Cats in Boxes

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EvilPixie Oct 2021 9:45am, 1 Oct 2021 28,281 posts	0 EvilPixie Ozzy is a grazer yes takes about 3 goes to eat any one meal!
GetOutTheDoor Oct 2021 9:47am, 1 Oct 2021 144 posts	0 GetOutTheDoor Can you stand guard at feeding time? We have Polly, who is a reluctant eater, and Sid who is a walking garbage tin. Their wet food gets put down at the same time (if Polly bothers attending, otherwise just Sid's gets delivered), any attempts by Sid to eat Polly's, and we pick him up, put him back by his plate. Once he is done we put him in another room (he now is politer and sits a distance from the feeding station watching for Polly to give up) until Polly finishes. If Polly has had a decent helping, then Sid gets to clean the plate, otherwise we hide Polly's plate until she has had a second sitting. Takes some time, but we now know Polly has had food. They still have dry food to graze on overnight (it gets put away in daylight hours as we've caught other cats in the house - contemplating a microchip cat flap but the last one I tried didn't see Sid's microchip).
EvilPixie Oct 2021 9:54am, 1 Oct 2021 28,282 posts	0 EvilPixie Oh I do but I'm returning to the office in a week We have the electronic timer bowls - when we have used them Dio appears to have eaten everything as his tummy is iffy next day and when we get home Ozzy is asking for food!
Hanneke Oct 2021 9:56am, 1 Oct 2021 80,205 posts	0 Hanneke If Ozzy is a grazer then I think it is worth getting him a chip bowl. He can the eat whenever he wants without Dio scoffing the lot. If he wasn't, you could feed them in separate rooms at the same time and only let them out once Ozzy has finished his.
EvilPixie Oct 2021 10:02am, 1 Oct 2021 28,283 posts	0 EvilPixie Cheaper on Amazon (which means I can also justify getting books at the same time lol)
Diogenes Oct 2021 10:02am, 1 Oct 2021 63,144 posts	0 Diogenes I thought that all cats were grazers. I've also known them not to like empty bowls. I had one cat that would demand there was food available but not always eat it once it was there.
EvilPixie Oct 2021 10:03am, 1 Oct 2021 28,284 posts	0 EvilPixie dio will clean his bowl in seconds then look for me! May be cheaper at Amazon but not in stock arse!
Diogenes Oct 2021 10:04am, 1 Oct 2021 63,145 posts	0 Diogenes Classic cat in box moment from Ziggy this morning.
EvilPixie Oct 2021 10:07am, 1 Oct 2021 28,285 posts	0 EvilPixie well done Ziggy going to order it I'm in for 4 days then off for a week and the eta is when we are off so fingers crossed
MazzyH Oct 2021 10:27am, 1 Oct 2021 11,444 posts	0 MazzyH Do you feed them side by side? Could it be as simple as splitting them up. Putting Ozzy’s in a safer spot (on a worktop maybe)