Yep. They are all different thats for sure. Mine get dry food mostly and share a small can of wet for dinner. They prefer the gravy lovers stuff so lots of moisture there too. And yes, they get seafood too. I figure if they live to 145 years old that may be an issue for them.That was the only cat I've had in the 40+ years of owning cats who had diabetes. I am not saying that cats don't drink from water bowls. Just saying that they may or may not get enough moisture from drinking. My two rarely drink from their bowl. I feel better in my heart buying them more moisture rich wet food. I was the one who started the "crazy cat people" threadand got lambasted because I didn't follow their "advice". I believe that each person should do what they feel is best. They don't seem to think that way.
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Throwing the deuces
Mine are pate snobs. I have tried to give them gravy ones and shredded ones and they look at me like, "Uh..mom, what is this crap?"
RareBreed
Throwing the deuces
I don't know why but Boone paws at the sink. I told him if he pees or poops in there, I will throw him in the toilet! #meanmom
He's too fat to jump up there anymore. And he's still scarred from falling into the toilet.
True!He's too fat to jump up there anymore. And he's still scarred from falling into the toilet.
He now cheats getting on the couch via the coffee table.
RareBreed
Throwing the deuces
That is the same look I got yesterday from Boone when I fed him gravy instead of pate.
gemma_rae
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Did Gracie have to hold him back?
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Throwing the deuces
No, she happily ate it until she saw that Boone wasn't. Then she decided she didn't like it either. Funny thing was that after she left, Boone ended up going back and eating his and hers!! Hunger will do that to a fat cat.Did Gracie have to hold him back?
gemma_rae
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I have some experience with that myself. My last two were brother and sister, Buddy was the big boy and Grace was the girlie girl. Buddy was about 20lbs and Grace was about 12lbs. Buddy would wolf his food down and push Grace out of the way and eat hers too. Grace would just stare at me.
I'd try to sneak her some extra but Sonar Man could hear a pull tab from a mile away.
Miss Teia would do that, and taught the habit to Buff and Cooper.
All the cats we had/have drink out of bowls. Some liked to drink from the toilet, too.
gemma_rae
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Ah ha, the old porcelain oasis!
The water has a special "tang" that pets love.Ah ha, the old porcelain oasis!
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Throwing the deuces
Yep. Can hear a pull tab from a mile away!!I have some experience with that myself. My last two were brother and sister, Buddy was the big boy and Grace was the girlie girl. Buddy was about 20lbs and Grace was about 12lbs. Buddy would wolf his food down and push Grace out of the way and eat hers too. Grace would just stare at me.
I'd try to sneak her some extra but Sonar Man could hear a pull tab from a mile away.
My boy eats so fast sometimes, that he barfs it back up. Sometimes right back into his dish!I have some experience with that myself. My last two were brother and sister, Buddy was the big boy and Grace was the girlie girl. Buddy was about 20lbs and Grace was about 12lbs. Buddy would wolf his food down and push Grace out of the way and eat hers too. Grace would just stare at me.
I'd try to sneak her some extra but Sonar Man could hear a pull tab from a mile away.
gemma_rae
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Yes, I put in some lemon zest and a sprig of mint. How did you know?
gemma_rae
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Has he ever swallowed his dry food whole, then drank some water and harked it back up when it expanded in his tummy?My boy eats so fast sometimes, that he barfs it back up. Sometimes right back into his dish!
Buddy would do that and it would look like tic-tac-toe sponge pieces. Kibbles and Bits I think it was.
I have no idea. I don't leave out bowls of water.
This was our tiny Miss April Dancer (04/1986 - 10/1992) at about 4 months old when she discovered the Magic Spring that had cold clean water after a strange Whooshing noise was heard. She was a feral kitten my wife rescued at about 8 - 9 weeks of age from a parking lot on Eglin AFB, FL in June 1986.
Died from anaphylactic shock from a sedative during a routine procedure at the vet's when we had moved to Ohio.
Died from anaphylactic shock from a sedative during a routine procedure at the vet's when we had moved to Ohio.