They're staging a revolt!

[kt_luvs_kitties]

Oh Lori, WHY would you do this to yourself? LOL I am joking! I tried once, failed miserably. They just got to crazy over food, and I could not handle it!

I guess if you just hold out long enough, they will get over it.. But I am not sure, they might plan a strike on using the potty pans, or worse, find it more fun to use it on your furniture

GOOD LUCK!

[jazzcat]

I guess if you just hold out long enough, they will get over it.. But I am not sure, they might plan a strike on using the potty pans, or worse, find it more fun to use it on your furniture

GOOD LUCK!

Oh my gosh, I never thought about a potty pan protest!!!! First sign of that and out comes the food, they win!

So far things are okay but I did give in and give them a little snack of their dry diet food about 6 pm but it was just a little I put in the floor for all to gobble quickly.

If this fails it's not the end of the world but I would like to get them to just two meals a day. It would make things easier if we decide to go on vacation. I'd have a hard time finding someone to come three times a day just to feed them.

[Pam]

I hear you! When Trevor was diagnosed with diabetes I obviously had to stop the free feeding. He had to eat twice a day at specific times and that was a bitter pill for him to swallow. Andy was not happy with me either but he accepted it better than Trevor did. I sometimes had a hard time even preparing meals for us humans as Trevor would jump up on the counter any time I put any kind of food up there. (It was very hard to be cutting up chicken with a big ole knife and have to deal with an angry orangie dodging the knife to try and grab that chicken.) Now that Trevor has passed I still continue to feed Andy at only two set times per day. I read on one of the diabetic kitty sites that free feeding (especially males) can actually contribute to diabetes. Trevor always had a more than healthy appetite and I am sure he ate way more than Andy when I would free feed them because at one point he was up to 20 lbs. I think your kitties will settle down and adjust in time. Getting off the free feeding was probably the hardest and you are adjusting them in stages. Good luck!

[Anikaca77]

I used to leave food out all the time and now I give a 1/2 cup of food in the morning and 1/2 cup in the evenings. I have out 7 bowls - one for each cat (they don't have separate bowls they are just bowls), and that way I figured they should be able to get enough to eat throughout the day and it usually works by the time I come home in the evening there is still some food left.

Not sure if this will help, but I know it's hard. We just had Athena who had hernia surgery and you swear you think our cats weren't fed the way they were acting the other night.

Melissa

[krazyaboutkatz]

Good luck. I wish that I could reduce my cats to only 2 feedings a day. Since I have a few that tend to eat too fast and then barf, I have to feed them very small meals. I now feed them 2 small feedings in the morning and 2 small feedings in the evening. I usually wait about 2 hours in between feeding times. It'll be very hard to find a pet sitter to feed my cats if I ever go out of town or on vacation some where.

[jazzcat]

Good luck. I wish that I could reduce my cats to only 2 feedings a day. Since I have a few that tend to eat too fast and then barf, I have to feed them very small meals. I now feed them 2 small feedings in the morning and 2 small feedings in the evening. I usually wait about 2 hours in between feeding times. It'll be very hard to find a pet sitter to feed my cats if I ever go out of town or on vacation some where.

Oh wow Tracey, that is complicated. I thought my three a day was a pain. I have a couple who will throw up if they eat too fast but it doesn't happen too often so I don't worry.

So far this is going okay, I have to give them a 'snack' around 5-6 pm or whenever I get home but it can just be a handful of diet food on the floor and they are happy enough, for now.