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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 11:18 PM Original message |
Do you 'free feed' your cats, or do they have set feeding times? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have had dozens of teh furbabies through the years |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I just lost one of my beloveds, too. Well, back in February. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Good point, this way she isn't pigging out at night |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. we lost our 13-year old siamese she-ra to the same thing last year... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. do it gradually |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. We're evil kitteh parents, putting them all downstairs in the rec room |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. oh hell - that's perfect |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Our two male cats are grazers, but Sonia is training them to be fed their |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Roosevelt's the big bruiser, right? |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. The funny thing is Truffle was an all black Mainecoon like Sonia, |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. They have a gravity feeder that holds several days worth of kibble at a stretch. |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I've never had this issue until our vet's eyes popped out |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Three of my four are on the slight side. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. Used to free feed, but somewhere around 13 yrs old they started to really chub out. Once the boy cat |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. hm. that sounds do-able. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Lucky for me Pretzel is rather placid so I very rarely get chomped or scratched. :^) |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. it's interesting - my boys have been soooo easy to medicate, but |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Pickles would be a holy terror to have to pill. She's my wild child. LOL |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
16. I free feed them dry food... |
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kedrys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
17. They have kibble on tap, and get fed wet food four times a day |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
19. things changed when we got a black lab... |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
20. My cat has set feedings |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. my 16 yo's the opposite |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. We free feed all our animals. I've noticed that some of them would chunk up |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
23. Both. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. I just started free feeding my cats a few months ago. So far neither one has gained weight |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. Set feeding times. *Evening* feeding times... |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. I free feed my cat and my dog. Whenever I notice the dish getting low |
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kaehele (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm dealing with the same problem |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Moist food just has soooo many calories (so my vet said).... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. My cats have never had the magic food bowl that is always so marvelously filled. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. Something that might help |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. They get both wet and dry... I used to feed them super high quality |
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