Hey everyone! I was hoping to have a bit of advice regarding some behaviour for Morgana please!
Morgana is a 1-year old cat, who currently weighs 3.4kg. The vet thinks she’s perfect in terms of weight, she’s just… lean. Currently, we have a small rotation of cat food. Morgana doesn’t tolerate beef well and I need to have budget friendly options at the moment, but I do my best. Her food rotations are:
MACs - Her most common food. She can rotate through different flavours successfully.
Scrumbles Wet - Chicken in Jelly flavour only.
Blink! Gravy - all packets are fine with her.
Seriously Good Bistro - Fish (Very very rare, she has this once a week at most!)
In terms of daily intake, Morgana receives 3 meals a day (one before I go to work, one when I get home from work and one before I go to bed) of 70g each, so 210g overall daily. She also receives treats in puzzle feeders to keep her mind occupied! Morgana has been vet checked recently and she’s 100% clear in terms of illnesses, except for her FHV which presents in her eyes. Been clear since her last flare up a couple of weeks ago.
Sorry for the ramble! Just wanted to be transparent on how much she’s eating / when, it might better help. It’s mostly an issue regarding her constantly harassing and begging for food! Even if I feed her meal and sit down with mine, it won’t be long before I’m having to keep my bowl away from her and constantly placing her down on the floor. She also takes any opportunity to clean bowls and scavenge. She’s always been this way since kitten, and I’ve resorted to popping her into a carry case while I eat. Originally I’d lock her in my room upstairs but she’d be so desperate to come out she’d rip all the carpets up! Obviously this isn’t ideal and there are probably much better ways at handling this, but I’m unsure where to start. Morgana has never been given any food from my plate and never given any table scraps.
Just wanted some opinions! There’s been situations where she’s gotten her paws on stuff she really shouldn’t have (garlic bread and chocolate chip pancake incident springs to my mind…) where I’ve not been quick enough to stop her swiping and running. I just wanted to know if there’s a better way to train or distract her - or is it a case where I’m not feeding enough? She’s constantly bolting her food, lick mats don’t slow her down all that much either! She’s forever been this way. Any insight would be amazing - I’m very aware it’s not fair that I’m having to pop her in her carry case even for 20 minutes or so, but it’s mostly a her safety thing - especially if I have food that’s a definite no no!
Morgana is a 1-year old cat, who currently weighs 3.4kg. The vet thinks she’s perfect in terms of weight, she’s just… lean. Currently, we have a small rotation of cat food. Morgana doesn’t tolerate beef well and I need to have budget friendly options at the moment, but I do my best. Her food rotations are:
MACs - Her most common food. She can rotate through different flavours successfully.
Scrumbles Wet - Chicken in Jelly flavour only.
Blink! Gravy - all packets are fine with her.
Seriously Good Bistro - Fish (Very very rare, she has this once a week at most!)
In terms of daily intake, Morgana receives 3 meals a day (one before I go to work, one when I get home from work and one before I go to bed) of 70g each, so 210g overall daily. She also receives treats in puzzle feeders to keep her mind occupied! Morgana has been vet checked recently and she’s 100% clear in terms of illnesses, except for her FHV which presents in her eyes. Been clear since her last flare up a couple of weeks ago.
Sorry for the ramble! Just wanted to be transparent on how much she’s eating / when, it might better help. It’s mostly an issue regarding her constantly harassing and begging for food! Even if I feed her meal and sit down with mine, it won’t be long before I’m having to keep my bowl away from her and constantly placing her down on the floor. She also takes any opportunity to clean bowls and scavenge. She’s always been this way since kitten, and I’ve resorted to popping her into a carry case while I eat. Originally I’d lock her in my room upstairs but she’d be so desperate to come out she’d rip all the carpets up! Obviously this isn’t ideal and there are probably much better ways at handling this, but I’m unsure where to start. Morgana has never been given any food from my plate and never given any table scraps.
Just wanted some opinions! There’s been situations where she’s gotten her paws on stuff she really shouldn’t have (garlic bread and chocolate chip pancake incident springs to my mind…) where I’ve not been quick enough to stop her swiping and running. I just wanted to know if there’s a better way to train or distract her - or is it a case where I’m not feeding enough? She’s constantly bolting her food, lick mats don’t slow her down all that much either! She’s forever been this way. Any insight would be amazing - I’m very aware it’s not fair that I’m having to pop her in her carry case even for 20 minutes or so, but it’s mostly a her safety thing - especially if I have food that’s a definite no no!