I tricked smallcat into posing with the forkbrush by giving her fish, but she still wasn't impressed.
(of course, smallcat isn't impressed by anything except food)
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I always found the wire side of stoppers makes a better spoon, depending on the size of the chunks of food. Anything smaller can be shoveled in, like eating rice from a bowl with chopsticks. Just my two cents