As you folks know, we just recently adopted a sweet pair of sibling orange & whites. The kittens are almost five months old and have a wonderful disposition -- they have softened my torti/calico up to the point where they have cute little snuggle/grooming sessions and all my furbabies are getting along famously...

Until feeding time. They all want to be fed at the exact same moment in time which of course is impossible. To avoid too much distraction, I feed Bonnie, our resident cat, first, upstairs, and then carry Levi and Charity, the newbies, downstairs in my arms to feed them, then I feed our pup. This works out okay until Levi decides he's finished his food and wants to finish Charity's, and then comes up and wants to finish Bonnie's...

How do I keep Levi out of their food dishes? Bonnie used to like to take her time with her food, eating a bit at a time. Now, if she leaves her dish, Levi cleans it up for her and then Bonnie goes back to her dish later and...it's empty.

What do you folks suggest? I can't monitor their individual dishes every minute or put little alarms on them...but I really want all my kitties to eat the way they like (all at once, taking their time, whatever) instead of feeling like they must protect their own food dish because of Levi's appetite.

Thanks for any advice, I could really use it!