The food bowls go down and come up in 20 minutes twice a day.
In my previous post I mentioned that my vet wanted me to start feeding all wet food since my Bear seems to be getting crystals. Well I switched back to Authority with a can or two a week of Wellness for cost reasons. I began getting them used to this change as well as not leaving a lot of dry food out all day.
So this morning the wet food went down at 7 a.m. Gabe our new kitten already has this down pat and ate up all his food as did Lokk. Scratchez and Max also ate a good portion but didn't finish it all, they still like to go back an hour later and nibble. Bear nibbled as he is just starting to get used to the wet food (of course the one who needs it the most
). Aura and Jack didn't even touch it. Aura is just finicky and Jack does not seem to like wet food at all. I even put down a 1/4 cup of dry for him and he just turned his nose up. He will be the hardest to get on this schedule. Aura just needs to learn that she gets nothing until next feeding if she decides to be a priss.
I am still not sure I am giving them enough. It seems as though I'm not. I'm splitting one 6oz can between 5 of them each meal time since Jack doesn't even bother with it. I can't help think its not enough food yet I always end up throwing out a few tablespoons worth. Gabe I give half a 3oz can of kitten food each meal and he gobbles that down plus tries to kill off the rest of the food the others leave. I end up having to stop him because his belly gets huge and he doesn't seem to know when to stop himself plus I think his overeating is causing his diarrhea.
I don't know why but I just feel like a bad meowmy. I left two cats hungry this morning and I am already worrying about what to do if Jack doesn't eat for 24 hours. I don't want to cave but I am so weak-willed when it comes to my kitties. I just know I am going to give in and put out the buffet again.
In my previous post I mentioned that my vet wanted me to start feeding all wet food since my Bear seems to be getting crystals. Well I switched back to Authority with a can or two a week of Wellness for cost reasons. I began getting them used to this change as well as not leaving a lot of dry food out all day.
So this morning the wet food went down at 7 a.m. Gabe our new kitten already has this down pat and ate up all his food as did Lokk. Scratchez and Max also ate a good portion but didn't finish it all, they still like to go back an hour later and nibble. Bear nibbled as he is just starting to get used to the wet food (of course the one who needs it the most
I am still not sure I am giving them enough. It seems as though I'm not. I'm splitting one 6oz can between 5 of them each meal time since Jack doesn't even bother with it. I can't help think its not enough food yet I always end up throwing out a few tablespoons worth. Gabe I give half a 3oz can of kitten food each meal and he gobbles that down plus tries to kill off the rest of the food the others leave. I end up having to stop him because his belly gets huge and he doesn't seem to know when to stop himself plus I think his overeating is causing his diarrhea.
I don't know why but I just feel like a bad meowmy. I left two cats hungry this morning and I am already worrying about what to do if Jack doesn't eat for 24 hours. I don't want to cave but I am so weak-willed when it comes to my kitties. I just know I am going to give in and put out the buffet again.