Old Dog
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I have 4 cats.
The oldest boy is athletically skinny.
The other boy is definitely pudgy.
The little girl is a little pudgy too.
But the one that really needs a diet is Midnight.
She's always been at the bottom of the pecking order. When we went on a week's vacation, she had unlimited access to mass quantities of food. (We just put down tons of food and water and cat boxes.)
And her weight zoomed. She's as big as throw pillow.
However, it's very hard to put one of 4 kitties on a diet.
I tried to put all but the skinny guy on a diet by limiting the food and feeding him extra. But he's a picky eater, as in picks at his food. So in order to get enough calories into him while restricting them, I'd have had to feed him separately dozens of times in a day. Not gonna happen.
I currently feed everyone twice a day. I don't really want to put a huge time restriction on the fat cat because feeling like she had to wolf the food down when it was available is how she ended up so huge.
But I gotta do something. Even if I don't like some aspects of it.
I wish there were gizmos I could put on their collars which would be keyed to each cat and also to a feeding station. But alas, I've seen nothing like that.
So, any ideas?
The oldest boy is athletically skinny.
The other boy is definitely pudgy.
The little girl is a little pudgy too.
But the one that really needs a diet is Midnight.
She's always been at the bottom of the pecking order. When we went on a week's vacation, she had unlimited access to mass quantities of food. (We just put down tons of food and water and cat boxes.)
And her weight zoomed. She's as big as throw pillow.
However, it's very hard to put one of 4 kitties on a diet.
I tried to put all but the skinny guy on a diet by limiting the food and feeding him extra. But he's a picky eater, as in picks at his food. So in order to get enough calories into him while restricting them, I'd have had to feed him separately dozens of times in a day. Not gonna happen.
I currently feed everyone twice a day. I don't really want to put a huge time restriction on the fat cat because feeling like she had to wolf the food down when it was available is how she ended up so huge.
But I gotta do something. Even if I don't like some aspects of it.
I wish there were gizmos I could put on their collars which would be keyed to each cat and also to a feeding station. But alas, I've seen nothing like that.
So, any ideas?