A less-finicky cat?

We've never seen Mister Tanaka as finicky as he's been over the past couple of weeks. Generally, he'll chow down on anything, from pancakes to Doritos to tuna to, well, actual cat food.

So we began to worry about him when he refused to eat the Friskies we bought him.

This is a cat who has eaten Friskies his entire life. The box of Friskies we brought home from ShopWise was made in Australia, but looks pretty much just like his made-in-America Friskies. Except, obviously, it isn't exactly the same, or he'd be eating it, just like he's been eating the few remaining morsels of American-made Friskies we brought from home.

He did finally snarf down several flakes of tuna last Saturday night, straight from Shelly's dinner plate, over her not-so-energetic protests. This was after a nice chunk while I was fixing dinner, along with a few pieces of grated cheese. He hadn't eaten much all week, and was obviously hungry.

So, my Sunday shopping last week included a box of dry Whiskas, which we've never bought before. He didn't get much further with that than he did with the Friskies.

Until this weekend, when he finally started eating both the Friskies and the Whiskas. He's evidently realized that his made-in-America food is gone and that, if he's going to eat, he's going to have to eat the (apparently not-so-delicious) Australian version.

Next? I fully expect that Tanaka will prefer the Australian version by the time we go home.