Sancha is a ravenous beast, and I don't know what to make of it. I feed fixed amounts in a.m. and p.m. for both Obi and Sanch (Innova dry). They both are at a good weight, except that Sancha is a tad plump. So, although I know she is well fed, she acts as if she is starving. Before we adopted Sancha, Obi would eat slowly throughout the day, so that often there was just a bit left when I was doling out the new feeding. However, Sancha eats her food at marathon pace and then will try to horn in on Obi's, so the poor guy has had to learn to eat his all in one sitting, which I'm not happy about.
Now for the truly ravening part. I had the Innova in the bag. She ripped it open to eat out of it. I put it in a plastic bin. I found her teeth marks on it, and she'd managed to pull it over and spill the top off to get at the food. So now I have it out of her reach. But still, if I make the mistake of leaving ANY kind of food where she can reach it, she'll attempt to eat it. She ripped into the bread bag today, but apparently didn't like it because it was only chewed a bit. You'd think she was starving, but I know very well that she isn't. She's slightly plump! She had inappropriate pooing problems not too long ago, so she's had both a recent fecal, urinalysis and overall health check which came out with an all-clear (switched litter; all good).
BTW, when we went to Alaska we had a sitter come in to check on them every other day and had them free feeding at that time. In the 10 days we were gone, I'll swear our petite little girl that the vet says should be about 6 lbs appeared to have reached 7.5 or 8 (and on a frame that small, IT SHOWED). So, free feeding is obviously not a good idea unless we want a truly fat cat. What gives? Any ideas? Do you suppose the owners who gave her up at the shelter underfed her and she's just a spaz about food now?
Now for the truly ravening part. I had the Innova in the bag. She ripped it open to eat out of it. I put it in a plastic bin. I found her teeth marks on it, and she'd managed to pull it over and spill the top off to get at the food. So now I have it out of her reach. But still, if I make the mistake of leaving ANY kind of food where she can reach it, she'll attempt to eat it. She ripped into the bread bag today, but apparently didn't like it because it was only chewed a bit. You'd think she was starving, but I know very well that she isn't. She's slightly plump! She had inappropriate pooing problems not too long ago, so she's had both a recent fecal, urinalysis and overall health check which came out with an all-clear (switched litter; all good).
BTW, when we went to Alaska we had a sitter come in to check on them every other day and had them free feeding at that time. In the 10 days we were gone, I'll swear our petite little girl that the vet says should be about 6 lbs appeared to have reached 7.5 or 8 (and on a frame that small, IT SHOWED). So, free feeding is obviously not a good idea unless we want a truly fat cat. What gives? Any ideas? Do you suppose the owners who gave her up at the shelter underfed her and she's just a spaz about food now?