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How many times a day should I feed Tessie?
I put the bowl back on the dresser yesterday after they knocked it off
the cat tree... I just heard scrunching sounds and thought 'good Tessie's having lunch' but then I swivelled my head and saw black fur on the bench, and grey fur up on the dresser... wrong cat eating! Silver's way too pudgy already - the last thing she needs is extra calories! Since Silver can (and quite happily will) get up to the cat feeder on the dresser I don't know what else to do other than to start giving Tessie definite feeding times and put the bowl away somewhere in between. She eats dry Science Diet kitten kibble, so how much should I put out at a time, and how often does she really NEED to eat, since she's about five months old? |
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How many times a day should I feed Tessie?
"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message
... I put the bowl back on the dresser yesterday after they knocked it off the cat tree... I just heard scrunching sounds and thought 'good Tessie's having lunch' but then I swivelled my head and saw black fur on the bench, and grey fur up on the dresser... wrong cat eating! Silver's way too pudgy already - the last thing she needs is extra calories! Since Silver can (and quite happily will) get up to the cat feeder on the dresser I don't know what else to do other than to start giving Tessie definite feeding times and put the bowl away somewhere in between. She eats dry Science Diet kitten kibble, so how much should I put out at a time, and how often does she really NEED to eat, since she's about five months old? Az mutch as shee wantz!!! Shmogg (IBKFergus) |
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How many times a day should I feed Tessie?
Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
I put the bowl back on the dresser yesterday after they knocked it off the cat tree... I just heard scrunching sounds and thought 'good Tessie's having lunch' but then I swivelled my head and saw black fur on the bench, and grey fur up on the dresser... wrong cat eating! Silver's way too pudgy already - the last thing she needs is extra calories! Since Silver can (and quite happily will) get up to the cat feeder on the dresser I don't know what else to do other than to start giving Tessie definite feeding times and put the bowl away somewhere in between. She eats dry Science Diet kitten kibble, so how much should I put out at a time, and how often does she really NEED to eat, since she's about five months old? Perhaps call the vet and ask how much she should be fed? I think it's really a subjective thing to ask how much she should eat. The fact is she's being fed (and thank you for taking her in and doing it!!) so at this point I'm not sure it matters what she eats or how much. Jill |
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How many times a day should I feed Tessie?
"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message ... I put the bowl back on the dresser yesterday after they knocked it off the cat tree... I just heard scrunching sounds and thought 'good Tessie's having lunch' but then I swivelled my head and saw black fur on the bench, and grey fur up on the dresser... wrong cat eating! Silver's way too pudgy already - the last thing she needs is extra calories! Since Silver can (and quite happily will) get up to the cat feeder on the dresser I don't know what else to do other than to start giving Tessie definite feeding times and put the bowl away somewhere in between. She eats dry Science Diet kitten kibble, so how much should I put out at a time, and how often does she really NEED to eat, since she's about five months old? I can only offer dog advice, but cats are a bit similar. At five months my puppies were having three meals a day. Meat a.m. Milk meal,(semolina, rice pud sort of thing) lunch time. Meat meal p.m. Six months 2 x meat meals. Tessie probably needs three meals a day still and milk in some form for a few weeks yet. Tweed |
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How many times a day should I feed Tessie?
"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message
She eats dry Science Diet kitten kibble, so how much should I put out at a time, and how often does she really NEED to eat, since she's about five months old?/// Lily eats *ALL* the time (she's about the same age as Tessie), but fortunately I don't have the problem you have with the others. What i would do, is see how much it says to feed on the sack, add 10% and then split it into 4 meals. If she's constantly crying for food, add more, if she leaves some, feed less. Helen M -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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How many times a day should I feed Tessie?
Helen Miles wrote:
"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message She eats dry Science Diet kitten kibble, so how much should I put out at a time, and how often does she really NEED to eat, since she's about five months old?/// Lily eats *ALL* the time (she's about the same age as Tessie), but fortunately I don't have the problem you have with the others. What i would do, is see how much it says to feed on the sack, add 10% and then split it into 4 meals. If she's constantly crying for food, add more, if she leaves some, feed less. Helen M Of course, doesn't matter how fat they are or whether or not they are really hungry, all cats are starving all the time. I think it's a law Jill |
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How many times a day should I feed Tessie?
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:43:41 -0600, "jmcquown"
wrote: Helen Miles wrote: "Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message She eats dry Science Diet kitten kibble, so how much should I put out at a time, and how often does she really NEED to eat, since she's about five months old?/// Lily eats *ALL* the time (she's about the same age as Tessie), but fortunately I don't have the problem you have with the others. What i would do, is see how much it says to feed on the sack, add 10% and then split it into 4 meals. If she's constantly crying for food, add more, if she leaves some, feed less. Helen M Of course, doesn't matter how fat they are or whether or not they are really hungry, all cats are starving all the time. I think it's a law Tessie's being obstinate... I put a handful of kibble in her bowl this morning thinking I'd give her more whenever she went up there and looked hungry... so what did she do? She nibbled at it and left half of it there all day long. I just heard munchings and crunchings and of course it was Silver filling her tummy - I shooed her down and turned my back and five seconds later there she was again! I had to spray her to chase her away from it... |
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