My Cat Hufflepuff has always been a problem child. She use to be extremely skittish, but is now more open and happy. She is though, still a tiny bit skittish. Any changes stress her out.
She’s always been a picky eater. I’ve wasted I don’t know how many cans of food because she decided she no longer wants it. She’ll go on hunger strikes but never lose any weight. She’s a healthy weight, and does fine with a couple nibbles of food here and there like she likes to do.
Because she hates change, I make sure to keep her food dishes and such kept the same way. She’s been acting a bit odd here lately. She acts scared of her food dish, the same dish she’s used for a couple years now. At first I thought she wasn’t eating because she didn’t want what I offered, but I noticed some different behavior. She will stand as far away as she can, and stretch her neck out to reach the bowl. She’ll grab a piece, jump back and eat it on the floor. She’ll do this over and over till I believe she gets frustrated and gives up. I tried feeding her on her plate that she also likes, but acts the same way. I’ve tried several other bowls that she won’t even bother to try. She doesn’t act this way if I sit on the floor with her and she’s about halfway in my lap to eat comfortably. Unfortunately I just don’t have time to sit with her every morning.
Nothing has changed, there’s no bugs or any thing that could have hurt her when she was eating. Nothing to scare her, as I’m always monitoring her until she’s done eating to ensure she did eat.
What can I do to help get her back to eating out of a dish? She will sometimes eat food if it’s placed on the floor, but it just makes a mess and once it’s all spread out she no longer wants it.
She’s always been a picky eater. I’ve wasted I don’t know how many cans of food because she decided she no longer wants it. She’ll go on hunger strikes but never lose any weight. She’s a healthy weight, and does fine with a couple nibbles of food here and there like she likes to do.
Because she hates change, I make sure to keep her food dishes and such kept the same way. She’s been acting a bit odd here lately. She acts scared of her food dish, the same dish she’s used for a couple years now. At first I thought she wasn’t eating because she didn’t want what I offered, but I noticed some different behavior. She will stand as far away as she can, and stretch her neck out to reach the bowl. She’ll grab a piece, jump back and eat it on the floor. She’ll do this over and over till I believe she gets frustrated and gives up. I tried feeding her on her plate that she also likes, but acts the same way. I’ve tried several other bowls that she won’t even bother to try. She doesn’t act this way if I sit on the floor with her and she’s about halfway in my lap to eat comfortably. Unfortunately I just don’t have time to sit with her every morning.
Nothing has changed, there’s no bugs or any thing that could have hurt her when she was eating. Nothing to scare her, as I’m always monitoring her until she’s done eating to ensure she did eat.
What can I do to help get her back to eating out of a dish? She will sometimes eat food if it’s placed on the floor, but it just makes a mess and once it’s all spread out she no longer wants it.