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Hey all! It's been a really long time since I posted, but I was looking for a bit of advice.
I have two adult twin cats that I've talked about before on here. Very recently I adopted their little sister, who is two months old.
Now, my twins are on a strict diet because they are both very prone to urinary tract blocks, even more so than the average cat. I had to take one of them to the emergency vet when he was around 4-5 months old, and ever since then they've both been on the Hill's Prescription Diet c/d multicare urinary care. They get both wet and dry food with this. The problem is it only comes in a few flavors, and my vet only carries two (I must order through my vet). So even before I got my little girl, I could tell the boys were beginning to get a bit bored of their diet. At this point, I'd say it's been a year since they started.
My little girl is getting kitten food, wet and dry. I've noticed that my twins are gravitating towards her bowl when they're fed, unless I actively keep them away from it. Likewise, she actually seems to prefer their food
In terms of how I feed them, they all get a certain portion of wet food a day which they receive first, and then I give them a certain portion of dry food later in the day. They tend to graze as they will, some days they eat it faster than others, but they never get more than their allotted portions and are at very good weights.
I guess my question is, does anyone have any advice or tips to get them to stick to their own bowls? I don't really want to feed them in different rooms, as when I work a morning shift, they get fed a little bit before I leave. If I were to separate them, I'd have to leave either the twins or the little girl in my bedroom all day while I'm at work.
Are there toppers I could be buying to make the twins' gravitate towards their prescription diet again? Would it be awful to give them their food, but mix a little bit of the kitten food in with it, since I'm already buying kitten food and they seem to like it? Any advice is appreciated!
I have two adult twin cats that I've talked about before on here. Very recently I adopted their little sister, who is two months old.
Now, my twins are on a strict diet because they are both very prone to urinary tract blocks, even more so than the average cat. I had to take one of them to the emergency vet when he was around 4-5 months old, and ever since then they've both been on the Hill's Prescription Diet c/d multicare urinary care. They get both wet and dry food with this. The problem is it only comes in a few flavors, and my vet only carries two (I must order through my vet). So even before I got my little girl, I could tell the boys were beginning to get a bit bored of their diet. At this point, I'd say it's been a year since they started.
My little girl is getting kitten food, wet and dry. I've noticed that my twins are gravitating towards her bowl when they're fed, unless I actively keep them away from it. Likewise, she actually seems to prefer their food
In terms of how I feed them, they all get a certain portion of wet food a day which they receive first, and then I give them a certain portion of dry food later in the day. They tend to graze as they will, some days they eat it faster than others, but they never get more than their allotted portions and are at very good weights.
I guess my question is, does anyone have any advice or tips to get them to stick to their own bowls? I don't really want to feed them in different rooms, as when I work a morning shift, they get fed a little bit before I leave. If I were to separate them, I'd have to leave either the twins or the little girl in my bedroom all day while I'm at work.
Are there toppers I could be buying to make the twins' gravitate towards their prescription diet again? Would it be awful to give them their food, but mix a little bit of the kitten food in with it, since I'm already buying kitten food and they seem to like it? Any advice is appreciated!
