Keep the cat food bag, who knew?

Entry #9

Well, let's start off by saying that I won a buck in the Pick 5 last night so my troubles are much smaller than yesterday's! Mom, you still shouldn't buy a ticket until after the showing on Sunday, just saying!

Seems that the kids have decided not to eat any food for the last few days. Now, they aren't the type to scarf until they explode, normally Joe puts out their food as part of his morning ritual, they munch some then and save the rest for later in the morning and a few nibbles here and there in the afternoon. They try to mess up the area with bits and pieces deemed not worthy of eating as well as some accumulated hair and a few pieces of gravel. This gives Joe a reason to have a return from work, before he takes a shower ritual about what slobs they are. Works for the three of them...

An old pic before he destroyed the bowl while we were out of town, pay back's a bitch! His sister may have had a hand in pushing the bowl off the counter but he has a known penchant for knocking things off of counters so chances are pretty good that he's the guilty one!

As you can see, bowl is empty and he is licking his lips! 

Last night, their bowl was still full and there was no mess to clean up and someone was guilty of making a mess close to but not in the box. Very unusual behavior (the not eating part, not the making a mess part) and a definite distraction to the after work ritual. Figured maybe the heat or humidity was bugging them, house was a bit uncomfy and I realized that I had a tough time myself the last few days. Gave them some treats as part of our it's time for you to open the drawer and give us our treats because we want them and will pester you until you give us some routine. Treats devoured, we head to living room and Big Brother and a normal evening.

New bowls, Isobel likes the blue polka dots and Samson the pink. Please note the absence of any mess, either cat and the fact that both bowls have food in them. This is the same food from last night. Before I went to bed I threw out the food washed the bowls, scrubbed the counter and then refilled the bowls with fresh morsels. And yes, they are plastic, we have plans and they don't involve buying cat bowls again!

Two unusual things took place this morning, both of the kids were not on the bed when I woke up and the bowl was still full. Our usual routine is we all wake up, head to the kitchen together, they each eat a few bites of food and I make coffee and then we all watch at least part of the Today show.

Being a concerned parent I called Pet Smart figuring that if they are both not eating chances are it is the food. Surprisingly the store takes this call very seriously and check to see if they have received any other calls involving this variety of food. Authority Senior is our food of choice and they have been eating it since they turned seven just over a year ago. Finding no other calls they asked for the codes from the bag.

Hmmmm, maybe the bag is still in the garage? 

Uh, ma'am why isn't the food in the bag? 

We keep it in a container, duh, we live in the South and I don't do bugs! (Up North I used the container because I also don't do mice)! 

Well, turns out they have no way of reporting officially the concern that the food may be tainted without knowing which batch of food it is! However, they ask me to give their in-store veterinarian a call with the run down of what the twins are doing and have the vet determine if she wants to see them. Upshot, give it a day, if they still won't eat, toss the food and buy some more. They can't tell me what kind to buy but I should take into consideration that food is delivered regularly and they can't guarantee if that batch is still being sold or not. It was also recommended that I either move the food from the old cat litter container as that plastic may be unsafe or leave it in the bag and place the bag in the container. 

Tuna treat, drain water from can and add a few bits of tuna, should hold them over!

Joe has in fact already taken the all important bag to the transfer station and placed it in the appropriate recycling bin. Guess I'll be buying but not returning food tomorrow and hopefully that'll do the trick. New policy, if we aren't going to keep food in the bag, I'm going to cut off the code and stick it in an envelope that I'll put on the outside of the container. Trick will be to establish a new routine whereby I remember that you have to cut off the new code, throw out the old code, and something, something, something.

I just know there's a song in there somewhere...