{"id":18975,"date":"2010-10-21T18:49:34","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T00:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=18975"},"modified":"2010-10-21T18:49:34","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T00:49:34","slug":"mystery-solved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/21\/mystery-solved.html","title":{"rendered":"Mystery solved!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><a title=\"Mimi by The Consortium, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/the-consortium\/4503837751\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4043\/4503837751_9e78b7bdf5.jpg\" alt=\"Mimi\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been trying to figure out, as a mild mystery in the household to which we&#8217;ve not been able to devote much time, how come we&#8217;ve been going through so many kitty treats.<\/p>\n<p>This gets a bit confusing to track, since the cats beg (semi-successfully) every time someone&#8217;s in the kitchen. Plus we have a few different types open (normal vs anti-hairball).  And which type is in the little ramekin we for kitty treats on the kitchen counter varies.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s been more of a question than an actively pursued puzzle.  Until now.  As Margie reports by IM:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Discovered why we went through so many kitty treats lately.<\/p>\n<p>Last night I found Mimi on the counter licking the crumbs out of the kitty treat bowl<\/p>\n<p>Then about 5 min after I scolded her, she is back up trying to get the treat bags open.<\/p>\n<p>This also explains why Mimi has been putting on the winter weight<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mystery solved!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been trying to figure out, as a mild mystery in the household to which we&#8217;ve not been able to devote much time, how come we&#8217;ve been going through so many kitty treats. This gets a bit confusing to track, since the cats beg (semi-successfully) every time someone&#8217;s in the kitchen. Plus we have a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/21\/mystery-solved.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mystery solved!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pets"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2733,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/09\/29\/sunday_morning.html","url_meta":{"origin":18975,"position":0},"title":"Sunday morning dialog","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 29-Sep-02 7:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"Look Indy's here. Innykitty! Yeah, Indy Kitty. Do you think he wants some kitty treats? Yeah! Okay, here you go. Give those to him. No, don't throw them at him....","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Parenting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Parenting","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/personal\/parenting"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16181,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/13\/indy-kitty-update.html","url_meta":{"origin":18975,"position":1},"title":"Indy Kitty update","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 13-Nov-09 9:15am","format":false,"excerpt":"Indy's doing worlds better -- he'll never be as spry as he once was (will any of us?), but he's getting around okay inside and out -- making it up fences, coming out for kitty treats in the morning, wandering afield as is his wont. 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