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    I had this with Cali for about 5 or so months. Feeding time was ridiculous. The growls, the swipes, the nips to get the food back. She eventually outgrew it. But, I don't think they always do.

    The discipline mentioned above might work. When we took in our last four, two of whom we kept, I nearly stopped feeding cats wet food all together. It was just WAY too much to deal with. It should have been a horror film or something. Then two got adopted out, and I now deal with just one crazed kitty. I have to 'pop' him on the bottom, (again, one finger, just looking for the contact to redirect), and mostly sit there while they all finish up their 1 tablespoon of wet food, or he goes on to everyone else's bowl. Funny, I can train 7 cats to sit in their assigned places....but one bad egg sends us over the edge.

    Cats...can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cataholic View Post
    Cats...can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.
    Well, you could... but then, what would be the point of living?

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    I would work very hard to not let this become an issue if that doesn't sound too weird!!!
    You could wait and see if she (very cute!) grows out of it or another cat gets fed up with her and disciplines her but I would not want to allow this to become a habit.
    I also allow free access to dried food for cats and feed meat just once a day. When meat time comes around it has to be at the same time every day - Years ago this was at 11 am but then my children started to grow up and go to nursery, school, college, university . . . . and I had to go back to work.
    I now give the cat meat feed at 8pm and if you are here you get fed, if you are not then you wait until tomorrow! Each cat that shows up gets a bowl of their own and a space of their own, seperate rooms where possible with closed doors between. They have ten minutes to eat and then all bowls are picked up, all doors opened and nobody is upset with anyone else!

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