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Pet feeders
Hi,
I have an interesting query. My girlfriend has two cats and has to be away from her lovely cats for a period from time to time. The problem that we have is that one cat is a greedy so and so and also the more dominant cat. We use pet feeders, the problem being that all pet feeders seem to be designed for one cat. This means that no matter how carefully we set them one opens before the other and Nina (the more dominant one) ends up eating the better part of two meals while Misti (the quieter one) ends up going hungry. So the question is does anyone know of a cat feeder that can open both doors at the same time reliably. The other option of course is to bolt the two flaps of the existing double feeder together so that they have to open at the same time!! Thanks in advance for your suggestions, Mark There are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't! |
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Is there a reason why your gf doesn't free-feed her cats? Our cats get
wet food twice a day and have kibble available all the time. Most cats, unlike dogs, will not over eat. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Is there a reason why your gf doesn't free-feed her cats? Our cats get
wet food twice a day and have kibble available all the time. Most cats, unlike dogs, will not over eat. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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"Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... Is there a reason why your gf doesn't free-feed her cats? Our cats get wet food twice a day and have kibble available all the time. Most cats, unlike dogs, will not over eat. actually cats over eat all the time. A cat in good health that isn't bored, will only eat until he or she is full.. however, lots of cats will eat out of boredom.. or if they have health issues, they can want to eat more than they should. If your cats are in good health and aren't overweight, then feel free to leave dry out all day.. |
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"Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... Is there a reason why your gf doesn't free-feed her cats? Our cats get wet food twice a day and have kibble available all the time. Most cats, unlike dogs, will not over eat. actually cats over eat all the time. A cat in good health that isn't bored, will only eat until he or she is full.. however, lots of cats will eat out of boredom.. or if they have health issues, they can want to eat more than they should. If your cats are in good health and aren't overweight, then feel free to leave dry out all day.. |
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"~*Connie*~" wrote in message ... "Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... Is there a reason why your gf doesn't free-feed her cats? Our cats get wet food twice a day and have kibble available all the time. Most cats, unlike dogs, will not over eat. actually cats over eat all the time. A cat in good health that isn't bored, will only eat until he or she is full.. however, lots of cats will eat out of boredom.. or if they have health issues, they can want to eat more than they should. If your cats are in good health and aren't overweight, then feel free to leave dry out all day.. Thanks for all your responses! My experience of cats before Nina was the same. She came from the RSPCA and initially would not leave my gf alone, to the point that it was difficult to go *anywhere* without Nina following. She also will eat herself silly. Even when they have just been fed she will want food, and does get a little "plump" from time to time hence the feeder question. We do wonder if she has been starved at some point? Feeding is not normally a problem as they are fed wet food morning and evening and allowed to roam outside during the day. The issue is if we are away for the weekend. If we put dry down I think that Nina would have eaten the whole lot in the first few hours...... Any probably been sick!! Mark |
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"~*Connie*~" wrote in message ... "Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... Is there a reason why your gf doesn't free-feed her cats? Our cats get wet food twice a day and have kibble available all the time. Most cats, unlike dogs, will not over eat. actually cats over eat all the time. A cat in good health that isn't bored, will only eat until he or she is full.. however, lots of cats will eat out of boredom.. or if they have health issues, they can want to eat more than they should. If your cats are in good health and aren't overweight, then feel free to leave dry out all day.. Thanks for all your responses! My experience of cats before Nina was the same. She came from the RSPCA and initially would not leave my gf alone, to the point that it was difficult to go *anywhere* without Nina following. She also will eat herself silly. Even when they have just been fed she will want food, and does get a little "plump" from time to time hence the feeder question. We do wonder if she has been starved at some point? Feeding is not normally a problem as they are fed wet food morning and evening and allowed to roam outside during the day. The issue is if we are away for the weekend. If we put dry down I think that Nina would have eaten the whole lot in the first few hours...... Any probably been sick!! Mark |
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Feeding is not normally a problem as they
are fed wet food morning and evening and allowed to roam outside during the day. The issue is if we are away for the weekend. If we put dry down I think that Nina would have eaten the whole lot in the first few hours...... Any probably been sick!! I google searched for term "Pet Feeder" (with the quotes), and found quite a lot of "Automatic" pet feeders... you can program it to open at fixed time, fixed amount. Some of them can automatically feed your pets over 3 days. Try to get one of those? |
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Feeding is not normally a problem as they
are fed wet food morning and evening and allowed to roam outside during the day. The issue is if we are away for the weekend. If we put dry down I think that Nina would have eaten the whole lot in the first few hours...... Any probably been sick!! I google searched for term "Pet Feeder" (with the quotes), and found quite a lot of "Automatic" pet feeders... you can program it to open at fixed time, fixed amount. Some of them can automatically feed your pets over 3 days. Try to get one of those? |
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KC Wong wrote in on 18
Feb 2004: I google searched for term "Pet Feeder" (with the quotes), and found quite a lot of "Automatic" pet feeders... you can program it to open at fixed time, fixed amount. Some of them can automatically feed your pets over 3 days. Try to get one of those? I've been thinking about getting one of those for my Shadow who I prefer to eat canned food because you can put an icer thingie under it to keep food fresh. -- Cheryl Trapped like rats. In a chia-pet. MIB II |
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