Feeding three cats -- two different foods?

If you feed multiple cats at least two different foods, please tell me how you pull it off. My cats tend to follow the old adage "the grass is always greener..." Do you separate them behind closed doors? If so, how do you handle grazers if you're gone much of the day?

thanks!
Summer

Welcome to the club Summer.
My 2 cats have to eat different food because of food sensitivities.
The only way I have been able to succeed, is to not free feed them.
AM and PM they get fed. I watch them the whole time they are eating and pick up their food as soon as they are done.

Usually I give them a bedtime snack of their regular food.
It is a definite challenge for the human but it can be done if you are determined.

I have at some pts had five animals and four different diets ... fun fun... different rooms , different times or the all at once I stand and dictate who gets what method here...

right now same diet s different amount s... different rooms

Try having scheduled feeding in different rooms. If they're free feeding you are not likely going to be able to control when and what they eat.

Wow, feeling overwhelmed with the idea of feeding 3 cats separately each morning and evening, plus my 3-year old and 5-old children! No doubt I can pull it off, although I may age 10 years (at least) in the process . Thanks for the advice!!

Summer

I know that if you're willing to spend the money, they make special food dishes/dispensers that come with alarm collars. You put the collar on the cat you do NOT want eating the food, and an alarm goes off when they go near that particular dish. I've never spoken with anyone that has used them though.

I've had problems with this as well, and was never able to set up a feeding schedule, since my cats never finished what was in their bowls in one sitting.