https://piefed.zip/u/Blaze posted on Mar 8, 2026 20:05
Leo was sad that he didn’t get pancakes this morning.
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Daisy and Rose were concerned that they might starve to death, but they always think they are starving and they got their salad at the usual time.
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If someone told me years ago that I’d cook food for my pets, I’d probably laugh it off. And yet here I am.
As Kika (my 17yo cat) gets older, she’s becoming more of a picky eater. We had a vet checking her, she’s healthy; but she was eating less and less kibble, and losing a bit of weight. (Not enough to be visible, but enough to be noticeable when picking her up.) And she was still enthusiastically eating even harder treats, so there was no issue with her teeth or appetite.
So I rummaged the internet for info on cat nutrition, and came up with a decent recipe for cat food. I prepared it and offered her a bit of that food. And oh boy, she ate it. She ate it with shining eyes, and the voracity of someone who’s tasting ambrosia. (The divine one.) And asked me for more.
Curiously, Siegfrieda (my other cat; she’s ~9yo?) smelled the food, made a “…meh” face, and went for her kibble. I say “curiously” because she was adopted in her adulthood, and used to be a street cat.
Now I’m even a bit worried since Kika stopped touching her kibble altogether; I tried my best to make the recipe balanced and healthy, but I can’t rule out some missing micronutrient.
