Mallory Has Never Fed Them (Day 3596 - 9/29/19)

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Stephen and Mallory had lunch with Dan and Lindsey at Ledo Pizza. He couldn't film inside because they were playing copyrighted music inside.

Back at home, Stephen talks about how the cats are convinced that Mal has never fed them. He will be upstairs working and the cats will show up in his office close to meal time. They will then rub against on his legs, jump on stuff, and meow. However, they will never go and bother Mal for their meals and Stephen doesn't know why. He says that the cats spend the majority of their time downstairs, so Mal is physically closer. But, the cats will still go to him instead of Mal. Stephen will sometimes have his door closed, but the cats will still sit outside his door and meow instead of going to Mal who has the door to her studio open. Stephen says that it's fine that he feeds them, but it's strange that they never get Mal to feed them. He hopes that the cats know that Mal also feeds them because they act like Mal has never fed them before.

For the most part, they do a good job keeping the cats on a rough schedule for meals. Stephen's parents fed the cats when they were in China, so they weren't fed exactly on schedule during that time. Stephen says that the cats are kind of spoiled since they whine when they don't have things a certain way. He then talks about how they feed the cats 4 times a day. Stephen explains that it's not that the cats get a lot of food; it's just a normal amount of food that gets split into 4 different meals. He says that he's learned from friends and people on the internet that cats generally get fed twice a day. Some people can trust their cats enough to leave out dry food. Stephen says that Sagan and Kepler can't be trusted to not eat too much food if they leave food out. He says that Kepler would definitely gorge himself.

Then, Stephen talks about how they used to feed the cats twice a day. They would feed them half in the morning and half in the late afternoon. In the late afternoon, the cats would be completely inconsolable and wanted to be fed. However, once he gave them the food they would decide to eat it later. Then, before bedtime the cats would act like they've never seen food before. So, Stephen decided to split their meal into 4 different meals. This got the cats through the day and there was a lot less whining. Stephen mentions that there is still a little bit of whining though.

Stephen says that he's been working on vlogs lately and he's accomplished a lot. For 10 days straight, Stephen has released 3 vlogs a day. He explains that he basically released a months worth of vlogs in a couple days. He says that he will continue working on vlogs since he needs to catch up.