The Canned Food Campaign

Jersey doing the canned food stare

                One moment of weakness last week and I’ve been paying for it ever since.  I really felt sorry for Jersey, not only needing tail surgery to clean out an abscess, but having to fast the night before and most of the day of the procedure.  In sympathy, I gave her her own can of cat food—a whole can!—before and after her fast.

                Now she thinks this should happen every night and has launched a very determined campaign.  After I eat supper she starts following me everywhere.  When I stop, she stops, sits and stares…and stares…and stares at me.  If I get up, she sprints to the kitchen, sits by the food dish and stares at me.  I sleep—she sits on the bedside table and stares at me…all night long.

                Who knows how long this will continue?  I suppose it’s a good sign that she’s thinking more about her stomach than her tail.  I have to admit, my sympathy is running a little thin.