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You're probably right. :) I'm overthinking things I'm guessing and we tend to project as humans. Thanks for the encouragement!!!

I've been basically free feeding him for a week and he is sleeping better and longer for sure. Although for the last two nights he's been not coming to bed with me, but hanging out downstairs and once he started playing around midnight. Then he makes his way up, then still wakes up around...

:) I love the play by play! And we think we train them...... Love it

Yes, I've been trying that tactic and I guess I'd have to say, Jackson - that just doesn't work, at least with my little guy. Good advice!

nice. thank you for this information :) I may try this.

thank you so much!!! It's definately trial and error. I hope I haven't been starving him! He certainly has a lovely coat, seems healthy and fit, but I tell you, if he's 'growing', and he certainly has long legs getting longer, this could be the answer.

My cat isn't overweight, but judging from the feedback in this thread and his behavior it seems he is very hungry. I think I'll try a modified common sense version to start with and see what occurs. He certainly seems to be keen to stop when he's full. Wish I were more like that! :)

do you hide food in different places so they can 'hunt' for it?

do you just leave out the bag of food or a specific kind of dispenser?

so you're saying free feed trains the cat up to eat what he wants and walk away; eat when he's hungry VS. full cat bowl all the time? I guess I don't get the difference. Sorry I'm a bit new to cat ownership :)

what exactly is free food?

Oh I'll try this! thank you for the insight. When I mentioned this to the vet he said no more than 1/2 cup dry a day, which I'm sure I give scant, and supplement with wet and a few treats. He weighs 10.2lbs approximately and he's grown but could I be starving him? Sometimes he acts like he's...

I tried that actually :) around 9 or 9.30 with last installment. didn't work but thank you so much for your advice. Maybe I'll give it another go

Hi all, My baby boy (mixed breed although I think there's some Siamese in there) is a year this month. I adopted him about 3 months ago. He is an early riser, 4am for feeding, which I have no issue with as I rise at 5am to prep for the day, but for the last 3-4 weeks he's been rising between 2...