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Hello,
After much experimentation, reading, stress etc I settled on a food strategy that I d like to run by my fellow cat lovers.
1. Verified cats are healthy, food station location is good, bowl style is good.
2. Buy 2 different brands of pâté variety pack that I know they eat. They are medium quality. They have refused many a top premium brand but I buy Sheba perfect portions and blue Buffalo for wet and for dry Merrick perfect bistro. I try to buy on sale.
3. Four meals wet food and dry left overnight.
4. Three oz can split between two cats each meal. This portion is max they will eat at a time.
5. I eliminate stress over waste by settling on the fact that 4 cans each day will go down. If they eat great if left overs it’s tossed. No matter what it’s 4 cans to me. No refregirating and re-heat.
6. food goes down and taken away 30 mins later same time daily.
7. I ll randomly add a topper. I m trying to disassociate cat behavior with topper. If they are in super fussy mode after 2 missed meals or partially consumed meals I ll use the topper to encourage them to eat. It’s key not to add topper as a result of them turning nose up at that meal. It appears as part of the meal after 2 are missed which occurs maybe once a month.
8. cat weight is monitored every two weeks and recorded. I also take pics and compare to the body pictures for healthy vs overweight. Currently they are 15 months old around 11lbs and good body condition.
i like this system because it takes away stress, gives cats variety and does not reward any particular behavior. My Cats need 250 calories each, they get offered around 200 calories in wet and 50 calories in dry.Healthy treats are given occasionally but I don’t count the calories as they are less than 15 calories a day plus the cats are pretty active.
thoughts?
After much experimentation, reading, stress etc I settled on a food strategy that I d like to run by my fellow cat lovers.
1. Verified cats are healthy, food station location is good, bowl style is good.
2. Buy 2 different brands of pâté variety pack that I know they eat. They are medium quality. They have refused many a top premium brand but I buy Sheba perfect portions and blue Buffalo for wet and for dry Merrick perfect bistro. I try to buy on sale.
3. Four meals wet food and dry left overnight.
4. Three oz can split between two cats each meal. This portion is max they will eat at a time.
5. I eliminate stress over waste by settling on the fact that 4 cans each day will go down. If they eat great if left overs it’s tossed. No matter what it’s 4 cans to me. No refregirating and re-heat.
6. food goes down and taken away 30 mins later same time daily.
7. I ll randomly add a topper. I m trying to disassociate cat behavior with topper. If they are in super fussy mode after 2 missed meals or partially consumed meals I ll use the topper to encourage them to eat. It’s key not to add topper as a result of them turning nose up at that meal. It appears as part of the meal after 2 are missed which occurs maybe once a month.
8. cat weight is monitored every two weeks and recorded. I also take pics and compare to the body pictures for healthy vs overweight. Currently they are 15 months old around 11lbs and good body condition.
i like this system because it takes away stress, gives cats variety and does not reward any particular behavior. My Cats need 250 calories each, they get offered around 200 calories in wet and 50 calories in dry.Healthy treats are given occasionally but I don’t count the calories as they are less than 15 calories a day plus the cats are pretty active.
thoughts?
