Stop the presses! Or Buy a lottery ticket! Or cash out your insurance!
As part of my regular half-asleep morning routine, I served Shmogg his
breakfast whilst I waited for my coffee to brew. I had to get a new can of
gooshy food out of the gooshy-food cupboard, open the can of gooshy food
with the characeristic 'woosh', put the gooshy food on the plate with a
'plop' and then place said plate of gooshy food on the floor with a soft
'donk'. In my semi-somnulant state I didn't notice the lack of insistant
meows.
Only later when the caffeine hit hit, did I realise that Shmogg had slept
through breakfast!!
An hour later, he still remains asleep (yes, I checked, he's breathing) on
the lounge.
Clearly, the world, as we know it, has ended.
Yowie

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meeee - 12 Feb 2007 21:52 GMT
> Stop the presses! Or Buy a lottery ticket! Or cash out your insurance!
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> Yowie
No!!! Quick, everyone panic!! *sigh* some people have all the luck. Having
just been mobbed by 17 cats demanding breakfast, you should be counting your
blessings lol!
Jo Firey - 12 Feb 2007 22:16 GMT
> Stop the presses! Or Buy a lottery ticket! Or cash out your insurance!
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> Clearly, the world, as we know it, has ended.
And that my friends defines when a cat is no longer a kitten. (Jake now
sleeps through breakfast too)
Jo
William Hamblen - 12 Feb 2007 22:38 GMT
>And that my friends defines when a cat is no longer a kitten. (Jake now
>sleeps through breakfast too)
Mine at age 13 doesn't let _me_ sleep through breakfast. She wakes me
up every morning by jumping on me. That's how she says she is ready
for breakfast.
Bud

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Karen AKA Kajikit - 13 Feb 2007 01:59 GMT
>>And that my friends defines when a cat is no longer a kitten. (Jake now
>>sleeps through breakfast too)
>
>Mine at age 13 doesn't let _me_ sleep through breakfast. She wakes me
>up every morning by jumping on me. That's how she says she is ready
>for breakfast.
I fed the girls gooshy food for breakfast... for a VERY short time...
it would have worked, except that I was having extreme sleeping
troubles and not getting to sleep until 2 or 3am - and Silver starts
demanding her meals at least an hour before it's time to give them to
her! When her incessant meows weren't enough to get me conscious and
vertical, she started jumping on me, walking on me, and biting my
elbow to MAKE me wake up!
I very soon decided that breakfast wasn't a good idea... now they get
their food at six pm, and she bugs me all afternoon (but at least
she's not waking me from a sound sleep by nipping my elbow!) Silver
would NEVER sleep through a mealtime under any circumstances - if she
ever does I'll have to check her pulse :P
William Hamblen - 13 Feb 2007 02:56 GMT
>>>And that my friends defines when a cat is no longer a kitten. (Jake now
>>>sleeps through breakfast too)
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>would NEVER sleep through a mealtime under any circumstances - if she
>ever does I'll have to check her pulse :P
It's not so bad for me as I have to get up early anyway. Spotsie
makes a good alarm clock.
Bud

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Marina - 13 Feb 2007 03:32 GMT
> And that my friends defines when a cat is no longer a kitten. (Jake now
> sleeps through breakfast too)
Well, in that case, Frank remained a kitten all through his 18-year life. ;)

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Adrian A - 12 Feb 2007 22:30 GMT
> Stop the presses! Or Buy a lottery ticket! Or cash out your insurance!
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> Yowie
Something's not right here, either Shmogg's planning something or he's not
well.

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Stormmee - 12 Feb 2007 22:51 GMT
if this ever happened at our house I would be expecting a huge vet bill or
to die in my sleep at their next opportunity, Lee
> Stop the presses! Or Buy a lottery ticket! Or cash out your insurance!
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> If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many
> pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones.
Marina - 13 Feb 2007 03:31 GMT
> Only later when the caffeine hit hit, did I realise that Shmogg had slept
> through breakfast!!
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> Clearly, the world, as we know it, has ended.
Wow! I can't believe it! Something is definitely up.

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Christina Websell - 13 Feb 2007 22:07 GMT
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> Clearly, the world, as we know it, has ended.
So, is he OK or not? KFC does this to me.
Tweed
Yowie - 14 Feb 2007 05:00 GMT
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> Tweed
He seems fine and was meowing insistently for dinner that night (and
breakfast this morning). But I did find a liquid deposit in his box. Thats
his own fault because (with Cary's help) he got to drink almost a whole cup
of milk before we adult hoomins realised quite what was going on.
I guess he was feeling pretty sick at the time, and decided to sleep until
such things 'came to pass'.
Yowie
Christina Websell - 14 Feb 2007 19:27 GMT
>> > Stop the presses! Or Buy a lottery ticket! Or cash out your insurance!
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> I guess he was feeling pretty sick at the time, and decided to sleep until
> such things 'came to pass'.
Ah, yes. Both mine get very poopy with whole milk, however I've discovered a
lactose-free milk at my local supermarket, one pound 25 pence for a litre.
They seem to be fine with it, but it's a treat thing. Normally they have
water.
I have to be very careful about giving my cats treats. It takes only a
couple of days before they say "do you expect us to eat this rubbish?" when
they get their normal food back again.
Sometimes there's turkey slices at the supermarket on their sell by date for
only 10 pence. I can't resist buying them for the cats.
They love it. Then they turn their nose up at their cat food for the next
meal. Then, unfortunately they go hungry for the next 12 hours. Suddenly
they eat anything I offer.
Tweed