Do you free feed? Or Twice (or more) a day??

Thanks Jen! :)

We free-feed the gang. They also get a little treat of canned food twice a day. Jan is the gleaner. If Sid or Joxer don't finish their canned food, she'll be around to finish it for them.

Jan is a perfect size. I think Joxer might be coming just to the end of his growth cycle - he'll be three in June and is now as big as Sid (but not as fat). Sid could stand to lose some weight, but he isn't overly obese.

We selected Iams as their dry food because it is the one premium brand that is availabe 24 hours a day at Walgreens.;)

We used to free feed, but then I was worried that Bach and Eliza were eating too much .. namely because i always saw them by the food bowl whenever i glanced that way.. and Eliza was overweight when we rescued her, so I thought I would switch how they were fed.

Currently they get fed once a day at about 8pm. They are not happy about it, but are adjusting, and I measure it out, and put it down, and if there's anything left, I leave that.

Although I am thinking to follow Jen's advice (I tell ya, Jen is the cat meowmie goddess!) to give them each their own in a part of the apartment, so i can monitor everyone's habits, so if one starts to get sick, I can pick up on it more quickly than I could now. (sooner the better is my motto!)

I know they will HATE that for a while .. but they also know that I am more persistent than them, and if they want the food, they'll eat it when it's down :D (Eliza tried snubbing her nose at me when i first changed to the once a day, but then she thought, oh, she's really sticking to this 8pm thing... lol)