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Movie Night Was About to Start. The Popcorn Bowl Never Made It to the Table.

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The blankets are piled on the couch, the remote is waiting on the cushion, and a wooden bowl of popcorn is ready for movie night. Grandma Ruth holds the bowl low and smiles as Willow, sprawled across her lap like a furry throw pillow, leans in to sniff the buttery kernels. A plaid blanket, an open book, a pair of glasses, and a few houseplants surround them in the soft glow of a lamp.

Popcorn is a classic snack, and many cats are drawn to the smell of butter and salt. Plain, air-popped popcorn without toppings is not toxic to cats, but it offers them no real nutrition. The bigger concerns are butter, salt, and seasonings, which can upset a cat's stomach, and unpopped kernels or hard hulls, which can be a choking hazard or get stuck in teeth. Some seasonings, such as garlic or onion powder, are harmful to pets. The safest movie-night plan is to keep the bowl out of reach and offer your cat her own treat instead, so she still feels like part of the evening.

Willow may not get a kernel, but she is getting the warm lap, the blanket, and the company, which is really the best part of movie night anyway. The film can start whenever she is ready, and not a minute before.

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