Flounder Cat

Rescued mix who has a lot to say.

Bonding with pets through training and enrichment

Flounder is participating in a research study through UCSD to help us understand better how animals are able to communicate

11/01/2026

Since Franklin and Flounder have started playing together (all the time - this is not a joke. Literally 3-5 hours every morning and then again for a few hours in the evening) Flounder has been eating more and now her food schedule is all out of sorts. I have started giving her a "sleepy snack" before bed to prevent nighttime hunger, but that might not be working.

She used to never press any buttons at night. Now that she's starving to death at 3am I think she thinks it's the only way to phone for help. Unfortunately I can't hear the buttons in my bedroom so she was SOL. Fish dad usually wakes up around 4:30-5am so he fed her when he woke up not much longer after this request. Poor fish.

*She has dry food out all night but doesn’t eat dry food. I can’t do a wet food timed feeder because she doesn’t like her wet food cold.

10/31/2026

I was just going through old videos and found this one and had to share. This is Fiki and guppy Flounder playing. He was so good with her!

10/31/2026

Halloween isn't for everyone. Historically it hasn't been for Flounder as she's not a huge fan of wearing things unless it's her idea. I was excited for this year because I never have to ask her twice to wear her Flocahontas dress. She wears it all the time anyway, so let's use it for Halloween, right? Wrong.

As it should turn out, Mouse Toy doesn't enjoy wearing hugs so this is our friendly reminder: Don't force your pets (or their friends/alter egos) to dress up for Halloween. Halloween can be a scary time for them in general due to lawn decorations, more people walking around, humans wearing costumes that are scary, etc. Forcing them to dress up on top of all of that can be stressful and can decrease trust they have in you (aka their safe place).

Respect your pets this Halloween, please.

*On that note: once Flounder saw Mouse Toy's hug on him and he looked like Meeko everything was ok and she has actually requested him to wear his Meeko hug once already.

10/30/2026

We carved pumpkins this evening! The whole FlounderLand crew!

10/30/2026

I love that we can chat so openly and honestly about from where the bulk of the noise in this house originates.

*She DOES talk about everything, but she's keeping her mouth shut about what the trio is going to be for Halloween tomorrow! Any guesses?

10/30/2026

How did the "In Mouse Toy's Opinion" button become a thing?

In this (quite hectic) StoryTime with Nina I take you through the evolution of Mouse Toy's communication journey.

10/29/2026

This girl knows what she likes. Usually when I go to pick a ballet school song, I pick out 3 and then let Flounder make the final choice.

I was a little bit surprised when she picked "Sapphire" by Ed Sheeran because it's faster than the songs she normally chooses. Turns out the girl likes Ed Sheeran. (Yes, I realize there's no "H" in his name now. Sorry Ed.)

Note about her cabinet listening: listening to music in the cabinet is not new. She has done this before. She's like a teenager who goes to her room and listens to music by herself. While it is a pre-Franklin behavior, it doesn't hurt that Franklin can't get in the cabinets yet.

10/28/2026

Flounder does a food puzzle every evening for dinner. This is mostly because it slows down her eating so she doesn't get sick but it's not a fool-proof method because she's so good at puzzles.

So directly after (like within 5 minutes of finishing) her puzzle this evening, she vomited. I cleaned it up and we moved on. She didn't talk about it the rest of the night she just "rested".

The next day, she totally blamed the puzzle for making her sick and requested a different puzzle today. SHe's so good at coming up with solutions to her problems!

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