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Wendy:

[nq:1]My cat Dixie, or kitten rather since she is 11 months old, is hungry all the time. She has been ... 8 months and never have I skipped meals for her. Please help! She is driving us crazy. Nancy and Dixie[/nq]
Provided there's no medical condition - such as hyperthyroidism (unlikely at a young age) or as you mentioned, worms, then it might very well be a learned behavior. One of my past cats was always begging for food. My sister'd found her when she was less than a year old, as a literally starving stray, in the middle of February (cold!). Food was forever on her mind. She also would eat her own food, then move on & finish off the food in my other cat's dish (the other cat was an all-day grazer, & ate exactly the right amount - never got fat). Plus she'd beg throughout the day. Eventually, I had to put her on a diet - the amount recommended by a vet, so that she'd lose weight slowly, but steadily.
Cathy
Sounds like my Isabelle. She's never met food she didn't like. She was a stray also but I guess her foster Mom was a little too good to her. We are trying to get her to lose but she is really resourceful when it comes to finding any food that is around. She has learned how to r e a c h into Boots' box and slide his bowl over to the door so she can scarf it. I'm surprised she hasn't learned to open the plastic box that we keep their food in. She goes to the kitchen around 4:00 every afternoon (dinner time is at
6) and sits there for 2 hours waiting to get fed. She is getting a littlebetter as she has stopped being a pest (noisy) in the morning.

W

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Cheryl:

on 06 Feb 2004:
[nq:1]Sounds like my Isabelle. She's never met food she didn't like. She was a stray also but I guess her ... e a c h into Boots' box and slide his bowl over to the door so she can scarf it.[/nq]
I'm curious about this, Wendy. Do you use a technique that I've seen others suggest where you put a bowl of food under a box with a small opening so a smaller cat can get it and the bigger one can't?

Cheryl
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Wendy:

on 06 Feb 2004:
[nq:1]Sounds like my Isabelle. She's never met food she didn't like. She was a stray also but I guess her ... e a c h into Boots' box and slide his bowl over to the door so she can scarf it.[/nq]
I'm curious about this, Wendy. Do you use a technique that I've seen others suggest where you put a bowl of food under a box with a small opening so a smaller cat can get it and the bigger one can't?

Cheryl
Yes. Someone here suggested it to keep the girls out of Boots' food. He's not eating the same food as the girls yet so I don't need them scarfing his kitten food.
Wendy

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Cheryl:

on 06 Feb 2004:
[nq:1]Yes. Someone here suggested it to keep the girls out of Boots' food. He's not eating the same food as the girls yet so I don't need them scarfing his kitten food.[/nq]I had thought about that for Bonnie's food since she won't eat canned and her dry food irritates Shadow's GI tract too much. Shadow sounds just like your Isabelle. lol At first I tried putting a baby gate in the doorway to the room Bonnie used to be secluded in and she got over it fine. Shadow isn't really a jumper anymore but he did surprise me a few times when I found that he'd jumped and I'd find him scarfing down her food, so that plan didn't work for long.

Now I just give her her food at scheduled meal times and if she doesn't eat enough in the morning when I put the food away, she'll eat more in the evening. I don't leave anyones food out for grazing. Though now that I'm separating them during the day, I do leave her a tiny bit that isn't eaten for breakfast and Shadow can't get to hers.

Cheryl
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Wendy:

on 06 Feb 2004:
[nq:1]Yes. Someone here suggested it to keep the girls out of Boots' food. He's not eating the same food as the girls yet so I don't need them scarfing his kitten food.[/nq]I had thought about that for Bonnie's food since she won't eat canned and her dry food irritates Shadow's GI tract too much. Shadow sounds just like your Isabelle. lol At first I tried putting a baby gate in the doorway to the room Bonnie used to be secluded in and she got over it fine. Shadow isn't really a jumper anymore but he did surprise me a few times when I found that he'd jumped and I'd find him scarfing down her food, so that plan didn't work for long.

Now I just give her her food at scheduled meal times and if she doesn't eat enough in the morning when I put the food away, she'll eat more in the evening. I don't leave anyones food out for grazing. Though now that I'm separating them during the day, I do leave her a tiny bit that isn't eaten for breakfast and Shadow can't get to hers.

Cheryl
It was a lot easier around here when it was Tiggy and Ralf. Neither one ate at one sitting so they would alternate and end up getting the amount that they should.
Boots stopped butting in front of the girls to eat their food since we switched to science diet kitten food. I guess he wasn't wild about the eukanuba.
Tiggy has started scarfing hers in one sitting to keep Isabelle from getting any. The problem with that is if I let her then she throws it back up. I end up standing there while they eat and picking up Tiggy's when she takes a break - then putting it back down later and standing there to insure she's the one eating it. It's getting to be a real PIA.
Isabelle is still as fat as ever. She occasionally chases the laser light and looks like a charging hippo.
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Cheryl:

on 06 Feb 2004:
[nq:1]Isabelle is still as fat as ever. She occasionally chases the laser light and looks like a charging hippo.[/nq]
LMAO! That is Shadow too! He just decided he likes chasing Da Bird toy when I play with the others and watching him run is comical, but good. His tummy wobbles when he runs. Plus, he runs a few steps and then remembers that he is afraid of being chased by the others and that part is sad.

Maybe Tiggy doesn't need as much at one sitting and try giving her just a little less?

Cheryl
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Cheryl:

on 06 Feb 2004:
[nq:1]Tiggy has started scarfing hers in one sitting to keep Isabelle from getting any. The problem with that is if ... back down later and standing there to insure she's the one eating it. It's getting to be a real PIA.[/nq]
PS - I'm trying to teach Bonnie to jump up on the counter (separate counter from where I cook) but that isn't working yet. We're close, Shamrock jumps up there for the little dry he eats and Bonnie watches him. Shadow definitely can't jump up counter height.

Cheryl
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Wendy:

on 06 Feb 2004:
[nq:1]Isabelle is still as fat as ever. She occasionally chases the laser light and looks like a charging hippo.[/nq]
LMAO! That is Shadow too! He just decided he likes chasing Da Bird toy when I play with the others and watching him run is comical, but good. His tummy wobbles when he runs. Plus, he runs a few steps and then remembers that he is afraid of being chased by the others and that part is sad.

Maybe Tiggy doesn't need as much at one sitting and try giving her just a little less?

Cheryl
I've been lifting the bowl and making her take a break if it seems she's going too fast. Annoys the cat but at least she keeps it all down.

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Cheryl:

on 06 Feb 2004:
[nq:1]I've been lifting the bowl and making her take a break if it seems she's going too fast. Annoys the cat but at least she keeps it all down.[/nq]
I've been pissing Shadow off too if he is successful in finding Bonnie's food and he gets a mouthful before I catch up and take the bowl away. He's sneaky, too. It's very hard keeping up with this crowd of diverse metabolic needs.

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