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My older cat Gizmo who is about 5-6 years old has been on Hill's Prescription Diet s/d dry food for about a year now as he has had several instances where he has required surgery due to crystals in his urine. Thankfully since being on the new food, he has not had any further problems going to the toilet and seems happy & healthy.
We recently introduced a new member of the home, a kitten, Alfie, he's about 6-7 months old now, and I'm having some feeding problems. They are both on their own diet. Gizmo has his prescription food twice a day whilst Alfie has kitten food (dry and wet) 4 times a day. But they like to steal each other's food! I don't want Gizmo to eat Alfie's food as he needs his prescription food to stay healthy, plus he also has a weight problem. Then I don't want Alfie to steal Gizmo's food as I have been advised by vets that if he occasionally or regularly eats the prescription food it may interfere with his development.
At the moment, Gizmo's food is elevated and in another room, although Alfie has discovered its location and makes every attempt to reach it, and is becoming more successful! Gizmo doesn't tend to finish his food, ever. He will always come back to it throughout the day, which means there's often some left in the bowl. Alfie more than often finishes his, although Gizmo will regularly go looking for Alfie's bowl to see if there's any scraps left over.
So at the moment I'm struggling and need some advice or tips to help make their feeding situation a little easier. I can imagine Alfie will soon be able to move onto 2 larger meals per day instead of 4, but they will steal try to eat each other's food. The only solution I can see right now is to purchase a microchip cat feeder at least for Gizmo, however these are extremely expensive and way out of budget. I'm about to purchase a microchip cat flap this month and have that fitted too.
Anyway, I would be really grateful for any advice
Thank you!
Dale
My older cat Gizmo who is about 5-6 years old has been on Hill's Prescription Diet s/d dry food for about a year now as he has had several instances where he has required surgery due to crystals in his urine. Thankfully since being on the new food, he has not had any further problems going to the toilet and seems happy & healthy.
We recently introduced a new member of the home, a kitten, Alfie, he's about 6-7 months old now, and I'm having some feeding problems. They are both on their own diet. Gizmo has his prescription food twice a day whilst Alfie has kitten food (dry and wet) 4 times a day. But they like to steal each other's food! I don't want Gizmo to eat Alfie's food as he needs his prescription food to stay healthy, plus he also has a weight problem. Then I don't want Alfie to steal Gizmo's food as I have been advised by vets that if he occasionally or regularly eats the prescription food it may interfere with his development.
At the moment, Gizmo's food is elevated and in another room, although Alfie has discovered its location and makes every attempt to reach it, and is becoming more successful! Gizmo doesn't tend to finish his food, ever. He will always come back to it throughout the day, which means there's often some left in the bowl. Alfie more than often finishes his, although Gizmo will regularly go looking for Alfie's bowl to see if there's any scraps left over.
So at the moment I'm struggling and need some advice or tips to help make their feeding situation a little easier. I can imagine Alfie will soon be able to move onto 2 larger meals per day instead of 4, but they will steal try to eat each other's food. The only solution I can see right now is to purchase a microchip cat feeder at least for Gizmo, however these are extremely expensive and way out of budget. I'm about to purchase a microchip cat flap this month and have that fitted too.
Anyway, I would be really grateful for any advice
Thank you!
Dale