Basil always knows when it is time to eat. There are two feeding times, and they are divided as such:
- When the first person wakes up in the morning.
- Around 6-7 p.m. OR when the first person arrives home in the evening from work
Basil knows that it is in his best interest to be incredibly affectionate when he wants food, so in the morning, he can be seen wandering around the bed, purring, even if we're not even petting him. If we're asleep, he'll settle down on our legs so that he knows the EXACT INSTANT we wake up. If we're awake, he comes running over, purring, and then settles down on the chest of whoever woke up first. He continues on this cuddling routine until someone drags him/herself out of bed and feeds them.
For the rest of the day, Basil will come over sometimes, but he is NEVER as affectionate as when he is hungry. He's manipulative.
Then, at night, he repeats the cuddly purry act. If we've just arrived home, he runs over to the door to greet us and rubs against our legs. If, like right now, it has just become time for feeding, he suddenly wakes up and comes over "just to be cute."
He may or may not be actually hungry. Here's how I know:
Often, I'll come home from work around 6 or so, and he'll be all "feed me! feed me!" in his cute way, and then I walk over to the kitchen and there is still food in the bowl. So I tell him, "I'm not feeding you, since you still have food from this morning."
Lately, though, he's realized that I won't act out feeding him until both bowls are empty, so if I ignore him, he runs over to the food bowls and literally scarfs down whatever is left. He'll even choke, trying to finish that food as fast as possible. Then he runs back, purring, and letting me know that he finished the food from this morning so won't I please feed him?
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