Recent Content by carter1984

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. In answer to the "how sofa got her name" questions - This was Julie's cat from way before I knew her (sofa is about 12 years old). The story I heard was that she was the runt of the litter and all of her brothers and sisters would sit on her...hence the name...

Thanks for the advice everyone. I have taken to feeding all the cats a few times a day rather than constantly keeping their bowl full. I do believe this is helping, not only with my overweight cat, but also with the problem of one of my dogs eating the cat food. THanks again!

Hi everyone, My name is Matt and I live with my g/f Julie. Between us we now have 7 cats and 2 dogs. the cats are - Fuzzy, Luke and Joe(brothers), Martha, Eleanor, Sofa, and Oliver. Oliver and Sofa are 12 and 14 years old, while all the other kitties are less than 5 years old. The dogs are Ellie...

I searched out this forum because I am having a problem with an overweight cat. It would be simple enough to put her on a diet, however we have 6 other cats and we have a food bowl that stays filled most all of the time as the cats all eat at different times each day and night. Does anyone have...