Cats in Boxes

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EvilPixie Apr 2023 3:22pm, 14 Apr 2023 42,316 posts	0 EvilPixie bless Oh Ozzy is slowly eating more of his new food - I'm still not giving him much as the awkward sod just decided that if I was going to give him that STUFF he would hardly eat but it seems he is now realising that he wont get much else and is eating more. So now I slowly increase the mix so he finally has the expensive urinary food only
leaguefreak Apr 2023 3:23pm, 14 Apr 2023 11,158 posts	0 leaguefreak Well done Ozzy.
CK2 Apr 2023 3:45pm, 14 Apr 2023 1,916 posts	0 CK2 Great news lf
sallykate Apr 2023 5:43pm, 14 Apr 2023 11,362 posts	0 sallykate Good boy Ozzy! lf, how did you reduce Boba's weight (as I think you're a multi-cat household)? Caspar is a chonk now; he's always been heavy but used to go outside and has been an indoor cat for three months now. I always thought they'd go outside here too (we moved from UK to Sweden) but husband and daughter are nervous about letting them out.
sallykate Apr 2023 5:45pm, 14 Apr 2023 11,363 posts	0 sallykate We call him "triangle cat": TBH he doesn't feel obviously podgy, he's just very solid compared to the other two (who don't seem to have got any heavier).
JenHB Apr 2023 5:51pm, 14 Apr 2023 1,452 posts	0 JenHB took Tilly for her vaccinations - thought that it would mean she would ignore me the rest of the evening but no, she's wanting even more fuss than usual! Have also been told that she is a bit heavy - so think I need to start weighing her food instead of doing it by eye.
leaguefreak Apr 2023 5:59pm, 14 Apr 2023 11,161 posts	0 leaguefreak That's a value for money cat you've got there. He's lovely. We've had to manage things quite carefully as Bib is grazer and Boba is a good eater and will nick her food if she leaves it unfinished. We give half a pouch of wet each in the morning and a pouch each in the afternoon. We watch them eat and if Bib walks off we lift her food and give it back when she "asks". We measure dry for each cat into a labelled pot before bed and that's their lot for the next day. Boba works for his dry food in a puzzle feeder or as a reward for playing. Bib gets hers on a saucer as she's not so food motivated. When we go away it's less regimented and boba is usually shitting for Britain when we get back suggesting he's been eating Bib's food sometimes. It's a commitment. Some people use tech (the less greedy cat has a microchip feeder) but Bib wouldn't really go for that I don't think.
EvilPixie Apr 2023 6:08pm, 14 Apr 2023 42,321 posts	0 EvilPixie Dio is a pig Ozzy grazes so we got him a microchip operated feeder He tends to eat most of his food over night Dio really can’t understand the magic that lets it open for ozzy but not him
Little Nemo Apr 2023 6:28pm, 14 Apr 2023 13,508 posts	0 Little Nemo Hester is very variable as to how much she'll eat. She sometimes takes a random dislike to food she's previously eaten before so on those days she doesn't eat much at all. On other days she'll have 2 wet pouches and dry food as well. Still about the same weight as when she arrived so I think she's doing OK.
Hanneke Apr 2023 9:58pm, 14 Apr 2023 102,154 posts	0 Hanneke Lasya eats very little. By choice! Half a pouch of wet food in the morning, ad lib biscuits and tooth brushing things in the evening. She is slim, about 3 kgs and always has been. Only cat not overweight in the practice!