how many meals?

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How many times a day do you all feed your cats? My cats seem to be less
interested in breakfast but down their dinner with no problem. They get a
5.5 oz can per meal and some dry. They are 6 and 2, very active and have
great check-ups.


Two meals, twelve hours apart.

"Barb" wrote:

How many times a day do you all feed your cats?

Four. I have one who has always tended to regurgitate if I don't keep
the meals quite small.
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Wayne M.

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Three meals a day (multiple flavors of Fancy Feast) plus
dry treats ('elevensies') just before my bedtime. Also they
(seven cats) have round-the-clock dry food to munch on
whenever they like, plus several water bowls, refreshed
daily. I'm spoiling them? You bet, and we all love it.

The problem with dry food is that it isn't "spoiling" them. Cats should
not
have carbs. There is a much higher incidence of diabetes and other
health
problems in cats that are fed dry food.

My cats prefer the canned food that they get for meals.
The dry food is for between-meal munchies when they
want something more, especially during the long 12-hour
stretch between supper and breakfast.

What I meant by spoiling them is having three meals
a day plus 'elevensies'.

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Could you consider some other treats instead of leaving dry food out? A
cat
that munches all day could easily become a overweight. Twice a day is
considered optimum, so it isn't necessary for a cat to munch in-between..

MaryL

If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry
food out!

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Wrong! *I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. *She had
fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. *I have
used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes more
than once a year). *I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. *It
doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could
occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available to
observe and take action.

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A monied one!

On Jul 24, 2:29*pm, "Linda Boucher" wrote:
Hi
my cat get feed *5 times a day..
plus I give her dry food when I get up at night
to go to the bathroom

Some eat too much - Most do not!





How many times a day do you all feed your cats? *My cats seem to be less
interested in breakfast but down their dinner with no problem. *They get a
5.5 oz can per meal and some dry. *They are 6 and 2, very active and have
great check-ups.

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"calvin" wrote in message
Three meals a day (multiple flavors of Fancy Feast) plus
dry treats ('elevensies') just before my bedtime. Also they
(seven cats) have round-the-clock dry food to munch on
whenever they like, plus several water bowls, refreshed
daily. I'm spoiling them? You bet, and we all love it.

The problem with dry food is that it isn't "spoiling" them. Cats
should
not
have carbs. There is a much higher incidence of diabetes and other
health
problems in cats that are fed dry food.

My cats prefer the canned food that they get for meals.
The dry food is for between-meal munchies when they
want something more, especially during the long 12-hour
stretch between supper and breakfast.

What I meant by spoiling them is having three meals
a day plus 'elevensies'.

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Could you consider some other treats instead of leaving dry food out? A
cat
that munches all day could easily become a overweight. Twice a day is
considered optimum, so it isn't necessary for a cat to munch in-between.

MaryL

If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry
food out!

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Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had
fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. I
have
used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes more
than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It
doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could
occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available to
observe and take action.

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A monied one!

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You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? Whatever I
have is based on a working history of 42 years.

MaryL

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On Jul 24, 12:55 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
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"calvin" wrote in message
Three meals a day (multiple flavors of Fancy Feast) plus
dry treats ('elevensies') just before my bedtime. Also they
(seven cats) have round-the-clock dry food to munch on
whenever they like, plus several water bowls, refreshed
daily. I'm spoiling them? You bet, and we all love it.

The problem with dry food is that it isn't "spoiling" them. Cats
should
not
have carbs. There is a much higher incidence of diabetes and other
health
problems in cats that are fed dry food.

My cats prefer the canned food that they get for meals.
The dry food is for between-meal munchies when they
want something more, especially during the long 12-hour
stretch between supper and breakfast.

What I meant by spoiling them is having three meals
a day plus 'elevensies'.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Could you consider some other treats instead of leaving dry food out? A
cat
that munches all day could easily become a overweight. Twice a day is
considered optimum, so it isn't necessary for a cat to munch in-between.

MaryL

If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry
food out!

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had
fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. I
have
used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes more
than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It
doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could
occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available to
observe and take action.

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You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? *Whatever I
have is based on a working history of 42 years.

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Nope! I know the costs and what I have!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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On Jul 24, 3:54 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
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"chatnoir" wrote in message
If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry
food out!

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Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had
fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. I
have
used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes more
than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It
doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could
occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one
available to
observe and take action.

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A monied one!

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You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? Whatever
I have is based on a working history of 42 years.

MaryL


I think the point was, not all of us can afford a twice-a-day petsitter
for overnight trips, not that you haven't earned what you have. And
some of us are just too durned paranoid to have a stranger in our house
when we're not around (that's us).

Meep goes to a boarding place if we're gone more than a night or two,
and that gets expensive fast as well. We just simply take her with us,
when we can. She's not nicknamed "The TravelCat" for nothing

jmc

Around here, if you said you had a petsitter, you would be laughed out of
town. You can have family or a friend come in but you don't give them
titles. Payment is usually a meal in your backyard or a trip to Dairy
Queen. They are people who know your animals.

This is a small town and everyone knows who has animals so, if there is, say
a fire, everyone goes and does their best to rescue, or tell the fireman
there are critters in the house. In the two fires since I been here, all
the cats, and a dog were rescued.

You do what you have to do to take care of your furry friends.
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On Jul 24, 3:54 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
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"chatnoir" wrote in message
If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry
food out!

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Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had
fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. I
have
used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes
more
than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It
doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could
occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available
to
observe and take action.

MaryL- Hide quoted text -

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A monied one!

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You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? Whatever
I have is based on a working history of 42 years.

MaryL


I think the point was, not all of us can afford a twice-a-day petsitter
for overnight trips, not that you haven't earned what you have. And some
of us are just too durned paranoid to have a stranger in our house when
we're not around (that's us).

Meep goes to a boarding place if we're gone more than a night or two, and
that gets expensive fast as well. We just simply take her with us, when
we can. She's not nicknamed "The TravelCat" for nothing

jmc

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:56:55 -0400, "Barb"
wrote:

How many times a day do you all feed your cats? My cats seem to be less
interested in breakfast but down their dinner with no problem. They get a
5.5 oz can per meal and some dry. They are 6 and 2, very active and have
great check-ups.

Barb

Hello,
My two toms can eat whatever they want. In the living room there are
three kinds of dry Hill's or Iams food and water. Same in an other
room. At 09:45 in the morning I open a small can and divede it in two,
but their interest is more in dry food.
Well, they are not getting too fat and have the ideal weight 6kg = +/-
13 Lbs each. One is four years old and the other, a cat a took home
from Istanbul, is turning 13.
Hadrian
it's Hadrian

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On Jul 24, 12:55 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
wrote:

"calvin" wrote in message
Three meals a day (multiple flavors of Fancy Feast) plus
dry treats ('elevensies') just before my bedtime. Also they
(seven cats) have round-the-clock dry food to munch on
whenever they like, plus several water bowls, refreshed
daily. I'm spoiling them? You bet, and we all love it.

The problem with dry food is that it isn't "spoiling" them. Cats
should
not
have carbs. There is a much higher incidence of diabetes and other
health
problems in cats that are fed dry food.

My cats prefer the canned food that they get for meals.
The dry food is for between-meal munchies when they
want something more, especially during the long 12-hour
stretch between supper and breakfast.

What I meant by spoiling them is having three meals
a day plus 'elevensies'.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Could you consider some other treats instead of leaving dry food out?
A
cat
that munches all day could easily become a overweight. Twice a day is
considered optimum, so it isn't necessary for a cat to munch
in-between.

MaryL

If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry
food out!

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had
fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. I
have
used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes
more
than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It
doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could
occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available
to
observe and take action.

MaryL- Hide quoted text -

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A monied one!

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You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? Whatever I
have is based on a working history of 42 years.

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Nope! I know the costs and what I have!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Well, you certainly made an incorrect and unjustified assessment when you
called me "a monied one."

I wonder how many people would find it acceptable to leave their children
unattended and say it is alright if they just leave some food out for them.
Clearly, none of use would do that, and my two cats are my furbabies. On
the other hand, I fully understand problems that arise when money is not
available. I went through many years of that, but it does not have to cost
anything to have someone check on your cats when you are gone. I use a
professional pet sitter now. That certainly does have cost involved, but if
you were to go back many years in my life to the era when I was a graduate
assistant, I was literally living on poverty income. I *still* would never
have left my cat to fend for himself when I was gone. I worked out
arrangements with a reliable neighbor, and we took turns checking on each
other (and feeding cats) if we had to be out of town. When my cat became
ill, I worked out a monthly pay plan to pay for veterinarian fees. I could
not afford a car at that time, so I took my cat in a carrier on the bus and
then walked several blocks to get him to the vet. But I did not use my lack
of financial resources to use my own convenience as an excuse for his care.
In my entire life, I have *never* left my cats for more than a day without
having someone check on them.

MaryL