OK, I run this house, not the cats.

Foster cats are free fed dry with canned fed 1 time per day.

My own cats eat dry food twice a day: in the am (6-7) and in the pm (6:30-7:30).
10 of them have their own crate that they are locked into until everyone has finished.
Rutherford eats in a room by himself.
and of the other 5, 1 in the kitchen, 2 in the living room and 2 in the cat room.

That's IT! no canned food, no regular treats, no exceptions. (well, OK, Fern and Willow DO get canned food mixed with their dry....it is the oly way they will eat it)

I know who ate what and how much. I know if a cat is "off-feed". I can feed special food to 1 or to all and they won't be in each others dishes.

This has worked for me for YEARS. They don't gain or lose weight so I know that they are not going hungry. And it is amazing how quickly a cat can adjust to the system. And they RACE for their carriers and wait to be fed. (those who eat outside of carriers are those who are too intimidated by them).

Ans so it goes at the Luckenbach house.