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DISHONOR. DEATH TO FATHER. DEATH TO FATHER FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. (startrek.website)

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[–] Wermhatswormhat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I learned recently it’s because their whiskers are overstimulated by rubbing the bottom of the bowl

[+] Stamets@startrek.website 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's not her bowl. She just turned into a bitch.

Ohhh man. This had me cackling. I mean, I feel bad for you, but it does speak to me in my soul.

The one I have now won't even eat off a plate unless it's wet food, where I'm guessing she's too excited to care about the peasant presentation.

I found out about the whisker thing and handed her fresh kibble that way just to see, and she wouldn't even touch it til I put it in her bowl for her.

It HAS to be in a bowl and it HAS to be full to overflowing, and she'd better not see any goddamn silver or she'll beat me with a coat hanger. And then the bottom goes stale because her whiskers.

[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago

We had one that would push the bowl or plate off the mat and into the middle of the floor.

Replaced the mat with a small plastic food service tray. Which off course proved easier to slide across the floor.

Ignoring the behaviour is the only solution, but it takes cats 2 weeks to believe any behaviour changes are real. Why did we leave to fall for patient predators as pets?

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

My dog won't eat out of a bowl that's too deep, we had to get him a shallow one.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago

Wasn't that article based on no actual findings, like more of a opinion piece?

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

The whiskers brush the sides, not the bottom. It’s just when kitten reaches for the bottom that it happens so it just always stays half full and stale

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My cat has been driving me crazy this weekend. She walks up to the closet door next to me and meows a ton. I open it, and she just walks away. I close the closet and she comes back and starts meowing again.

I can't win

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why are you blocking off access to portions of her domain?

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 1 points 2 years ago

If I leave the closet open I'm going to freeze to death lol

[–] TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your closet is clearly a portal to another plane. By keeping the door closed, you are increasing poltergeistic pressure, which could lead to a rupture, resulting in, at the very least, extra ghosts in your home, and at the worst, an ectoplasmic explosion.

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 1 points 2 years ago

oh no that doesn't sound good

guess I gotta leave my closet ope... wait are you my cat's alt account?

[–] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Dishonor on YOU, dishonor on your TARG...

[–] RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Whatever sad, evil Romulan wannabes that downvoted this deserve an all-expenses-paid trip to an Agonizer. Just sayin'.

[–] southbayrideshare@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

They are warning the kibble in Sto-bowl-kor that a great meal is about to arrive. The food in the bowl is only an empty shell now; the humans should treat it as such and dispose of it.