hungry hungry kitty
May. 24th, 2016 08:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Our cat is like a goldfish when it comes to eating. On a normal day, he gets a can of wet food in the morning (somewhere in the 6 - 7am range usually) and another can in the evening (usually in the 5 - 6pm range). He also has a bowl of hard food that Zen keeps filled all the time. He occasionally gets treats as well. He's a huge kitty. To tell us he's hungry, he cries at us, bats at this scratching post thing he has, and bolts into the kitchen if you even sort of move that direction. He is apparently hungry ALL. THE. TIME. 20 minutes after he gets his morning wet food, he's crying and batting at his scratching post. Any time we leave the house and come back he does it. If we fed him as often as he begged for it, he'd be the world's first 200lb house cat. Is everyone's cat like this? My best friend's sister is a vet, and following her recommendation, she feeds her cat 1/2 cup of hard food twice a day and that's *it*. She doesn't get treats or soft food. And while her cat does get huffy about being fed when it's close to mealtime, she doesn't seem to beg all day. She's also like 1/3 the size of our cat. I've never lived with cats before. Maybe this is just how they are?
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Date: 2016-05-24 05:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-05-24 07:58 pm (UTC)I was feeling bad for the cat because I thought maybe we weren't giving him enough attention. I invited him to come sit between us, I petted him and rubbed his ears, and 2 minutes after he got off the couch I walked past him and he hissed and swatted at me. He's kind of an asshole.
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Date: 2016-05-24 07:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-05-24 08:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-05-26 04:04 am (UTC)but puppy would happily eat himself to death if i let him. he absolutely has to be portion controlled. i have to measure his kibble exactly or he gains weight. and with him being 11 and having arthritis in his shoulders, extra weight means more pain and less mobility. he totally tries to get more food out of me. tries to get dinner early. he begs and steals and counter surfs. molly has to be fed in her crate to keep puppy from eating her food after he gobbles his down in seconds. but puppy was picked up as a starving stray roaming the streets. i think a part of his brain will always be stuck in starving mode.
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Date: 2016-05-26 02:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-05-27 02:22 pm (UTC)the cat has learned that crying equals more food. unlearning that wont be easy. you'll have to ignore him, and it'll get worse before it gets better (extinction burst).
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Date: 2016-05-27 03:57 pm (UTC)