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After finding some wet foods my cat Sango is willing to eat, I have tried to dial back the dry food on my timed feeding to 2 portions adding to a 1/4 cup total at 4:30 am and 10 pm. I am giving her a 1/2 of a 2.8 oz can of Weruva stew in the morning and another half at about 5 pm.
When I was giving her 3 portions of dry (3/8 cup) she was eating about 95% of it. I had only been giving one wet food feed of a 1/2 can at this point for dinner. She would go back about 3 times and slowly eat through it. I have been trying to pile it back up because she just won't eat flattened food. I had started giving 2 wet meals late last week and she was eating most of the wet.
Now that I reduced the dry, I can see she's purposely rationing her dry food and only eating a tiny bit of the wet. She might have a bit or two but is now wasting more wet food. She won't even finish her breakfast and I've been adding a bit of dry to the top to encourage her. I put her dinner down next to her breakfast and again, she just eats a tiny bit and waits out until her 10 pm dry feed. She might eat some at late night night/early am.
I've only reduced the dry food for 2 days now. I'm not sure if this is normal. I'm worried I'm going too fast and have put 3 dry feeds back on the automatic feeder.
Edit: As soon as I gave a manual feed of dry food, she immediately went to eat her wet food. Cat psychology is screwing with me.
When I was giving her 3 portions of dry (3/8 cup) she was eating about 95% of it. I had only been giving one wet food feed of a 1/2 can at this point for dinner. She would go back about 3 times and slowly eat through it. I have been trying to pile it back up because she just won't eat flattened food. I had started giving 2 wet meals late last week and she was eating most of the wet.
Now that I reduced the dry, I can see she's purposely rationing her dry food and only eating a tiny bit of the wet. She might have a bit or two but is now wasting more wet food. She won't even finish her breakfast and I've been adding a bit of dry to the top to encourage her. I put her dinner down next to her breakfast and again, she just eats a tiny bit and waits out until her 10 pm dry feed. She might eat some at late night night/early am.
I've only reduced the dry food for 2 days now. I'm not sure if this is normal. I'm worried I'm going too fast and have put 3 dry feeds back on the automatic feeder.
Edit: As soon as I gave a manual feed of dry food, she immediately went to eat her wet food. Cat psychology is screwing with me.
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