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Cats fighting at food dish

post #1 of 5
5/26/11 at 5:35pm
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A co-worker asked me about this. She has 3 cats, 2 indoor, 1 indoor-outdoor. #3 cat is fighting with 1 & 2 at the food bowl at night--loud enough to wake up the family. She's ready to get rid of cat #3 O(indoor-outdoor cat).

Any suggestions on how to stop the problem, apart from getting rid of #3 cat? (I personally think she just wants to get rid of him, because I suggested trying to work out the behavioral problem; she grimaced and said "No", but I'm still going to try to help the cat). Thanks.
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post #2 of 5
5/26/11 at 5:42pm
My first recommendation would be to have multiple food bowls. I have three cats and five bowls for dry food located throughout my house and each has their own plate for canned food in their favorite places to eat.
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post #3 of 5
5/26/11 at 8:10pm
Separate bowls, and not all in the same place. They need their own space.

Robin
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post #4 of 5
5/26/11 at 10:43pm
And better still, maybe just reschedule their feeding time to the day?
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post #5 of 5
5/27/11 at 5:52am
Seperate food bowls in seperate places will go a long way to help with this. And/or pulling the food bowls at night and free feed during the daytime.
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