I adopted a stray over three years ago. She's has adjusted very nicely with trust and our love, but she is still obsessed with food and so fat! She is not a large cat but has a huge belly, looks like a football. I switched to diet food and she's still very fat.
When I recently learned from the vet that cat owners should be feeding cats 90% wet food, I started feeding my three cats twice a day with wet food and leave some dry out for snacking or when I come home late. I thought the high-protein food would help her lose weight but she's not only SAST with eating her ball as quickly as possible she eats whatever's left from the other cats bowls. If I don't watch her, she'll even steal from them before they're finished. I now put less food in her bowl because I know she'll be eating out of the other bowls.
I get it. She's a survivor. That's how she live, but I need to get her weight under control. Do you think some reverse psychology my work? Like if I gave her the most food in her bowl or more food then she could even imagine available at once? Will she then finally get used to the idea that there will always be food for her?
Other ideas?
When I recently learned from the vet that cat owners should be feeding cats 90% wet food, I started feeding my three cats twice a day with wet food and leave some dry out for snacking or when I come home late. I thought the high-protein food would help her lose weight but she's not only SAST with eating her ball as quickly as possible she eats whatever's left from the other cats bowls. If I don't watch her, she'll even steal from them before they're finished. I now put less food in her bowl because I know she'll be eating out of the other bowls.
I get it. She's a survivor. That's how she live, but I need to get her weight under control. Do you think some reverse psychology my work? Like if I gave her the most food in her bowl or more food then she could even imagine available at once? Will she then finally get used to the idea that there will always be food for her?
Other ideas?