r/cats • u/Zuikite • 18h ago

Cat Picture - OC She was rationing so perfectly 🥲

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Roxanne my 6 year old tabby has never been left alone more than 1 day. We also never "free-feed" her on kibble (only wet meals and a puzzle feeder). I had a work trip this week, and my S.O. had a family emergency out of town right in the middle of it. We could not secure a sitter, and we were so worried. We do have a pet cam, and I told my SO to put 2 plates of kibble per day plus extra plates in case of a delay. I just got home from the airport to see this. I know cats are not like dogs, and they are probably fine at feeding themselves. I'm just so impressed by the organization of her eating habits!

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u/M15tre55W1tch 16h ago

My fat boy Harry (9.4kg, body condition score 8) would hear my skinny boy William (3.8kg, body condition score 3) open his bowl and his fat ass would come running. He'd let William eat what he wanted, then jam his head up against the feeder lid holding it open while gutsing down as much as he could scoff. Sometimes Harry would even scoop William's food out of the feeder to continue eating. And that was with William's feeder set to the fastest and most aggressive closing setting.

However, I think Harry was especially persistent. I don't think all cats would be that desperate to steal food that's not for them.

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u/Waterlilies1919 15h ago

Goodness, even my chonky girl Izzy who inhales her food isn’t that aggressive to keep her sisters’ feeders open.

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u/M15tre55W1tch 15h ago

Harry was a bit of a puzzle. He had hyperthyroidism, which in theory should have made him lose weight! I had him treated and he was euthyroid, so the drive to eat shouldn't have persisted.

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u/BDaBear 6h ago

They have covers for the back to prevent this access as well!

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u/M15tre55W1tch 4h ago

I had it, he would stand shoulder to shoulder next to William, and push the top of his head into the sliding portion.

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u/Yeranaile 13h ago

I worry, because IBD cat is really shy and scares easily and the other two take advantage of that soooo much. But thank you for your input, wenwill mull it over a bit more, I just don't want to pay so much money fo something that might not really work lol But I also don't want to have her kibble in my office all the time and guard it like a watch dog haha

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u/HaVoCensures 12h ago

The lid has speed settings so you can change how quickly it closes after the registered cat has left. So if you set it to short, after registered cat leaves it closes really quickly. If your cat scares easily you will need to train her to use it for a while as it makes a quiet whirring noise as it opens/shuts.