I have two cats, one is very old and the other is young - got the young cat because I was expecting the old cat to die...NOPE! She's now 16 years old and the youngest is 4 years old.
Anyway, the oldest cat, an orange cat that has one eye that has turned dark over time (if you've ever seen my pictures) is starting to become senile. She'll meow/scream at walls, she'll be love-dovey with the young cat for a minute then turn into its worst enemy, she'll freak out if she's left alone for too long and loses track of where she is in the house.
One of the biggest problems the older cat is now running into is dingleberries... well sorta. Occasionally, she'll have issues using the bathroom so she'll leave one hanging, as in she won't chop off the log, and she'll run around the house until gravity takes effect and it breaks off on its own.
So, now that you have some context...
I'm a late night snacker... well I used to be. I love to eat just before going to bed (bad habit, I know). One of my favorite snacks is beef jerky; especially, bacon jerky. Try it, if you haven't yet (or maybe don't after this story). Because I'm a late snacker, I usually fall asleep, wake up 15 minutes later, take another bite, doze off, and repeat until I finally fall asleep until the morning. My cats love it because they usually get to steal food from me while I'm passed out. Any cat owner probably knows cats love getting on to beds, so I'm used to them jumping on the bed at night. It never wakes me up. They'll usually fall asleep on my face, or try to get into the covers on a cold night. I'm very comfortable by now with having two constantly moving beings around me at night.
Anyway, as you can probably tell where I'm going with this story...
One night, in my late night daze, I grabbed a piece of bacon jerky, that wasn't bacon jerky, and took a bite into it. Immediately, I knew something was wrong, jumped up, turned on the light, and starred down one of my old cat's dingleberries. Beef jerky/bacon jerky smells pretty strong to begin with so I must not have noticed the smell, I was half-awake, etc. I drank half a bottle of mouth wash, nearly threw up, threw away all my bacon jerky, and I have never eaten in my bed since.