*blink* Cats are strange. And maybe smarter than I know.

[xiphias]

So, Boopsie was standing by her food bowls (plural -- since she's been sick, there are a half-dozen bowls with a half-dozen different kinds of human food in them to try to tempt her to eat), looking up at me expectantly. I kept refilling different food bowls with different things, and she'd wander over to them, take a tentative lick, then look back up at me.

Finally, I walked over to her meds, got her Pepsid tablet (the vet put her on heartburn medication), popped her jaw open and dropped the pill down her throat. And Boopsie walked directly over to her food bowls and started eating.

So, it sure looks like she knows "THIS pill makes my stomach hurt less so I can eat." Weird, hunh?

Comments

[vonandmoggy.livejournal.com]

Have you posted a pic of Boopsie? I'd love to see one (if you have, I probably missed it...I have a way of missing obvious things these days, not sure why).

She's the first cat I've heard make the connection between a pill and feeling better...but that's awesome. It means she also must feel extra affectionate towards you, if she associates you with the pill with feeling better! :)

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I haven't, but Lis has. Especially now that she got a cell phone with a camera in it.

[vonandmoggy.livejournal.com]

Ooooh Boopsie's beautiful...!

(And I actually get the feed from Rita Rambles...I never connected the two of you, though. Sometimes the internet boggles my mind!)

[erin-c-1978.livejournal.com]

Pretty kitty!