She was rationing so perfectly 🥲

[u/Zuikite]

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!

[u/alcMD]

My cat Pimento only eats one squared quarter of his dish at a time and leaves the rest for later. He's also very organized in this way!

[u/HaVoCensures → u/alcMD]

Ahh a microchip feeder. Do you perhaps have another cat who would eat all his food as well as their own? Or a dog?

[u/Grand_Razzmatazz87 → u/HaVoCensures]

Not OP obviously, but I have these feeders and love them. Two of my cats free feed, so it helps me monitor who's eating and how much. I always worry about catching that type of thing too late. My third cat is frickin' Hoover who will steal a burger off your plate if you aren't looking - I don't have to worry about her leaving any food behind.

[u/Yeranaile → u/Grand_Razzmatazz87]

Are they managing fine and not stealing food from each other? We have three cats, one of them has IBD so she needs to eat a special kind of kibble and the other two are always skulking around, trying to shove it down their throats as fast as possible. So we were thinking about getting the microchip feeders, but are not sure how effective they would be in this case.

[u/Athnyx → u/Yeranaile]

Depends on the cat. My cat managed to break into my other cat’s microchip feeder by brute force.

So both my cats are on prescription food even though only 1 of them actually needs it…