I offended the cat

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I ought to know by now that it's false economy to buy cheap cat food. Charlie loves his food and will habitually growl and defend his food it if I go anywhere near to him while he's eating. Yesterday I purchased some own brand cat meat and thought I'd see how things went. To say Charlie was not impressed is something of an understatement. He sniffed it and looked at me in disgust. I tapped the bowl a couple of times with my foot to see if he would do his usual growling ritual, but far from wanting to defend it, instead he just gave me this imploring look, as if to say, "You can have it. Take it away!" He made a half-hearted attempt to eat it when he knew it was that or nothing, but it must've been bad because he actually spat some pieces out. I know people say that when they get hungry enough they'll eat anything, but it's in the stubborn nature of the cat to starve and make you worry yourself sick, rather than to give in and eat something so beneath its expectations. Being an old softy I've aready given in and bought him some more expensive 'Felix.' Here's a pic of Charlie's first attempt to climb a tree last summer. It took him a long, long time to get down again.