - you do not need an alarm clock with claws.

[lexin]

Perhaps wet food for treats and tea time, when I get home from work?

[stranger]

Just as a different way of doing things, my cats get wet food most of the time, and consequently crave dry food (which has different-tasting ingredients) as treats. When I rattle the dry-food box they'll run to it, which can be very convenient.

There's no denying the wet food is more expensive, more trouble, and very smelly, and that numerous cats of my acquaintance get primarily dry food and are in excellent health and spirits. And you not having to get up early for cat-breakfast every day sounds like a good plan, too.

[lexin]

Thanks for the advice - Smokey is resisting eating during the day (she ate in the night) which worries me rather. I'm told a cat won't let herself starve but I can't help but be concerned.

[doire]

That sounds a familiar sleeping pattern:)

Our two need different diets (Minnie is very overweight) and each craves the others food, (they both have dry food) but anything not eaten is put back in a sealed pot for later. The longest either has held out is four days.

Though, as they have access to the outside, they may be eating elsewhere too.

[lexin]

Four days! That is impressive - the cat sites say 'a few hours' and four days is more than a few hours as far as I'm concerned.