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mlbriggs wrote:
: Have you tried inviting her to come in? MLB She come in pretty regularly, and at times watches TV, but all said and done she was attracted to my apartment because of quiet sunny porch (not food, as I didn't feed her for months). She tends to visit in the afternoon, when there is full sun in the porch, and that's where we both spend most of our time together. I don't know what she would do as it gets colder. Obviously, lacking her fur coating, at least *I* won't be in the porch a whole lot. |
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"Ajanta" wrote in message ... Jason James wrote: Thanks Jason. Internet is a wonderful thing, still capable of amazing me that I can post a question in Chicgao and get a response from Australia... : My experience is, that all cats have a routine when they want to tell you : they want some food. Perhaps she gives you more attention or hangs : around the cupboard or kitchen where the food is prepared/ tins opened? Certainly, if I walk to the cupboard she follows, Yep,..that is a strong sign. Our House cat does that when she's hungery. Mind you, if there are cat-biscuits leftover from the day before, she'll reject those in favour of fresh ones,..a bit like us :-) if I show a can she'd try to paw it, if I open the can she perks up. But she does it all the time, not more when she is hungry and less when she should not be. At least I have not been able to differentiate. Sounds like she developed a pattern of feeding where she asks for food even if she's eaten a couple of hours before. We also programmed our cat that way, without wishing to. Bringing out food or making it available once or twice a day only is a better way. Maybe the problem is I have always fed her promptly when she arrived, so she knows food is coming and doesn't have to tell me anything? I can try to play cool and see what happens. Of course, you hate to play such games with a little animal. It's a bit tough, but it provides order,..where otherwise there's chaos :-) : The vomiting maybe just a response to a different food, or she has just : ingested some grass, or she maybe feeling a little off. She does eat "different" foods, but the vomiting comes only every 7-8 days. As I said I had no experience with pets. When I started with this cat, I read a little and the consensus was canned food is better than dry for their health. So I started buying canned, whatever was on sale. This way I have fed her many different brands and many varieties within a brand. She is pretty good about eating what I offer except a few types she clearly doesn't like and I avoid those. Yeah,..that's what we did. They seem to like lots of gravy,.especially canned salmon and vegetables with fish-gravy,..they love it! I;ve yet to see either of ours eat the peas that come in some cans. Sheesh what are they thinking,..cats dont eat peas.. I get 5.5 oz cans and one suffices for two meals. I am not very good at reheating the refrigerated portion, because she is always more enthusiastic about the first 1/2 of the can than the second. This is regardless of brands and type. Yep,..same thing here, we waste a bit, which I dont like doing,..but I think its not just you and I that have this prob with our furry friends. : Cats eat grass to make themselves vomit... Well, she does have access to a lot of grass! Does this mean an indoor-only cat vomits less? Yes. They seem to eat it any time they get out after being inside (the house cats we've had I mean). best o luck Jason |
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! I;ve yet to see either of ours eat the peas that come in some cans. Sheesh what are they thinking,..cats dont eat peas.. Ummm...Sarrasine eats the peas and the carrots. Then again this is not an achievement as she devours pretty much anything in her bowl Isis(RB) adored a variety of "Sheba" that contained mushrooms and she picked the mushrooms out and ate them first. She was also very fond of cod and carrot catfood A while ago some new catfood came onto the market and one variety was Pilchard in tomato sauce so we tried that and to our sheer disbelief Fugazi (RB- Isis' sister) wolfed the lot down and licked the bowl until she could see her face it in. The same brand (can't remember what it's called now- isn't around anymore) produced a Xmas special with turkey and cranberries and that was also a big hit with them Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 04:34:18 GMT, "Jason James" wrote:
Yep,..that is a strong sign. Our House cat does that when she's hungery. Mind you, if there are cat-biscuits leftover from the day before, she'll reject those in favour of fresh ones,..a bit like us :-) Mine will wake me each morning for fresh food even if there is still food there from the nigth before and then they eat the fresh like they have not been fed for a week but my ex has one that prefers food after it has stood for a day and will bypass the fresh for the old. Go figure!! http://members.aol.com/larrystark/ http://members.aol.com/larrystark/strays.htm |
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"Lesley" wrote in message oups.com... ! I;ve yet to see either of ours eat the peas that come in some cans. Sheesh what are they thinking,..cats dont eat peas.. Ummm...Sarrasine eats the peas and the carrots. Then again this is not an achievement as she devours pretty much anything in her bowl Isis(RB) adored a variety of "Sheba" that contained mushrooms and she picked the mushrooms out and ate them first. She was also very fond of cod and carrot catfood A while ago some new catfood came onto the market and one variety was Pilchard in tomato sauce so we tried that and to our sheer disbelief Fugazi (RB- Isis' sister) wolfed the lot down and licked the bowl until she could see her face it in. The same brand (can't remember what it's called now- isn't around anymore) produced a Xmas special with turkey and cranberries and that was also a big hit with them Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Fair enough,..I guess just because cats are predatorial, doesn't mean they just eat only meat. Jason |
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"whayface" wrote in message ... On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 04:34:18 GMT, "Jason James" wrote: Yep,..that is a strong sign. Our House cat does that when she's hungery. Mind you, if there are cat-biscuits leftover from the day before, she'll reject those in favour of fresh ones,..a bit like us :-) Mine will wake me each morning for fresh food even if there is still food there from the nigth before and then they eat the fresh like they have not been fed for a week but my ex has one that prefers food after it has stood for a day and will bypass the fresh for the old. Go figure!! He wakes you up! Isn't that typical of a cat :-) Yeah,..our ex-stray will do that (wait for some food to be out for a while). I'm at the point of buying smaller cans, so there's no leftovers which end up being rejected. Jason |
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Jason James wrote:
: I'm at the point of buying smaller cans, so there's no leftovers : which end up being rejected. The only bummer is they cost almost the same as larger cans... |
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"Kiran" wrote in message ... Jason James wrote: : I'm at the point of buying smaller cans, so there's no leftovers : which end up being rejected. The only bummer is they cost almost the same as larger cans... Indeed,..they don't make it easy. Jason |
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"Kiran" wrote in message ... Jason James wrote: : I'm at the point of buying smaller cans, so there's no leftovers : which end up being rejected. The only bummer is they cost almost the same as larger cans... Well, at least with the smaller cans, you get the same single feeding for the price and they take up less space and not as much stinky leftover. I'm just glad the little cans don't cost more. Jo |
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"Ajanta" wrote in message ... With no experience in pets, I started feeding a stray/homeless cat. Initially, I later learned, she was fed by a nighbor, but felt harrassed by his cat and children. So she would eat there but climb one floor up to my porch to relax. It is quieter, sunnier, higher up here. That's how we met. She was always friendly, dignified, independent. Never made a mess, never begged, and always wanted to leave after a few hours. I never knew and still don't all the places she goes to. When my neighbor left for Europe, it fell upon me to take over feeding. That was a minor adjustment for her and she easily learned it. Now, it sounds stupid, but here is my problem: She is not my pet, I don't know all the places she roams, she may well have other sources of food even if they are not stable, and I cannot tell when she is really hungry and when she has already eaten enough elsewhere. As I said she does not let me know she is hungry but comes and hangs around. If I don't offer her food, she won't beg. But, perhaps because she may have spent many hungry days, she finds it hard to resist the food that is offered. (On rare occasions, when she is neither hungry nor likes the food served, she'd eat only a little and most of it is wasted, but that is the smaller problem.) The bigger and more frequent problem is that she already ate something, tends to overeat and get sick. This happens about once a week. So, dear experts on cat behavior, please help me figure this out. How can I get a hint whether she is hungry or full? I have tried asking around if anyone feeds her (no one I asked). I have tried putting a can in front of her and watch her reaction, but I have no clue until I open the can and watch the results. (Sorry to be gross, but I can tell from her vomit that mostly it isn't hairball but some food in addition to what I gave.) Thanks! I had a similar problem with Kitty Fc when she was living in my garden. Did she belong anywhere, and who was feeding her if anyone? It turned out that she was begging here and there from neighbours and getting table scraps. Once I was certain she was homeless and fed her twice a day without fail she stopped going around filching where she could because she became confident of twice daily meals. Tweed ...and now she is queen of the house.. |
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