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Feeding Cats Separately
On 7/9/2016 8:19 PM, JJ wrote:
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 Similarly, I notice that Duffy (blind) always starts eating, followed by Nikki. Selina is the fluffiest, and she will take the third bowl, which often means that she will back away and take the bowl that is farthest away. MaryL |
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Feeding Cats Separately
On Sat, 9 Jul 2016 21:19:14 -0400, JJ wrote:
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. :-) Maybe it is just that, good manners and respect for their elders learnt very early on? Lucy did enter our family as a kitten, Annie was already about 7 years old. |
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Feeding Cats Separately
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. That was definitely the case with Roxy (RB) and Licky. Roxy, who was much smaller than Licky, was nonetheless the boss. If Licky was sleeping in a choice spot, Roxy would come along and bap him on the head, and he'd run off. After a while, all she had to do was come up to him and stare at him. But when it came to food, Licky was the boss. Maybe Roxy was letting the "kitten" have the first bite? (I don't even know if cats do that. Lions don't! The poor cubs have to wait until the adults have scarfed down most of the food.) -- Joyce Cats' hearing apparatus is built to allow the human voice to easily go in one ear and out the other. -- Stephen Baker |
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