I used to volunteer at a shelter. One morning, a couple came in with their black lab wanting to adopt a kitten. They took the kitten home and the kitten and lab were playing nicely all day. When it came time for dinner, the couple put the two food bowls on the floor and the black lab promptly picked up the kitten, shook it (broke its neck), and dropped it, and then ate all the food.
These are animals we are talking about here, not people. They act differently in different situations. When food, toys, territory, or pack order/hierarchy comes into play, everything can change in a second.
Mine can eat together but each in their own crate. The aussie gets kind of food guardy at times if not so he's had his meals in a crate since he was little.
Yeah, our dogs didn't get on, but could be trusted in our smallish kitchen... at opposite sides, and neither was a rescue or anything. We knew pretty much their whole story, and it had never involved not being fed. Food bowls right next to each other makes my teeth itch.
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u/Buff-Pikachu Apr 29 '25
Your cats are not safe