For reasons I won't go into, our cat Snowball is fed three times a day; firstly at 06:00, then small feeds at 18:00 and 22:00. She also has a hopper of dry food she can help herself from at any time (if she deigns to eat dry food).
Last night she appeared in front of me at exactly 18:00 (you've heard of a watchdog? Well Snowball's is a clock-cat!), but scarcely ate any of the food she was given. So, when she graced me with her presence at 22:02 I pointed her to the earlier food, and the dry food, but did not give her anything new. After a bit of flouncing around she disappeared back upstairs - and I was pretty sure she would make her way back down if she felt hungry later on.
I was wrong.
As I said, Snowball is a clock-cat, and this also manifests in her waking me about 90 seconds before my alarm is due to go off in the morning.
I wasn't, therefore, too surprised when I was woken by a small but persistent tap on my cheek. I fussed her for a few seconds, then said "I'll be up when the alarm goes off" .... but it didn't.
A couple of minutes later, there was a rather more urgent tap on my forehead. Again, I fussed her a little, and waited for the alarm to go off. Once again, it didn't.
A few minutes past, and I felt the presence of a claw on my ear. A little more fuss, and I checked the time.
It was 01:57.
This is nowhere near my time to get up.
But I'm guessing Snowball was hungry.
Well, I wasn't going to give in. She still had dry food downstairs is she wanted it, so I pulled the duvet over my head and went back to sleep.
Snowball left it a few minutes before stomping down the bed, across my ankles (taking great care to stamp on my ankles with each paw), and went and bothered Luc.
So I suppose that Snowball will continue to be fed three times a day, even if she hasn't eaten much of her earlier meal (although her evening meals may be smaller). Whatever made me think I could get away with dropping a meal for the princess?
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