My cat is trying to make my head explode!
So - this morning I'm pouring crunchies into the 3 cat bowls - 2 cats are inhaling their breakfast. Goldie cat is standing in the doorway watching [Normally she inhales her food and begs for more]. She stays there until Sammy cat starts eating her food - runs in - picks up one piece in her mouth - chews & spits it out - then runs out of the kitchen and refuses to eat anything. She acts as if the food bowl contains poison.
I panic - thinking she has something caught in her mouth that is either making chewing painful or preventing her from eating, or she broke a tooth. I wrestle her down and look into her mouth - can't see anything wrong. No blood, rubber band, etc. But she won't eat. So call to get emergency appointment with vet. Then I go to box her up for the trip - and see her back end sliding under a chest of drawers that must weigh half a ton. Now I'm flat on the floor, sliding my arm underneath trying to scootch her far enough forward to grab and pull out. Some time later, minus some skin & blood and covered with dust & cat hair, I extract her and shove her into her travel box. Off we go to the vet.
The vet finds absolutely NOTHING wrong with the cat. Anywhere.
And to top it off - she offers Goldie a dish of food so she can observe the food spitting behavior. And the g***dam cat calmly eats the entire bowl of food. No problem. We leave, minus a couple hundred dollars.
So, we're home. I offer food - she won't eat.
I give up and arrive a half-day late for work covered with cat hair and sweat. I have no idea what's going to happen tonight when I get home and try to feed the cats.
Thank you for reading/listening to my rant. And yes - I voluntarily chose to share my life with cats. Although now an ant farm is looking quite attractive. It's going to be a long Easter weekend!