Kitten eating habits

I've fostered kittens (and sometimes cats) for our local
SPCA for several years now. I know kittens can have interesting
eating habits, but the four I have now are ridiculuous.

I put out four bowls of wet food, twice a day. All the
food is the same. All 4 kittens want to eat out of the
same small bowl. Why! Two of the kittens are kind of small
(Indigo and Mooshu) so I try to make sure the bigger ones
(Rosie and Cheynne) don't crowd them out of their share. I
seperate the bowls by a few feet, but still, they want to
eat out of the same bowl.

They all start out nice and eating out of their own bowls,
then the greedy one (Cheynne) moves over to eat out of
another one's bowl. I can put her back at her own bowl
repeatedly, but even though there is plenty of food there she
wants to eat someone elses food. I turn my back for a minute...
and they are all in one bowl...three perfectly good bowls
of food just sitting there. I give up!

Eventually they eat all the food out of all the bowls. Do you
think it is a throw back to when they all nursed together?

Debbie Berry

"Debra Berry" wrote in message
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Eventually they eat all the food out of all the bowls. Do you
think it is a throw back to when they all nursed together?

Debbie Berry

That's the first thing I thought of when I read this post. Kittens are used
to snuggling together when they nurse, so they may want the feeling of their
siblings pressed up against them when they're eating.

Hugs,

CatNipped

"Debra Berry" wrote in message
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Eventually they eat all the food out of all the bowls. Do you
think it is a throw back to when they all nursed together?

Debbie Berry

That's the first thing I thought of when I read this post. Kittens are used
to snuggling together when they nurse, so they may want the feeling of their
siblings pressed up against them when they're eating.

Hugs,

CatNipped

"Debra Berry" wrote in message
...
Eventually they eat all the food out of all the bowls. Do you
think it is a throw back to when they all nursed together?

Debbie Berry

That's the first thing I thought of when I read this post. Kittens are used
to snuggling together when they nurse, so they may want the feeling of their
siblings pressed up against them when they're eating.

Hugs,

CatNipped

Put the bowls in a circle so that they can still feel "together"?

"Debra Berry" wrote in message
...

I've fostered kittens (and sometimes cats) for our local
SPCA for several years now. I know kittens can have interesting
eating habits, but the four I have now are ridiculuous.

I put out four bowls of wet food, twice a day. All the
food is the same. All 4 kittens want to eat out of the
same small bowl. Why! Two of the kittens are kind of small
(Indigo and Mooshu) so I try to make sure the bigger ones
(Rosie and Cheynne) don't crowd them out of their share. I
seperate the bowls by a few feet, but still, they want to
eat out of the same bowl.

They all start out nice and eating out of their own bowls,
then the greedy one (Cheynne) moves over to eat out of
another one's bowl. I can put her back at her own bowl
repeatedly, but even though there is plenty of food there she
wants to eat someone elses food. I turn my back for a minute...
and they are all in one bowl...three perfectly good bowls
of food just sitting there. I give up!

Eventually they eat all the food out of all the bowls. Do you
think it is a throw back to when they all nursed together?

Debbie Berry

Put the bowls in a circle so that they can still feel "together"?

"Debra Berry" wrote in message
...

I've fostered kittens (and sometimes cats) for our local
SPCA for several years now. I know kittens can have interesting
eating habits, but the four I have now are ridiculuous.

I put out four bowls of wet food, twice a day. All the
food is the same. All 4 kittens want to eat out of the
same small bowl. Why! Two of the kittens are kind of small
(Indigo and Mooshu) so I try to make sure the bigger ones
(Rosie and Cheynne) don't crowd them out of their share. I
seperate the bowls by a few feet, but still, they want to
eat out of the same bowl.

They all start out nice and eating out of their own bowls,
then the greedy one (Cheynne) moves over to eat out of
another one's bowl. I can put her back at her own bowl
repeatedly, but even though there is plenty of food there she
wants to eat someone elses food. I turn my back for a minute...
and they are all in one bowl...three perfectly good bowls
of food just sitting there. I give up!

Eventually they eat all the food out of all the bowls. Do you
think it is a throw back to when they all nursed together?

Debbie Berry

Put the bowls in a circle so that they can still feel "together"?

"Debra Berry" wrote in message
...

I've fostered kittens (and sometimes cats) for our local
SPCA for several years now. I know kittens can have interesting
eating habits, but the four I have now are ridiculuous.

I put out four bowls of wet food, twice a day. All the
food is the same. All 4 kittens want to eat out of the
same small bowl. Why! Two of the kittens are kind of small
(Indigo and Mooshu) so I try to make sure the bigger ones
(Rosie and Cheynne) don't crowd them out of their share. I
seperate the bowls by a few feet, but still, they want to
eat out of the same bowl.

They all start out nice and eating out of their own bowls,
then the greedy one (Cheynne) moves over to eat out of
another one's bowl. I can put her back at her own bowl
repeatedly, but even though there is plenty of food there she
wants to eat someone elses food. I turn my back for a minute...
and they are all in one bowl...three perfectly good bowls
of food just sitting there. I give up!

Eventually they eat all the food out of all the bowls. Do you
think it is a throw back to when they all nursed together?

Debbie Berry

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:06:43 -0400, Debra Berry
wrote:

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Eventually they eat all the food out of all the bowls. Do you
think it is a throw back to when they all nursed together?

I don't know why they do it either, but my three are the same. It's
not because they're kittens, either, since my kitten, Sammy, is
actually 3, her momma is 4, and Rocky is over 8 (by TED's best
guesstimate). Now I just put out one bowl, and they take turns. Rocky
goes first, then Sam, and then LB. If LB was skinny I might look for
some new method. As it is, though, LB could stand to lose a pound or
three.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:06:43 -0400, Debra Berry
wrote:

snip
Eventually they eat all the food out of all the bowls. Do you
think it is a throw back to when they all nursed together?

I don't know why they do it either, but my three are the same. It's
not because they're kittens, either, since my kitten, Sammy, is
actually 3, her momma is 4, and Rocky is over 8 (by TED's best
guesstimate). Now I just put out one bowl, and they take turns. Rocky
goes first, then Sam, and then LB. If LB was skinny I might look for
some new method. As it is, though, LB could stand to lose a pound or
three.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:06:43 -0400, Debra Berry
wrote:

snip
Eventually they eat all the food out of all the bowls. Do you
think it is a throw back to when they all nursed together?

I don't know why they do it either, but my three are the same. It's
not because they're kittens, either, since my kitten, Sammy, is
actually 3, her momma is 4, and Rocky is over 8 (by TED's best
guesstimate). Now I just put out one bowl, and they take turns. Rocky
goes first, then Sam, and then LB. If LB was skinny I might look for
some new method. As it is, though, LB could stand to lose a pound or
three.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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