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Here's another solicitation for advice on helping kitty adjust to my being back in the office.
Since adopting Juno in October as a kitten, I've been feeding her three meals a day, plus a little kibble late at night. Now that I'm going back in the office more, I need to figure out a new routine. It also happens that Juno is now just over a year old, so I think I need to start slowly feeding her less as well. But I could use input on how to do this so it doesn't cause any more stress than necessary, since the back-to-work transition is already hard on her.
I don't have any timed feeder dish at the moment. On days I go to the office, I just set out kibble before I leave in the morning, after she's eaten her breakfast. Sometimes I put it in a puzzle feeder so she only eats it if hungry. On these days, I feed wet late at night instead of kibble. Should I get a wet timed feeder so I can feed that during the day instead? If so, any recommendations (space is a premium). If I continued to leave kibble in a puzzle feeder, would that be fine and would she learn to pace herself eventually? (She doesn't seems overly food motivated, though she does seem to be a little obsessed with the Dr Elsey kibble, more so than her kitten kibble). Or should I get a timed kibble feeder?
I suppose I could stop feeding her in the middle of the day, but that seems like it would be too much change, after I'm already changing a lot of her routines. But maybe down the road when she's adjusted?
That's a lot of words for a simple question, but any advice is appreciated.
Since adopting Juno in October as a kitten, I've been feeding her three meals a day, plus a little kibble late at night. Now that I'm going back in the office more, I need to figure out a new routine. It also happens that Juno is now just over a year old, so I think I need to start slowly feeding her less as well. But I could use input on how to do this so it doesn't cause any more stress than necessary, since the back-to-work transition is already hard on her.
I don't have any timed feeder dish at the moment. On days I go to the office, I just set out kibble before I leave in the morning, after she's eaten her breakfast. Sometimes I put it in a puzzle feeder so she only eats it if hungry. On these days, I feed wet late at night instead of kibble. Should I get a wet timed feeder so I can feed that during the day instead? If so, any recommendations (space is a premium). If I continued to leave kibble in a puzzle feeder, would that be fine and would she learn to pace herself eventually? (She doesn't seems overly food motivated, though she does seem to be a little obsessed with the Dr Elsey kibble, more so than her kitten kibble). Or should I get a timed kibble feeder?
I suppose I could stop feeding her in the middle of the day, but that seems like it would be too much change, after I'm already changing a lot of her routines. But maybe down the road when she's adjusted?
That's a lot of words for a simple question, but any advice is appreciated.