fortunately Toby has not discovered that he can jump onto the counter yet, but I can tell he's working on it by the way he stares and stretches to reach as far as he can. I know he'll eat everything he can get his paws on if he does get up there or figures out how to open the cabinet. As it is now, he tries to devour just about anything that hits the floor. Cat food, people food, bugs, random fuzzballs on the carpet, etc.. It's not like he was starving at the shelter either. He was already a solid little chunk o' cat when I adopted him. Adding to the problem is the fact that I am trying to get some weight on Havoc but he tends to pick at his food and eats only a few bites at a time before he gets distracted and wanders off. I have to offer him the bowl of food several times before he eats it all. Of course every time I give Havoc any food Toby starts begging so I have to give him a few kibbles too. Maybe Toby is training me to give in to his begging, but until Havoc eats more at one sitting I'm not sure what to do, since he starts fussing at me as soon as he realizes he's still hungry. Havoc is one obnoxious little dude who will not shut up when he wants something.

Today I was unloading groceries from my car. I set the first few bags on the floor inside the house and went out to get the rest. The car was right outside and I was gone less than a minute. By the time I got back in Toby had found the bag of cat food in one of the bags on the floor, ripped a hole in it and was trying to drag it off. He's a determined little bugger.

so my epic struggle actually involves 2 cats: one who barely eats enough, and one who can't seem to get enough.