When your cat does the hungry meow two hours early

[alphafemale]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It's not fake. Cats are always hungry.

[Xolodno]

2. The wife made the mistake of...

...giving our cats a treat every morning. She can no longer sleep in.

[Wawannabe]

3. Bwahahaha!

[mythology]

4. My cat does that meow when her food bowl is half empty

There is no set feeding time. It's always potentially feeding time so her bowl must be kept freshly topped off.

[Alice11111]

8. Mine too. Cats hoard their food as a survival instinct &

most do get really anxious when the bowl is low. She eats Science Diet and really thrives on it. However, she gets a tablespoon of tuna or wet good cat food around 530. She starts knocking things off the dresser and tables by 630

[jazzcat23]

5. Whoever fostered my kitty,

got up for 6am feedings and he will not let it go, and tries to get it at 4 or 5am. He plays "piano" with my window blinds to wake me...it works like a charm. And if I don't get up instantly, he jumps on my stomach...this is a 16 pound cat! Now I have paw-print bruises across my body...gotta love him though.

[NJCher]

7. I'm like you

Totally bullied.

Everyone makes fun of me over it, too.


Cher

[Alice11111]

9. Cute

[csziggy]

6. I wake lots of mornings around dawn

And if the cat is around I will feed him so he will let me go back to sleep until I have to get up. He's got it figured out - my husband generally wakes up a couple of hours later and the cat has him convinced that I never feed him in the morning. He's been getting a second breakfast for months now.

We don't begrudge him though - he's fifteen years old and has been trouble keeping weight on but will only eat a spoonful at a sitting. So he really does need the extra feedings. Now he's working on ways to get brunch, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and a late night snack.