I remember it being a guideline for "average prey." :dk:
I understand what you are saying......but he really does have a set routine. The cats always eat in the same place....on the big tower (they can't eat on the floor or the dogs will get it). They each have a specific spot on the tower where they always eat. They are on a set schedule, with the same amount of food (always weighed). When I come out of the kitchen with the food, they all run to the tower, and take their preferred positions. I do rotate the protein every day, with ground raw AM and PM, and either strips or freeze dried at lunch time. At bedtime, everyone gets 2-3 freeze dried treats on the bed.What I am reading from the post is the Pit has no routine.
He eats sometimes 2 meals, sometimes 3 meals, sometimes huge meals, sometimes small meals, in different places, at different times.
IMHO that is confusing for a cat.
One of the things that IMHO will help you the most is routine.
Same feeding place every meal. Three meals a day, for the same amount.
if he eats 4.5oz a day, feed 3 meals of 1.5oz per meal. On the same place every time.
He will know what breakfast, lunch and dinner is, and he will know what HIS food is.
And lock food up - no matter what, not matter how tempted you are, do not give him food. Clean up, clean up, clean up.
Cats thrive on routine. It has helped me a lot - in fact, this has been the most important advice, I think, I received when I transitioned my cats - I don't think I would be able to do it without it.
Hope it gets better