I consider myself to be a smart and skeptical person, but...

I consider myself to be a smart and skeptical person, but I'm probably about to sound crazy.

Oreo woke up and stood in the middle of the floor. I kept trying to get him to go outside to potty or get him settled back down, but every time I would tuck him in and get comfy he would get back up.

Finally he got up again and I followed him to the kitchen. Then he did that thing again where he looked me in the eyes, but then chomped his teeth together 3 times. When I said "Are you hungry?" and got his plate, he ran back to the couch (where I served him dinner last) [bad habit, I know] and laid down and watched me chop and warm his food. I brought it to him like I did before and he ate it. Then he got up, drank more water, went outside and peed, and now he's settled back down.

This is a terrible schedule and I don't really want him eating on the furniture, but I feel like getting him to eat is the most important thing at the moment.

He literally has the same thing he just ate from a plate on the couch in a dish next to his water, but it's untouched.

What I'm saying is that:

1)  I really believe he is intentionally communicating with me when he does that intense eye contact thing + an action, and doing it pretty well.

and

2)  He might literally be starving, but somehow also seems simultaneously spoiled and I don't understand that.

Please help me understand.