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Grandpa Made a Big Bowl of Popcorn for Movie Night. The Movie Never Started.

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Movie night is set up perfectly: a lamp glowing in the corner, a knit blanket over the couch, the remote and reading glasses tossed on the cushion, and a big ceramic bowl of fresh popcorn in Grandpa Earl's hands. The only trouble is that the bowl has been discovered. Peaches has climbed onto the back of the couch and leaned all the way down, her wrinkled pink face buried right at the rim, nose twitching over the fluffy kernels. Earl looks up at her with a sheepish, delighted grin that says he isn't even going to pretend to stop her. A few stray pieces of popcorn have already tumbled onto the couch.

Plain, air-popped popcorn isn't toxic to cats, but it's not a great snack for them either. Movie-night popcorn often comes with butter, salt, and oils that can upset a cat's stomach, and unpopped or partly popped kernels are hard and can be a choking hazard or get stuck in teeth. Cats are obligate carnivores and get their nutrition from meat-based food, so popcorn offers them nothing useful. If your cat wants to join snack time, a few cat treats in their own bowl is a better option. Sphynx cats often have big appetites, since they burn extra energy keeping warm, so it's worth asking your vet about the right daily food amount.

Earl might have to make a second bowl, or at least guard this one a bit more carefully. Either way, movie night just got its funniest scene before the opening credits even rolled.

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