We've had Pixel now for 3 weeks (she's 4 months old), and she's been eating constantly. We have a 4.5 year old cat who has access to a bowl of dry food all the time. She never over-eats, so we haven't had to restrict her food. But Pixel grazes all day long, and her belly is getting BIG!
I thought it was due to her coming from a 4 cat family. When we picked her up, the woman said that they'd ran out of cat food the previous day. I was pretty unimpressed that her cats were going hungry, and I was happy to get our little kitten home and fed! I thought that she ate so much in the first little while because she had been hungry and now there was bountiful food. But that would've worn off after a while, wouldn't it?
Additionally, Pixel refuses to eat the kitten food we bought for her and eats Tak's food instead. I've been mixing the kitten food with the cat food so that she's eating SOME kitten food... but it seems unnecessary because she's eating so much anyway!
I'm supposed to take her to the vet next week for her booster shots, but I'm scared they'll weigh her and ask me what the heck I did to her in the past weeks!
Does anyone else have a cat that eats all the time? How do you regulate food for one cat and not the other?
I thought it was due to her coming from a 4 cat family. When we picked her up, the woman said that they'd ran out of cat food the previous day. I was pretty unimpressed that her cats were going hungry, and I was happy to get our little kitten home and fed! I thought that she ate so much in the first little while because she had been hungry and now there was bountiful food. But that would've worn off after a while, wouldn't it?
Additionally, Pixel refuses to eat the kitten food we bought for her and eats Tak's food instead. I've been mixing the kitten food with the cat food so that she's eating SOME kitten food... but it seems unnecessary because she's eating so much anyway!
I'm supposed to take her to the vet next week for her booster shots, but I'm scared they'll weigh her and ask me what the heck I did to her in the past weeks!
Does anyone else have a cat that eats all the time? How do you regulate food for one cat and not the other?