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My cat is an indoor/outdoor cat that gets locked in at night. He gets one meal of wet food first thing in the morning, and one meal of wet food last thing at night. He is free fed dry Dr Elsey's Clean Protein the rest of the day. During the day, he's in and out of the yard and the house doing his own thing. We don't let him roam the house as he pleases as my mom hates cat hair getting everywhere, so normally he only has access to the second kitchen via the cat door. It's pretty much his own room, since we rarely use it.
So there's a few odd behaviors I'm somewhat concerned about
1. When I'm around in his kitchen, he will go to the food bowl and eat ravenously, as if I've starved him for days. However, he tends to stop eating once I leave.
2. He never finishes his kibble. No matter how little or much I put in his bowl, he will really "procrastinate" on eating the last bit of kibble. There will always be some left when I go to refill his bowl, I make sure to put the kibble on the bottom back on top so he eats those first.
I can't for the life of me figure out why he's behaving this way. He's good at self regulating his food intake (when I'm not around), and that's why I had left him free fed. A couple of days ago after feeding him his wet food in the morning, I stayed around to clean his feeding area, and he started inhaling his dry food. I guess he ate too much too fast (?!), because he vomited out his wet food AND dry food. I guess I could cover his food bowl when I'm around, but if possible I would like to know how to deter this behavior altogether.
So there's a few odd behaviors I'm somewhat concerned about
1. When I'm around in his kitchen, he will go to the food bowl and eat ravenously, as if I've starved him for days. However, he tends to stop eating once I leave.
2. He never finishes his kibble. No matter how little or much I put in his bowl, he will really "procrastinate" on eating the last bit of kibble. There will always be some left when I go to refill his bowl, I make sure to put the kibble on the bottom back on top so he eats those first.
I can't for the life of me figure out why he's behaving this way. He's good at self regulating his food intake (when I'm not around), and that's why I had left him free fed. A couple of days ago after feeding him his wet food in the morning, I stayed around to clean his feeding area, and he started inhaling his dry food. I guess he ate too much too fast (?!), because he vomited out his wet food AND dry food. I guess I could cover his food bowl when I'm around, but if possible I would like to know how to deter this behavior altogether.