Everyone with a pet knows that as soon as you settle down with your favorite snacks and dare to crackle the packaging, your furry friends will be right there next to you, indignant that you're eating treats without them.
This was the case for Theresa Zuliani, a 29-year-old marketing professional from Alberta, Canada, whose cat Floyd Meoweather was not impressed when she tried to enjoy some snacks to herself. Switching Cat Litter
"He really is a bit of a grump and a big character," Zuliani told Newsweek. "He's territorial over his spot on the couch, and not much of a cuddler."
In a video posted by Zuliani to her TikTok, with over 3.3 million views, Zuliani can be seen about to tuck in to a snack of roasted cashew nuts toasted with coconut and sea salt.
As the camera pans around Floyd comes in to view, sitting right next to Zuliani on the couch with a very disgruntled look on his face.
"I think he thinks I'm eating his treats," reads the text, "Sitting so patiently, looking at me like I'm a monster. The betrayal..."
Floyd continues to stare at her, looking from the packet and a back as she continues to eat "his treats."
Most cats wouldn't be interested in coconut and sea salt cashew nuts. However, as well as Churu Puree cat sticks that apparently make him go "mental," according to Zuliani, Floyd might be up for giving them ago as he "also loves ice cream and for some reason Key lime pie and avocado toast."
Cat treats contain extra calories which means they're only meant to be given occasionally, according to Purina.
"It's therefore important that whenever you give cat snacks to your pet, you reduce their main meal by an equivalent calorific amount," it says on its website. "You should also limit feline treats to no more than 10% of their total daily calorie intake, so that you don't unbalance your cat's overall diet."
"He can be a bit bossy, he loves his treats (as you know) and gets upset when he doesn't get any or his way," said Zuliani. "His perpetual displeased expression also makes it look like he's constantly judging us. I don't know if he actually is judging us, but it looks that way. He's curious, but will lose interest if it requires too much effort. So maybe also a bit lazy."
Many users in the comments demanded that Zuliani give Floyd treats "right now."
"Of course I gave him his own treats!" said Zuliani, "I wasn't prepared to sleep with one eye open that night so he absolutely got some treats in the end. And he's been getting even more treats since to make up for his dismay at me eating (my treats) in front of him (which has outraged many people)."
"Give him some of his treats right now!!!," commented one user on TikTok, "Don't break his sweet little heart like that and give him lots of treats and kisses," wrote another.
"Whenever I open the dishwasher tablet packet they come running," shared another.
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Leonie Helm is a Newsweek Life Reporter and is based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on all things life, from abolishing the monarchy to travel to aesthetic medicine. Leonie joined Newsweek in 2022 from the Aesthetics Journal where she was the Deputy Editor, and had previously worked as a journalist for TMRW Magazine and Foundry Fox. She is a graduate of Cardiff University where she gained a MA in Journalism. Languages: English.
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