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Originally Posted by Wingnettle
TW: Eating disorder, ptsd
Starrykit is currently 1 moon old, meaning right now is the time for... weaning! This little kit who came from the outskirts with her sister had a hard time right before joining Riverclan, because of a violent fight exploded between their parents. Seeing her mother wounded left Starrykit with a sour taste for blood, which is why she can't stand seeing injured cats or smelling their blood. It's also the reason Starrykit is insisting on drinking milk even after her sister ( @Estelle ) has started eating real prey. It's hard for her to even look at morsels of food torn apart, but she can't drink milk forever! The queen who currently feeds her, Sweetsap ( @SeonghwasBunnyEars ) needs to push her beyond her comfort zone and grow up like other kits do. She needs the nutrients that only meat can give her. How will she cope?
I need a group of kits who will interact with Starrykit (and hopefully her sister, too) and address this odd behavior of hers. How? That's your choice. You can be understanding and kind, curious and ask all the questions you want, or even bully her for her strange choice.
In the end, the matter will reveal itself more serious than it seemed because Starrykit will refuse to eat any land prey the other cats give her. A few warriors will notice this and worry, so they'll go and tell Mistyshard. She'll think about this for a bit and then come up with a solution: eating only fish, shellfish, and water prey since they don't bleed like land prey do. This'll do the trick!
The first part of this plot can be done easily. Give me some kits and some adult warriors.
@/Estelle I hope you'll be okay with participating in this plot!
@starry you too! Starrykit will need Mistyshard a lot!
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Just a question, since I'm confused. Don't fish also have blood? Maybe a small one won't have enough for it to spurt all over the place, but if a cat catches it with it's claws or mouth and injures it in the process, it's likely going to have wounds. Bleeding wounds, same as land animals. Crayfish have blue blood so I think it'll be okay, but fish have proper red blood, too, and if it's not bled out the meat's going to be stained with it.
Only way to get a fish that doesn't have blood is to drain/clean it out, (Not sure, but maybe they can try?), or to catch it completely intact, but in that case they can do the same to other prey, such as birds and mice.
I'm probably being nosy, sorry. I just think the idea's interesting but it might need some research. Ignore this if you don't think it matters.
Re: the case of the kit who refused to eat.
