dry vs wet food

[Jessika]

My 2 cats are free-fed dry kibble, their dish is always full.

That will NEVER happen in my household. The pups would eat it before Double-Oh would have a chance!

[lv4dogs]

That will NEVER happen in my household. The pups would eat it before Double-Oh would have a chance!

Thats why I feed my cats on the counter. lol
Nanook & Raustyk are good, they won't touch the cats food but I can not get Kaige to leave it alone for the life of me.

My cats are indoor/outdoor cats so they get a lot of exercise and also experience the elements of the weather so I like them to have food when ever they want it.
If they were indoors only I would probably limit their food.

[Jessika]

Thats why I feed my cats on the counter. lol
Nanook & Raustyk are good, they won't touch the cats food but I can not get Kaige to leave it alone for the life of me.

See I don't want to do that either though because I don't want him to think he can jump on the table or counters =/

LOL i've had the same problem with Roscoe - he'd eat the cats' dry food before his own! I ended up putting a baby gate up in one of our spare bedrooms (now called the cats' room!) so he couldn't get in. I had to put the gate about an inch or so above the ground, so the cats can crawl under it but it seems to be too high for Roscoe to jump over (realistically he could plow right through it, but he doesn't seem to know that ) It works really well - although there for a while I must have had it up too high, and I caught him sliding under the gate

That's actually a really good idea!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I feed my cats both wet and dry food. They get wet and dry food mixed together in the morning and evening and I measure out some dry food so they can much on it during the day and I do this again later in the evening. Lately they've been inhaling all of the dry food as soon as I put it in the bowls so there isn't any left for them to munch on later.

Since Storm has struvite crystals and is more prone to urinarary tract infections now because of his PU surgery, the wet food is very important for him so he'll get more moisture. It's also helped with his flaky dandruff problem. He's also on a special diet which is Royal Canin S/O both dry and wet. Soon all of my cats will be on this food.

[lv4dogs]

See I don't want to do that either though because I don't want him to think he can jump on the table or counters =/

I was so afraid of that at first too but surprisigly they seem to know they are only allowed on that one counter.

When I first got the kitties (before Kaige came along) they always ate on the floor. I tought them then that counters & tables were a no no. Then months after Kaige came & I couldn't break him of eating the cats food I moved it to the counter. I had to literally lift them up on the counter so they could eat. I had to do this multiple times a day for a week or so until they got the hint that they could get up there on their own & that it was ok. I have yet to catch them or see any hints of them being on other counters or tables since. Well ok Meko *occassionally* jumps up on this one spot on another counter, but she only does that when Kaige wants to play with her & she is kind of trapped in the one corner of the kitchen. But she did that when she was fed on the floor too, she just doesn't like to play with the dogs only snuggle & Kaige does not really know the meaning of snuggle yet. lol She jumps right baack off as soon as I see her or as soon as the coast is clear so I let her be.

[JenBKR]

That will NEVER happen in my household. The pups would eat it before Double-Oh would have a chance!

LOL i've had the same problem with Roscoe - he'd eat the cats' dry food before his own! I ended up putting a baby gate up in one of our spare bedrooms (now called the cats' room!) so he couldn't get in. I had to put the gate about an inch or so above the ground, so the cats can crawl under it but it seems to be too high for Roscoe to jump over (realistically he could plow right through it, but he doesn't seem to know that ) It works really well - although there for a while I must have had it up too high, and I caught him sliding under the gate