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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

734.0. "Feeding problem?" by MAGIC::POLLOCK (A cat has 9 lives... ) Tue Sep 01 1987 17:14

    I have 2 2-year old neutered male cats names Spooky and Ashes.
    I feed them both Science Diet twice a day.  Spooky seems to
    literally devour the food while Ashes is a picky eater who likes
    to eat a few morsels and then come back later for more, but it's
    not there because Spooky has already gobbled it all up.   Ashes
    really prefers the supermarket dry food, but Spooky has a sensitivity
    to it.   I've had both Spooky and Ashes checked out by the vet and they
    are both healthy.
    
    The problem (at least I think it is one) is that Ashes seems to
    always want me to put out more food when the dish is empty.  He
    follows me all over the house and meows at me as if to say "Well
    lady, when are you going to feed me some more?".  
    
    Does anyone have any suggestions on a solution to my problem?
    
    Thanks in advance for any help,
    Paula
    
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734.1one approach25175::KALLISNot now. I've got an idache.Tue Sep 01 1987 17:368
    I never had that problem, but one of my friends who did established
    a special off-the-floor feeding place vfor the short-changed cat.
     In that case, it was on a kitchen counter; it easily could have
    been on the top of a refrigerator.
    
    Sometimes, sharing a bowl  isn't a way to promote togetherness.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.
734.2Bonzo and Twiddle belong to a friendCADSYS::RICHARDSONTue Sep 01 1987 17:548
    re .-1
    Just exactly what a friend of mine did (both of my kitties are
    gobblers).  They put the nibbler's bowl on top of a shelf where the
    gobbler (who is much, much bigger - weighs 27 pounds!) can't get
    at it, and the nibbler (a tiny female kitty - she only weighs about
    4 pounds), Twiddle, eats when she pleases, while Bonzo the gobbler
    wolfs down his food, can't reach hers, and goes away to try begging
    at the dinner table.
734.3Both are jumpersMAGIC::POLLOCKA cat has 9 lives... Tue Sep 01 1987 18:018
    Spooky weighs in at about 13.5 lbs. while Ashes weighs in at about
    11 lbs.   Both seem to have springs in their legs, especially Spooky
    who can jump very, very high so I don't think putting a bowl in
    a high place would work.  Maybe I should just put a ball and chain
    on Spooky's leg! :-)
    
    -paula
    
734.4Try a self or free feederVAXWRK::SKALTSISDebTue Sep 01 1987 18:5510
    assuming that the cats don't have worms, and you don't have a true
    glutton, you might want to consider a self feeder. These things
    store several pounds of food, and while Mr. Hungry will pig out
    the first day, chances are that as time passes he will just eat
    enough to satisfy his appitite.
    
    However, if you have a true glutton (like Argus J. Pussycat, Esq.),
    this won't work.
    
    Deb
734.5Where to buy self feeder?MAGIC::POLLOCKA cat has 9 lives... Tue Sep 01 1987 19:128
    re .4:
    
    Do you happen to know where I can purchase a self-feeder reasonably
    priced?
    
    Thanx,
    Paula
    
734.6VAXWRK::SKALTSISDebWed Sep 02 1987 15:467
    well, that depends on where you are located. I purchased ours at
    Debby's Petland in Newton, but I've also seen them at places like
    OSCO drug in Waltham, Dr. Pet in Watertown, etc. Any pet store or
    store with a good size pet supply department usually had them. The
    cost is between $5 and $10.
    
    Deb
734.7mail orderCADSYS::RICHARDSONWed Sep 02 1987 19:255
    I ordered the ones my cats use from the little catalog that
    sporadically comes inside the bags of "Kleen Kitty" - the automatic
    watering machines are great, too (there's nothing quite so unhappy
    as a THIRSTY KITTY, especially early in the morning, and especially
    if the kitty is part Siamese...).
734.8Automatic feederMAGIC::POLLOCKA cat has 9 lives... Fri Sep 04 1987 01:306
    I just purchased an automatic feeder and I've filled it up about
    half-way with Science Diet.  I'll let you know how it goes.
    
    Thanx for all your suggestions,
    Paula
    
734.9Success, I think?!?!MAGIC::POLLOCKIs it Friday yet???Thu Sep 17 1987 17:4110
    Well, I've had the automatic feeder for about 2 weeks now.  I think
    Ashes seems a little more "happy" now that he can be a nibbler again.
    Spooky doesn't seem to be a glutton as far as I can tell, even though
    his favorite pass time is eating.   Ashes still meows at me, but
    it seems to occur only when I'm in the kitchen.   I think he associates
    the kitchen with getting fed because when I first got him that was
    where his food dish and food were kept.
    
    -Paula