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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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Or you could quit feeding them entirely. they can hunt for food.
They are only cats afterall. |
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![]() If they ever went outside we could make that work, but they are city, apartment, third floor cats. We thought about buying mice and letting them run around the apartment. ![]() |
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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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