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Hello,
I have lived with cats most of my life but our two newer rescue kitties have me searching for help. They are now one year old and amazing but one of them is extremely food anxious and it's keeping me from sleeping. I have a feeding schedule (dry food in the morning and wet food at night) that accommodates the calorie needs prescribed by our vet.
I feed right when the alarm goes off at 6:30am each morning hoping that would teach them that when they hear the alarm it's time to eat. Only one of them will wake me up prior by jumping next to me in bed (if not already there) and meowing by my head. I don't feed before 6:30 but after months of trying to show her that food does not come out until the alarm I have made no progress.
I know there are feeders you can program but with two cats I need to separate them in different rooms for feeding or else the food-anxious cat will eat hers quickly and then run over to try to eat the food from the other cat.
Is there anything that might have a timer for feeding that would keep the cats separated, or allow just enough space for one to eat from a bowl at a time? I'm thinking of a feeder contained with two separate cat areas?
Evening feeding is never an issue. Just the morning with dry food and trying to avoid early wake-up calls.
Thanks for the help and advice!
I have lived with cats most of my life but our two newer rescue kitties have me searching for help. They are now one year old and amazing but one of them is extremely food anxious and it's keeping me from sleeping. I have a feeding schedule (dry food in the morning and wet food at night) that accommodates the calorie needs prescribed by our vet.
I feed right when the alarm goes off at 6:30am each morning hoping that would teach them that when they hear the alarm it's time to eat. Only one of them will wake me up prior by jumping next to me in bed (if not already there) and meowing by my head. I don't feed before 6:30 but after months of trying to show her that food does not come out until the alarm I have made no progress.
I know there are feeders you can program but with two cats I need to separate them in different rooms for feeding or else the food-anxious cat will eat hers quickly and then run over to try to eat the food from the other cat.
Is there anything that might have a timer for feeding that would keep the cats separated, or allow just enough space for one to eat from a bowl at a time? I'm thinking of a feeder contained with two separate cat areas?
Evening feeding is never an issue. Just the morning with dry food and trying to avoid early wake-up calls.
Thanks for the help and advice!