Direct eye contact
A prolonged stare intended to overwrite your memory of breakfast.
Household feeding department
Please answer carefully. The patient has already claimed starvation twice this morning.

Rapid triage
This examination is scientifically designed to prevent a healthy cat from receiving three breakfasts through persuasive acting.
The doctor is maintaining eye contact until an answer is provided.
UNDER REVIEWCommon symptoms
The patient may appear weak, abandoned, and minutes from collapse. Check the evidence before responding emotionally.
A prolonged stare intended to overwrite your memory of breakfast.
Unusual vocal testimony delivered beside a visibly used bowl.
Asking each household member separately until someone breaks.
Doctor's orders
Apply three small interventions daily. Repeat indefinitely, because the patient will absolutely try again tomorrow.
Appropriate food. Appropriate portion. Despite the allegations, this part probably already happens.
Log what, when, and which cat. Two seconds now prevents a kitchen interrogation later.
When the performance begins, consult the record—not the actor.
— Dr. Pupa, MD (Meals Department)
Final diagnosis
Until approximately six minutes from now, when new evidence of “starvation” will emerge.