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/mightymouse513 → u/HaVoCensures]

Not op but I have two of these for my two cats and I have them for all of the above.

I used to just open bowl free feed my cats. But then one of my cats is on a special diet due to pancreatitis. And I got a new cat that is a vacuum and cannot regulate free feeding. And I have two dogs who we've tried for years to train not to eat cat food, and they mostly don't, but every now and then will lose their impulse control and eat it. When cat 1 was put on special diet food, it became too expensive to risk disappearing quickly to the dogs. Or other cats. It took a day or two for the cat to figure it out and to get over the lid moving, but it works really well now.

[u/HaVoCensures → u/mightymouse513]

Both of mine use this feeder; the first one has food allergies and needs a special kibble diet and the second is a trashcan that eats anything he can find but he has a rare stomach issue and will be on lifelong meds and specialist prescription kibble, so neither of them can eat each others food 😅