My cat has this little problem once. But I suspect it's an attitude problem. So I just leave him what I want him to eat, not what he wants to eat. At first two days he was adamant. By the second evening, he had to give in. And he now knows who is calling the shots.

Yes. My cat very pandai buat perangai. Doted too much by my wife. And since he was young he has been with us. So sometimes he does act like a human.