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Tips? Suggestions?
We have been trying to get our cats used to eating twice a day instead of munching here and there all day long. We are planning on switching them to a raw diet soon, but we have to get them to eat twice a day on their kibble first before we can try and get them on raw. It's been hard because they are so used to having the '24 hour kibble buffet' and so they don't eat but just a little bit when we put it out. We have been only leaving it out for a short while in the morning and then in the evening. And the cats are miserable. I started feeling so guilty yesterday when I was cooking dinner because they both looked so pitiful standing over by where their food usually is. ![]() Is this something that will just take time? I realize that they have been used to eating anytime they want their whole lives, so not only are they mentally not sure what to do, but I'm sure that their bodies are little confused too. We are going to stick with this because we have to if we are switching to raw, but man they are breaking my heart right now ![]() |
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Figure out how much food they should get in a day, split that in half.
Give the first half in the AM, and second half in the PM. Just leave it there till they finish it. Would they eat that fast enough, or would there still be some "morning" food left by the night feeding? Sorry I can't be more help, my dog has always been on a twice a day schedule, if you gave her the "buffet" style, she'd eat the 40lb bag of food in one sitting!! |
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I vote to just go cold turkey... literally.
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![]() ![]() ![]() All the info I can find about a raw cat diet say that you have to ease them into it. They just won't eat raw food if they have been eating nothing but kibble their whole lives. ![]() |
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Cats are dirty evil little creatures so I'm not sure if the same techniques will work on them that work on a dog but...
When I switched to raw diet for my dogs they were a little confused at first. I sat their food down and when they didn't show interest in it I picked it back up, then set it back down again at night. They pick up on it pretty fast once they get hungry. ________ WHOLESALE VAPORIZERS Last edited by Kaneman; 05-09-2011 at 08:28 PM.. |
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My cat got super fat on the buffet style diet... So I fed him about 3/4 cup of food once daily per my vet's instructions. Then he started waking me up at all hours in the morning to be fed so about 5 months ago I moved to a night feeding schedule. All is well but in the morning when I go downstairs he still thinks I'm going to feed him. That said if he was in the wild he may only eat once a day if he was lucky. Most likely he would eat once every couple days or so... Don't feel bad or personify your animal... Remember they are cats...
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My cats graze all day but my dog is fed twice a day. Seems to work out well. Sometimes the dog will let the food sit in the bowl for a little while before he touches it. I give him 20 minutes, if it's not all gone I pick up the bowl.
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