Cat Health & Safety
Avoid the all-you-can-eat buffet
Sure, itâs convenient to just dump an unmeasured amount of kibble into a bowl, and then top it off when it gets low or empty. However, there are lots of downsides to this method of feeding. The ever pleasant âscarf-and-barfâ and a greater risk of obesity are just two of them. But, perhaps most importantly, such a never-ending buffet makes it more difficult for you to pick up on changes in your catâs appetite. These changes can be some of the earliest and clearest indicators of pain or a developing health problem. Help your cat by measuring (or weighing) the amount of food you put into their bowl, and keeping an eye on how quickly theyâre going through it. Even better: give them several, small, measured meals throughout the day. Worried that your work or social schedule will make such meal feeding difficult? Worry not, busy human, we have plenty of tips below to make it easy (and fun), regardless of your schedule.
hadnât been eating normally for quite some time. But it went unnoticed because the other cats had been happily eating his leftovers from the food bowls they all shared. Then mom felt his backbone one day while petting him. A vet visit and dental procedure soon revealed that Shadowâs drop in appetite and weight was due to pain from four resorptive tooth lesions, a common dental problem in cats, and one fractured tooth. While his mom still leaves some dry food out during the day for all the cats to graze on, she also feeds each of the cats wet food meals before and after work every day, and pays closer attention to their appetites!
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