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Feeding Cats Separately
Before yesterday, I just put out wet food in two bowls in the
bathroom, and had two bowls of dry food out all the time. The four cats came by at different times, ate, left, came back, ate, etc. That pretty much worked, particularly for feral Baby who slinks by late at night or whenever no one is watching. But Marlo is fat, and requires a senior, easy on the kidney diiet. Hills wet ID stuff. No dry stuff for at least two weeks because of her just completed ($1600) dental work. Nipsy wants to eat at 5 am and starts whining so I've always just staggered into the bathroom, dropped some wet food into the bowls, and went back to bed. I can't do that now. So he whines until 7 when I finally get up, put out 1/4 can of Marlo food, and two bowls of regular wet. Then I sit there until the other cats walk away from their food, and wrap it up and put it in the fridge. Luckily Marlo likes her Marlo food so I'm pretty sure that she'll finish it. The other cats are starting to understand that things have changed. I wait until I notice that Baby is in her hiding spot under the bed and put some food there for her. I leave it for 10 minutes and then take it away. I give Scooter and Nipsy treats or other food when I can. Not as easy on me, but we do seem to be adapting to the new eating situation. I just can never go away I guess because no cat sitter could do this. It takes an hour to get them all fed. Ugh. |
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On 7/7/2016 5:01 PM, dgk wrote:
Before yesterday, I just put out wet food in two bowls in the bathroom, and had two bowls of dry food out all the time. The four cats came by at different times, ate, left, came back, ate, etc. That pretty much worked, particularly for feral Baby who slinks by late at night or whenever no one is watching. But Marlo is fat, and requires a senior, easy on the kidney diiet. Hills wet ID stuff. No dry stuff for at least two weeks because of her just completed ($1600) dental work. Nipsy wants to eat at 5 am and starts whining so I've always just staggered into the bathroom, dropped some wet food into the bowls, and went back to bed. I can't do that now. So he whines until 7 when I finally get up, put out 1/4 can of Marlo food, and two bowls of regular wet. Then I sit there until the other cats walk away from their food, and wrap it up and put it in the fridge. Luckily Marlo likes her Marlo food so I'm pretty sure that she'll finish it. The other cats are starting to understand that things have changed. I wait until I notice that Baby is in her hiding spot under the bed and put some food there for her. I leave it for 10 minutes and then take it away. I give Scooter and Nipsy treats or other food when I can. Not as easy on me, but we do seem to be adapting to the new eating situation. I just can never go away I guess because no cat sitter could do this. It takes an hour to get them all fed. Ugh. Patience, grasshopper. Actually, I admire anyone who can feed a bunch of different cats different foods and make sure they all get what they need. I am sure I could never figure it out. Jill |
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Feeding Cats Separately
On 7/7/2016 4:01 PM, dgk wrote:
Before yesterday, I just put out wet food in two bowls in the bathroom, and had two bowls of dry food out all the time. The four cats came by at different times, ate, left, came back, ate, etc. That pretty much worked, particularly for feral Baby who slinks by late at night or whenever no one is watching. But Marlo is fat, and requires a senior, easy on the kidney diiet. Hills wet ID stuff. No dry stuff for at least two weeks because of her just completed ($1600) dental work. Nipsy wants to eat at 5 am and starts whining so I've always just staggered into the bathroom, dropped some wet food into the bowls, and went back to bed. I can't do that now. So he whines until 7 when I finally get up, put out 1/4 can of Marlo food, and two bowls of regular wet. Then I sit there until the other cats walk away from their food, and wrap it up and put it in the fridge. Luckily Marlo likes her Marlo food so I'm pretty sure that she'll finish it. The other cats are starting to understand that things have changed. I wait until I notice that Baby is in her hiding spot under the bed and put some food there for her. I leave it for 10 minutes and then take it away. I give Scooter and Nipsy treats or other food when I can. Not as easy on me, but we do seem to be adapting to the new eating situation. I just can never go away I guess because no cat sitter could do this. It takes an hour to get them all fed. Ugh. I also need to do some separate feeding. I have 3 cats. Two of them (Selina and Nikki) are young and healthy. Duffy is between 17 and 18 years old. He has a very good appetite, but was losing weight. I give him medication twice a day for his hypothyroidism, and I am trying to help him gain weight. My method has been to lift him onto the kitchen counter twice a day, mix his medication into a small amount of food and sit beside the counter while I watch him eat. I also add some extra food to supplement his regular diet (canned food). After he finishes that, I lift him down to the floor and portion out all of their food into 3 bowls. The other 2 cats have been waiting eagerly, and Duffy joins them to eat their regular meals. As I said, he has a good appetite despite losing weight. I clean the kitchen counter at that time because I had Duffy sitting on it. This has been working fairly well. I have a lot of back pain if I stand for more than a few minutes, so I keep a chair in the position where I want to sit while Duffy is eating. Duffy easily jumps onto chairs and other objects, so it's possible that I don't really need to lift him down. I do it because I'm not sure if he is aware of the height to jump from since I lift him onto the counter to give him his medication and extra food. MaryL |
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On 7/8/2016 3:33 PM, MaryL wrote:
On 7/7/2016 4:01 PM, dgk wrote: Before yesterday, I just put out wet food in two bowls in the bathroom, and had two bowls of dry food out all the time. The four cats came by at different times, ate, left, came back, ate, etc. That pretty much worked, particularly for feral Baby who slinks by late at night or whenever no one is watching. But Marlo is fat, and requires a senior, easy on the kidney diiet. Hills wet ID stuff. No dry stuff for at least two weeks because of her just completed ($1600) dental work. Nipsy wants to eat at 5 am and starts whining so I've always just staggered into the bathroom, dropped some wet food into the bowls, and went back to bed. I can't do that now. So he whines until 7 when I finally get up, put out 1/4 can of Marlo food, and two bowls of regular wet. Then I sit there until the other cats walk away from their food, and wrap it up and put it in the fridge. Luckily Marlo likes her Marlo food so I'm pretty sure that she'll finish it. The other cats are starting to understand that things have changed. I wait until I notice that Baby is in her hiding spot under the bed and put some food there for her. I leave it for 10 minutes and then take it away. I give Scooter and Nipsy treats or other food when I can. Not as easy on me, but we do seem to be adapting to the new eating situation. I just can never go away I guess because no cat sitter could do this. It takes an hour to get them all fed. Ugh. I also need to do some separate feeding. I have 3 cats. Two of them (Selina and Nikki) are young and healthy. Duffy is between 17 and 18 years old. He has a very good appetite, but was losing weight. I give him medication twice a day for his hypothyroidism, and I am trying to help him gain weight. My method has been to lift him onto the kitchen counter twice a day, mix his medication into a small amount of food and sit beside the counter while I watch him eat. I also add some extra food to supplement his regular diet (canned food). After he finishes that, I lift him down to the floor and portion out all of their food into 3 bowls. The other 2 cats have been waiting eagerly, and Duffy joins them to eat their regular meals. As I said, he has a good appetite despite losing weight. I clean the kitchen counter at that time because I had Duffy sitting on it. This has been working fairly well. I have a lot of back pain if I stand for more than a few minutes, so I keep a chair in the position where I want to sit while Duffy is eating. Duffy easily jumps onto chairs and other objects, so it's possible that I don't really need to lift him down. I do it because I'm not sure if he is aware of the height to jump from since I lift him onto the counter to give him his medication and extra food. MaryL A few years ago my daughter and her husband had two cats that needed to be fed separately. The male was a grazer, eating only a little at a time from the dry food that was left out for them. The female was a gobbler, and would eat all she could, whenever she could. She was getting fat, and he was getting thin. Finally they took a cardboard box, turned it upside down and cut a hole just large enough for the male to get through. They'd put his food in there. That worked for a long time. Actually, it worked very well, because the female began losing weight. Eventually she lost enough that she could get into the box too, so they stopped using it. Joy |
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On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 15:59:00 -0700, Joy
wrote: A few years ago my daughter and her husband had two cats that needed to be fed separately. The male was a grazer, eating only a little at a time from the dry food that was left out for them. The female was a gobbler, and would eat all she could, whenever she could. She was getting fat, and he was getting thin. Finally they took a cardboard box, turned it upside down and cut a hole just large enough for the male to get through. They'd put his food in there. That worked for a long time. Actually, it worked very well, because the female began losing weight. Eventually she lost enough that she could get into the box too, so they stopped using it. Joy I thought about something that would limit Marlo like a small opening in a box, particularly because she's currently wearing that big cone (to stop her overgrooming), but that will hopefully come off soon. ..Of course, there is always the expensive hi-tech approach: http://meowspace.biz/product/microchip-id-system/ |
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On 7/8/2016 9:46 PM, dgk wrote:
On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 15:59:00 -0700, Joy wrote: A few years ago my daughter and her husband had two cats that needed to be fed separately. The male was a grazer, eating only a little at a time from the dry food that was left out for them. The female was a gobbler, and would eat all she could, whenever she could. She was getting fat, and he was getting thin. Finally they took a cardboard box, turned it upside down and cut a hole just large enough for the male to get through. They'd put his food in there. That worked for a long time. Actually, it worked very well, because the female began losing weight. Eventually she lost enough that she could get into the box too, so they stopped using it. Joy I thought about something that would limit Marlo like a small opening in a box, particularly because she's currently wearing that big cone (to stop her overgrooming), but that will hopefully come off soon. .Of course, there is always the expensive hi-tech approach: http://meowspace.biz/product/microchip-id-system/ Sure, why not? After all, you just spent $1500-1600 on boarding and the dental. I truly wish you luck. I used to cat sit for two cats and they were supposed to eat different food but I doubt they ever did. I followed the instructions my neighobor wrote down but there was no way for me to keep them from eating each other's food. Jill ---ownly ever owned by one cat at a time |
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On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:01:08 -0400, dgk wrote:
Before yesterday, I just put out wet food in two bowls in the bathroom, and had two bowls of dry food out all the time. The four cats came by at different times, ate, left, came back, ate, etc. That pretty much worked, particularly for feral Baby who slinks by late at night or whenever no one is watching. But Marlo is fat, and requires a senior, easy on the kidney diiet. Hills wet ID stuff. No dry stuff for at least two weeks because of her just completed ($1600) dental work. Nipsy wants to eat at 5 am and starts whining so I've always just staggered into the bathroom, dropped some wet food into the bowls, and went back to bed. I can't do that now. So he whines until 7 when I finally get up, put out 1/4 can of Marlo food, and two bowls of regular wet. Then I sit there until the other cats walk away from their food, and wrap it up and put it in the fridge. Luckily Marlo likes her Marlo food so I'm pretty sure that she'll finish it. The other cats are starting to understand that things have changed. I wait until I notice that Baby is in her hiding spot under the bed and put some food there for her. I leave it for 10 minutes and then take it away. I give Scooter and Nipsy treats or other food when I can. Not as easy on me, but we do seem to be adapting to the new eating situation. I just can never go away I guess because no cat sitter could do this. It takes an hour to get them all fed. Ugh. Sheesh. I admire your dedication! I'm fortunate that my two girls require no special diets. I use to have separate bowls for them but I eventually tired of that and changed to a single bowl. That has worked out quite well. One surprise with this change was Lucy, my tabby. She won't go near the bowl if Annie is feeding, and will even back away from the bowl if Annie approaches it. Annie is about 14 y/o, small and demure. Doesn't like confrontations of any sort. Lucy is 6 y/o tabby and a very large cat, with the exact opposite personality. Lucy *loves* to ambush and torment Annie. Actually, she'll ambush humans too sometimes So it's something of a paradox why Lucy will always back away from the food if Annie shows any interest in it. Strange dynamics there. |
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On 7/8/2016 11:37 PM, Je�us wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:01:08 -0400, dgk wrote: Before yesterday, I just put out wet food in two bowls in the bathroom, and had two bowls of dry food out all the time. The four cats came by at different times, ate, left, came back, ate, etc. That pretty much worked, particularly for feral Baby who slinks by late at night or whenever no one is watching. But Marlo is fat, and requires a senior, easy on the kidney diiet. Hills wet ID stuff. No dry stuff for at least two weeks because of her just completed ($1600) dental work. Nipsy wants to eat at 5 am and starts whining so I've always just staggered into the bathroom, dropped some wet food into the bowls, and went back to bed. I can't do that now. So he whines until 7 when I finally get up, put out 1/4 can of Marlo food, and two bowls of regular wet. Then I sit there until the other cats walk away from their food, and wrap it up and put it in the fridge. Luckily Marlo likes her Marlo food so I'm pretty sure that she'll finish it. The other cats are starting to understand that things have changed. I wait until I notice that Baby is in her hiding spot under the bed and put some food there for her. I leave it for 10 minutes and then take it away. I give Scooter and Nipsy treats or other food when I can. Not as easy on me, but we do seem to be adapting to the new eating situation. I just can never go away I guess because no cat sitter could do this. It takes an hour to get them all fed. Ugh. Sheesh. I admire your dedication! I'm fortunate that my two girls require no special diets. I use to have separate bowls for them but I eventually tired of that and changed to a single bowl. That has worked out quite well. One surprise with this change was Lucy, my tabby. She won't go near the bowl if Annie is feeding, and will even back away from the bowl if Annie approaches it. Annie is about 14 y/o, small and demure. Doesn't like confrontations of any sort. Lucy is 6 y/o tabby and a very large cat, with the exact opposite personality. Lucy *loves* to ambush and torment Annie. Actually, she'll ambush humans too sometimes So it's something of a paradox why Lucy will always back away from the food if Annie shows any interest in it. Strange dynamics there. I've noticed similar things with some of the cats I've had in the past. The one that generally rules the roost will back off and let the other one eat. It's strange, but I think it's part of their plot to keep us confused. |
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On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 23:45:50 -0700, Joy
wrote: On 7/8/2016 11:37 PM, Je?us wrote: On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:01:08 -0400, dgk wrote: Before yesterday, I just put out wet food in two bowls in the bathroom, and had two bowls of dry food out all the time. The four cats came by at different times, ate, left, came back, ate, etc. That pretty much worked, particularly for feral Baby who slinks by late at night or whenever no one is watching. But Marlo is fat, and requires a senior, easy on the kidney diiet. Hills wet ID stuff. No dry stuff for at least two weeks because of her just completed ($1600) dental work. Nipsy wants to eat at 5 am and starts whining so I've always just staggered into the bathroom, dropped some wet food into the bowls, and went back to bed. I can't do that now. So he whines until 7 when I finally get up, put out 1/4 can of Marlo food, and two bowls of regular wet. Then I sit there until the other cats walk away from their food, and wrap it up and put it in the fridge. Luckily Marlo likes her Marlo food so I'm pretty sure that she'll finish it. The other cats are starting to understand that things have changed. I wait until I notice that Baby is in her hiding spot under the bed and put some food there for her. I leave it for 10 minutes and then take it away. I give Scooter and Nipsy treats or other food when I can. Not as easy on me, but we do seem to be adapting to the new eating situation. I just can never go away I guess because no cat sitter could do this. It takes an hour to get them all fed. Ugh. Sheesh. I admire your dedication! I'm fortunate that my two girls require no special diets. I use to have separate bowls for them but I eventually tired of that and changed to a single bowl. That has worked out quite well. One surprise with this change was Lucy, my tabby. She won't go near the bowl if Annie is feeding, and will even back away from the bowl if Annie approaches it. Annie is about 14 y/o, small and demure. Doesn't like confrontations of any sort. Lucy is 6 y/o tabby and a very large cat, with the exact opposite personality. Lucy *loves* to ambush and torment Annie. Actually, she'll ambush humans too sometimes So it's something of a paradox why Lucy will always back away from the food if Annie shows any interest in it. Strange dynamics there. I've noticed similar things with some of the cats I've had in the past. The one that generally rules the roost will back off and let the other one eat. It's strange, but I think it's part of their plot to keep us confused. LOL. Yes, they're highly skilled at perplexing us |
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On 7/9/2016 4:57 PM, Je�us wrote:
On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 23:45:50 -0700, Joy wrote: On 7/8/2016 11:37 PM, Je?us wrote: On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:01:08 -0400, dgk wrote: Before yesterday, I just put out wet food in two bowls in the bathroom, and had two bowls of dry food out all the time. The four cats came by at different times, ate, left, came back, ate, etc. That pretty much worked, particularly for feral Baby who slinks by late at night or whenever no one is watching. But Marlo is fat, and requires a senior, easy on the kidney diiet. Hills wet ID stuff. No dry stuff for at least two weeks because of her just completed ($1600) dental work. Nipsy wants to eat at 5 am and starts whining so I've always just staggered into the bathroom, dropped some wet food into the bowls, and went back to bed. I can't do that now. So he whines until 7 when I finally get up, put out 1/4 can of Marlo food, and two bowls of regular wet. Then I sit there until the other cats walk away from their food, and wrap it up and put it in the fridge. Luckily Marlo likes her Marlo food so I'm pretty sure that she'll finish it. The other cats are starting to understand that things have changed. I wait until I notice that Baby is in her hiding spot under the bed and put some food there for her. I leave it for 10 minutes and then take it away. I give Scooter and Nipsy treats or other food when I can. Not as easy on me, but we do seem to be adapting to the new eating situation. I just can never go away I guess because no cat sitter could do this. It takes an hour to get them all fed. Ugh. Sheesh. I admire your dedication! I'm fortunate that my two girls require no special diets. I use to have separate bowls for them but I eventually tired of that and changed to a single bowl. That has worked out quite well. One surprise with this change was Lucy, my tabby. She won't go near the bowl if Annie is feeding, and will even back away from the bowl if Annie approaches it. Annie is about 14 y/o, small and demure. Doesn't like confrontations of any sort. Lucy is 6 y/o tabby and a very large cat, with the exact opposite personality. Lucy *loves* to ambush and torment Annie. Actually, she'll ambush humans too sometimes So it's something of a paradox why Lucy will always back away from the food if Annie shows any interest in it. Strange dynamics there. I've noticed similar things with some of the cats I've had in the past. The one that generally rules the roost will back off and let the other one eat. It's strange, but I think it's part of their plot to keep us confused. LOL. Yes, they're highly skilled at perplexing us I've also noticed it in my two cats. The bigger and stronger brother always defers to his smaller sister if she wants to eat. But I've always attributed it to his good manners. :-) Jay |
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