What we slaves do for our feline masters

We awoke in the wee hours of the morning to a particularly noxious smell emanating from the litter box in our bathroom (at night, Walter is closed in the bedroom-closet-bathroom area with us). When we got up, we found Walter had had the 'runs'. (Most, but not all, was in the litter box.) To borrow Rachel-C's brilliant phrase, he was a 'poopy pants', so he got a partial bath. It took two of us to manage.

So we got him some Chicken Breast tenderloin from the store and I cooked one piece. (First time ever cooking meat in a microwave; I was surprised how fast it cooked, but thought it felt a bit tough whilst cutting it.) Thus far, he has turned up his nose at it (and also his dry foods). :sad2:

What is the best way to cook chicken for my lord and master? And should I wait until tomorrow (to give his tummy more time to sort itself out) before offering him some more?

I microwave white fish fine, but I simply boil chicken breast in an inch of water on the stove. If you treat it a bit like pasta - boild then turn down to simmer - it will be fine. I turn it and also cut into the meat to make sure it's cooked. The really hard part is convincing the boys that they really really want to wait for the chicken to cool down before I serve it to them.

Good luck.

PS Here in the UK some white fish is the same price (by weight) that good cat food is and some is even cheaper; so while they will never live on a white fish diet there is always some in the freezer for tummy probs and treats.

Rule of thumb is starve for 24hrs if they have the "shits" but still seem ok in themselves,we always quote boss on this one at work & he always reckons while you keep feeding the fire it won't go out,makes sense,so yep starve Walter then kick off with something light prepared as chef Peter suggests,little & often,build up to normal food again over two to three days, have to say I find the fish encourages them to eat sooner than fish,smell entices them to eat so fish obviously has that in bucket loads more than chicken,also is known that sometimes chicken can also cause upset tums in some animals,I had one,so can be doudle barrel trouble.If you do use fish & cook more than enough for one portion just slightly warm it up again before giving,brings smell out again,luv to Walter & hope he is soon back to norm...x