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