Background info: I got my cat about 2 months ago from the SPCA, and she's about 7 years old
From the beginning she never really finishes her food? The people at the SPCA told me to feed her 2x a day, but she gets really upset when she doesn't have food available and would gobble up her food way too fast when she finally gets it.. leading her to throw up.
I asked the vet, and the vet told me that I should just free feed her, and that it's fine. But all the articles I read online told me that free feeding is bad, and that she should be put on a feeding schedule?
I also am intending on trying to switch her from dry food to wet food, which seems not quite possible to do if she is free feeding (i.e. not able to leave wet food out all day)
So I have a couple questions, wondering if anyone could help me...
1) How do I get her on a fixed meal schedule? Or is it possible to free feed her wet food?
2) How do I get her to finish her food? No matter how much food I leave out, she only ever eats half the amount left out for her lol
3) Advice on switching from dry to wet? She refuses wet food.. except for human food lol
Additional info: I'm trying to switch her to the primal freeze dried.. currently crumbling a bit into her kibble to get her used to the scent/taste..
Thank you for reading my long post. Here's a picture of my cat LOL
From the beginning she never really finishes her food? The people at the SPCA told me to feed her 2x a day, but she gets really upset when she doesn't have food available and would gobble up her food way too fast when she finally gets it.. leading her to throw up.
I asked the vet, and the vet told me that I should just free feed her, and that it's fine. But all the articles I read online told me that free feeding is bad, and that she should be put on a feeding schedule?
I also am intending on trying to switch her from dry food to wet food, which seems not quite possible to do if she is free feeding (i.e. not able to leave wet food out all day)
So I have a couple questions, wondering if anyone could help me...
1) How do I get her on a fixed meal schedule? Or is it possible to free feed her wet food?
2) How do I get her to finish her food? No matter how much food I leave out, she only ever eats half the amount left out for her lol
3) Advice on switching from dry to wet? She refuses wet food.. except for human food lol
Additional info: I'm trying to switch her to the primal freeze dried.. currently crumbling a bit into her kibble to get her used to the scent/taste..
Thank you for reading my long post. Here's a picture of my cat LOL