We have a male kitten who was born in December of 2009. We have been feeding him high quality wet food that is low in carbs/additives since he joined us in February. A cat I owned when I was younger became diabetic and I wanted to prevent this problem in my new kitten. I fed him four small meals a day that added up to the recommended amount per day. He then became very obsessed with food when he was about 5 months old. He will try to eat anything and everything in the house if it is left out. Meat, bread, oil, margarine, crackers, veggies, greasy paper towels, garbage and food residue in the sink. Nothing we could do would prevent this behaviour, we tried spraying him and other things but nothing worked.
Then we found an abondoned female kitten when he was about 8 months old (she was about 4 months). He became even more aggressive about eating his food fast and trying to get our food as well. She has also begun acting the same as him, although not to the same extent. We can't cook or eat a meal without being constantly harrassed, and if we keep them in a room while we eat they will cry endlessly and sometimes defecate in the corner of the room in frustation. We recently tried leaving some dry food out 24/7 and still giving them their usualy meals of wet food. We hoped that if they knew there was always food to be had, they would become less competitive over the food with eachother. Both kittens stopped bothering us so we assumed this was a solution. The younger kitten mostly just eats the wet food we give her and occasionaly has a nibble of the dry food. The older cat however has been eating nonstop and has a visibly bloated stomache.
Is there anything we can do that will prevent him from getting fat while convinving him to leave human food alone?
Then we found an abondoned female kitten when he was about 8 months old (she was about 4 months). He became even more aggressive about eating his food fast and trying to get our food as well. She has also begun acting the same as him, although not to the same extent. We can't cook or eat a meal without being constantly harrassed, and if we keep them in a room while we eat they will cry endlessly and sometimes defecate in the corner of the room in frustation. We recently tried leaving some dry food out 24/7 and still giving them their usualy meals of wet food. We hoped that if they knew there was always food to be had, they would become less competitive over the food with eachother. Both kittens stopped bothering us so we assumed this was a solution. The younger kitten mostly just eats the wet food we give her and occasionaly has a nibble of the dry food. The older cat however has been eating nonstop and has a visibly bloated stomache.
Is there anything we can do that will prevent him from getting fat while convinving him to leave human food alone?
So waiting a few days is fine. Your other option is using a flea topical like Revolution for a couple months - that is a prescription flea topical, though.
