Moist Food Slow Feeder?

[fromthevalley]

I know there are kibble slow feeders, but is there one that can be used for moist? Athena likes to scarf and barf with moist, even if I try giving her a small amount at a time.

 

[Columbine]

There aren't many slow feeders for wet food, and they're all basically the same idea - maze-type ridges in the bowl that make it harder to bolt the food. These are a few I found on amazon.

There are a couple of tricks you can try to slow Athena's eating too. The first is to take a smaller bowl, cup or eggcup (depending on her bowl size) and place it upside down in her bowl before you add the food. This works best with a heavier upturned cup/bowl - you don't want her to be able to remove it/push it out of the way

Another trick (this works best with paté style food) is to take a dinner plate and spread the food over it in a thin layer (think buttering bread). This will force her to lick the food up in small amounts, rather than taking big mouthfulls of it.

 

[himawari]

My cat doesn't have this problem. He has a smaller bowl with small amount of food but is fed 4-5 times per day. My dog, however, does occasionally scarf-n-barf. He has a few kibble with a lot of moist food in a bowl. What I do is put a clean Kong ball on top of his food so he would have this little barricade that prevents him from getting access to all of his food all at once.