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I recently joined this site for help (as in, like.. 2 minutes ago) though I've been a lurker for a bit.
I adopted a kitten from the local OSPCA just over a month and a half ago (Aug 21st), she's approximately 10 months old now and was previously a stray (the OSPCA and vet both think she was dumped outside somewhere at birth) and was really underweight when she came to me. I feed her Iams (she refuses to eat anything but) and was letting her free eat because it's easiest for both her and I and my family as well.
HOWEVER, she's been really... stuffing her face, I guess? She needs me to come downstairs with her and pet her a couple times before she eats and then I need to watch her eat until she's done (or at least be in the room) or she'll stop. I've obliged - I figure when she was a stray she had her food stolen or something to that effect. After her first vet appointment I understood her eating a lot - she was underweight and everything and also very active, but after her check up appointment she's a healthy weight now and still continues to eat almost all the time.
Like... she's almost constantly meowing at me to come down and watch her eat and then she gets my brother to do it and my mom and it'll be in 15 minute intervals and just a couple of minutes ago she left a nice pukey gift for me to clean up off the rug (only after she led me over there to play so i could step in it) which was very visibly food/over eating puke. She's otherwise completely healthy.
I wonder if there is a medical condition causing this or if she's just eating for the sake of eating? I want to switch her to scheduled food times but I'm unsure how to do it beyond leaving the food dish empty until its meal time.
Any advice is appreciated, thank you. :3
I adopted a kitten from the local OSPCA just over a month and a half ago (Aug 21st), she's approximately 10 months old now and was previously a stray (the OSPCA and vet both think she was dumped outside somewhere at birth) and was really underweight when she came to me. I feed her Iams (she refuses to eat anything but) and was letting her free eat because it's easiest for both her and I and my family as well.
HOWEVER, she's been really... stuffing her face, I guess? She needs me to come downstairs with her and pet her a couple times before she eats and then I need to watch her eat until she's done (or at least be in the room) or she'll stop. I've obliged - I figure when she was a stray she had her food stolen or something to that effect. After her first vet appointment I understood her eating a lot - she was underweight and everything and also very active, but after her check up appointment she's a healthy weight now and still continues to eat almost all the time.
Like... she's almost constantly meowing at me to come down and watch her eat and then she gets my brother to do it and my mom and it'll be in 15 minute intervals and just a couple of minutes ago she left a nice pukey gift for me to clean up off the rug (only after she led me over there to play so i could step in it) which was very visibly food/over eating puke. She's otherwise completely healthy.
I wonder if there is a medical condition causing this or if she's just eating for the sake of eating? I want to switch her to scheduled food times but I'm unsure how to do it beyond leaving the food dish empty until its meal time.
Any advice is appreciated, thank you. :3