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Constant begging for Dreamies

79 replies

CaoNiMa · 26/01/2017 21:36

That's such a weird thread title.

Anyway.

My cat's life has been taken over by bloody Dreamies. His world revolves around them. I (foolishly) introduced him to them about three months ago, and he is totally obsessed. I only have to rise from my chair for him to be yowling and begging. He is constantly standing by the cupboard where I keep them.

I have another cat, and he's totally not bothered. If he gets Dreamies, he gets them. Otherwise he doesn't give them much thought.

Should I make Cat 1 go cold turkey? It's getting extremely annoying! I love the creature but it's starting to wear me down!

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gamerchick · 26/01/2017 21:38

Mines the same. She doesn't ask me anymore because I'm mean Grin my husband however is not. I don't mind occasionally but not everyday.

Find your mean.

cozietoesie · 26/01/2017 22:32

What was she like before them?

cozietoesie · 26/01/2017 22:33

he

MinniesAndMickeysNeedCounting · 26/01/2017 22:39

Mines the same, she's 5 so has managed fine up till now without dreamies in her life but I stupidly picked up a pack a few months back and now every time I walk through the hall she's yowling for them.

They're dreamie junkies

Toddlerteaplease · 26/01/2017 22:42

I can't make a cup of tea or open any plastic packet, without four huge green eyes looking at me appealingly.

cozietoesie · 26/01/2017 22:44

Cold turkey, I fear. Decide on a 'special word' for them and only give them out when you say the word. And that, rarely. (The craving might be useful at some point.)

Palomb · 26/01/2017 22:45

Cat crack!

It's the same in this house 🐱

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 26/01/2017 22:46

Try a Lick-e-Lix and the Dreamies will pale into insignificanceWink

MikeUniformMike · 26/01/2017 22:46

There are some that are even worse than Dreamies but I can't remember what they were called. CharlieAlphaTango gets Aldi or Wilko treats as a way of getting him to eat the rest of the bowl only now.

CatBallou2 · 26/01/2017 23:04

Mine is addicted to Felix treats. I fear I have created a monster.

cozietoesie · 26/01/2017 23:05

Seniorboy doesn't like them. I'm safe. Smile

OutToGetYou · 26/01/2017 23:11

Mine is addicted to them, I put his food in his bowl and he looks at me expecting Dreamies. Very weirdly I got a free pack through the post today via Nectar/Sainsbury.

hollinhurst84 · 26/01/2017 23:35

I use them for clicker training only Wink
He has "sit" and "paw" nailed due to his adoration of the cheese ones

hollinhurst84 · 26/01/2017 23:35

Now oddly stable cat won't touch them. Which is more off given she will draw blood for leek and potato soup Confused

ilovechocolates · 26/01/2017 23:42

Get a treat ball or maze so they have to work for them.
Problem I have is that little-cat likes playing, gets them out but is more interested in playing so leaves them lying there. Big-cat can't be bothered to get them out, but will willingly eat all the ones that little/cat leaves behind. Little-cat walks along later wondering where all her treats have gone Confused

childmaintenanceserviceinquiry · 26/01/2017 23:49

#crackforcats Sorry but it is! Mine is indifferent to catnip but those treats. Gosh loud howling. I dont keep them in the house now.

Toddlerteaplease · 27/01/2017 02:01

Did anyone get the little mouse toy that was being given away in special packs? I knew my cats intelligence was particularly low, when they couldn't even get the dreemies out of it. It sat there for ages untouched! I've never seen anything hoovered up so quick as Lik e Lix. ( expect the yoghurt or liver flavour, that went untouched!)

hollinhurst84 · 27/01/2017 02:20

Yes. I pushed it to show him how it worked. He ate the dreamie then looked at me like "push it again hooman"
Too much effort to do alone

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 27/01/2017 06:12

Yes the little mouse was a disappointment here tooHmm

WhoKn0wsWhereTheTimeG0es · 27/01/2017 06:43

My two can empty the mouse in about 10 seconds, they are very adept at it. Thry can also rip open packs of Dreamies if I inadvertently leave one on the side. I only buy a pack every now and then.

Weedsnseeds1 · 27/01/2017 06:48

Mine got one of the "weeble" dispensers in his Christmas stocking. Despite being a bright cat, he can't work it. Instead he has trained me to sit on the floor, swiping endlessly at the thing muttering "you hit it, the treat comes out", while he observed studiously and hoovers up the treats.
He can open a door latch, he understood a cat flap instantly, he's not stupid, but this just seems beneath him, for some reason!

TroysMammy · 27/01/2017 06:50

Whatever you do don't buy lick-e-lix. You will be swapping one addiction for another.

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 27/01/2017 07:02

Lick-e-Lix is fab though for getting meds into them!

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CaoNiMa · 27/01/2017 08:04

So glad to hear that CatNiMao1 is not the only Dreamies fiend. Whoever invented them must be making a mint.

I'll see how things go, and think about going cold turkey if it gets insufferable.

I'm a bit of a soft touch with my cats lately, as I relocated them from overseas and feel I ought to "apologise" to them for the trauma of the journey!

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Papergirl1968 · 27/01/2017 08:16

Just looked at the packet which says feed up to 20 Dreamiest per day. Hmmm. Is that the feline equivalent of huge blocks of chocolate which say four squares per serving, when everyone scoffs at least half?
We probably average over 20...and I dare not leave them lying around otherwise he runs off with the packet in his mouth and rips it open.