So, after about four months of struggling with our cat's horrible food habits, or even better, her food anxiety, it looks like we finally got to the point where - she eats when she is hungry!
During these months, we were experimenting with foods, feeding times, quantities and several different things. It all started with Meow Mix (it was the first thing in front of me the day she made me run to the grocery store because she just randomly decided to move in with us) kibble and cans, as well as Friskies and other department store foods. She wanted all and immediately. Sometimes it was hard to even put the food into her bowl.
Now we're eating higher end, premium foods split into two meals, plus two small snack ones. And she doesn't eat all of it, for the most part, let alone immediately.
I feel insanely relieved. There's still some more room for improvement in terms of quantities (I have to figure out how much she really wants and how much she really needs, even moreso because I am convinced (paranoid!) she is getting kind of chubby), but overall, I am pleased.
Her small kibble snack is often left intact (she gets likely less than 1/10 of a cup a day, probably not even that much). Her wet meals she now eats within an hour, as opposed to 1-2 minutes.
Yay for Sarma Kittica!
During these months, we were experimenting with foods, feeding times, quantities and several different things. It all started with Meow Mix (it was the first thing in front of me the day she made me run to the grocery store because she just randomly decided to move in with us) kibble and cans, as well as Friskies and other department store foods. She wanted all and immediately. Sometimes it was hard to even put the food into her bowl.
Now we're eating higher end, premium foods split into two meals, plus two small snack ones. And she doesn't eat all of it, for the most part, let alone immediately.
I feel insanely relieved. There's still some more room for improvement in terms of quantities (I have to figure out how much she really wants and how much she really needs, even moreso because I am convinced (paranoid!) she is getting kind of chubby), but overall, I am pleased.
Her small kibble snack is often left intact (she gets likely less than 1/10 of a cup a day, probably not even that much). Her wet meals she now eats within an hour, as opposed to 1-2 minutes.
Yay for Sarma Kittica!
