I leave about two cups of dry food out every morning for the six of them to munch on. Five of them share a can of wet food in the morning. Pete gets his own small can twice a day--it's prescription wet food for his FLUTD. The dry food is also prescription. When Pete was sick, I tried a feeding schedule--the others were not happy with me. Polly Paws yowled incessantly--like she was going to collapse from starvation at any minute! So we went back to the free feeding. They all gained a bit of weight when I changed foods--they had been on a lite diet food when Pete got sick, but they seem to have stabilized again.

When I adopted Onyx he weighed about 7 pounds and was five months old. The shelter staff warned me that he ate his own body weight in food everyday. I thought they were kidding--WRONG!! I am so glad he is finally done growing! He weighs just under 20 pounds now at 18 months old. I just had him at the vet for his annual check-up and the vet says his weight is fine, he's just a huge kitty.