So he won't slow down when he eats... and throws it all up again...

[rosethecopycat]

I would not put anything in the bowl other than food, good way for the cat to try to swallow something that is not food related. Reasoning is they associate everything in their bowl as food.

You may have a good point here, but I've never experienced it.

[Don Juan's mom]

My sister Carolyn had the same problem with her senior cat Oliver. She solved it by getting a couple of those "vacation" feeders that can be set to open at a certain time each day. She divides his food between the compartments, so that he gets four tiny meals a day instead of one big one.

Liz