Spencer, I've noticed that with all the starving stray cats we've taken in...they tend to just gorge themselves. I call it the "starving cat syndrome" because they probably feel that maybe they won't have food later? It definitely is difficult, because Aaron got Scooter from a lady who's cat had kittens and she didn't want them. Scooter was the last one left, and nobody was interested in him, but my husband fell in love at first site. Scooter is the only "non-stray" cat to be in the family, and he is also the only one that would eat only a few kibbles at a time and leave the rest for later. My Marius, on the other hand, turned out to be like my family's cat Socks, that I brought home in starving condition when I was in elementary school. That cat just inhales his food, and still does for that matter! Marius just gobbles food like there's no tomorrow as well! It was difficult for awhile, because we couldn't leave Scooter's food out because Marius would just gobble it down, so poor Scooter didn't have food access until we were home to supervise Marius. Have you noticed this in starving strays as well? Since Scooter has developed a behavioral problem and we have to keep him in his kitty playpen when we're gone, he has access to his food bowl without interferance from my cat. He's gained all his weight back (plus a few), and Marius still gobbles his food down...