ADD eating habits

mieyes29

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Hi, I have lurked for a while, finally worked up courage to post a question.
Latte, male kitteh, almost 12 months, cannot keep his attention to settling in to eat. He interrupts his meal to run and check where we are, where his brother is, why the coffee maker was noisy, get a quick snuggle, etc.
We are using dry Blue Buffalo Wilderness, and although he likes it, and does eat it, it takes him three times as long as his brother Mocha. We have to put one of them in a separate room to eat, otherwise Mocha will finish both his own food, and his brother's. That's a bit difficult as we have an open floorplan. Mocha is starting to be chubby, and Latte could stand to gain some weight.
How can I get Latte to scarf down his food faster, so we can let them eat together?
 

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Kittys are very unique and on ave a cat left on its own will eat 15 small meals a day on ave.

Welcome to TCS....

He is not having issues with vomiting ?
 
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mieyes29

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No, he had a stomach bug when he first came from the shelter, but that is all resolved now. The "ADD" eating started maybe a month ago.
 

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since it started recently I would suggest talking with the vet about it
 

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That is cute. Maybe give him something more enticing like canned food and he will sit down and eat. I have the same problem with my cats kind of. I like to give them a half a can of cat food with water in it to make sure they are getting enough water everyday. If i do not watch them, Rocko will eat his then go to Bear's. I just have to sit down and keep Rocko away from his food.
 

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Yep, I am the Dreaded Cat Food Police here, too. Hehe.

I have three on different diets, and feed the slowest eater first (and she still finishes last) and so on, and stand by to keep the gobbler away from the other's dishes.

You might try feeding some canned food every day. That may hold his attention better.

Hope to hear more about Latte and Mocha. Got any pics?
 
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Thanks everyone, I was suspecting it was "normal".
I tried to mix the kibbles with a bit of water today, Latte was much more interested in that. He drinks nicely from a fountain, and fills the litterbox with nooo issues. Several fist size scoops daily between the two cats and two boxes.

I'll post some pics when I get to the right computer. They are really cute, a dark solid brown. They look very much like Havana Browns, even though they came from a shelter.
 
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