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Teah Lounging
Good morning: You have helped my twice before, so I am back one more time. The stray kitten that showed up at our door late last summer is doing well. She gets along great with the other cats. But she is a food hound. She breaks into cabinets, rips open bags of food and is forever looking for more. I am guessing that is due to having to scrounge for food while she was on her own. In your experience, will she ever outgrow this? All food is under lock and key right now. But we have to isolate her at feeding time as she will gobble up her food and then eat the other's as well. No fighting - just eating.
Thanks.
AnswerHi Carl. Some cats will learn not to hog food if you free feed, but there are certain ones that just MUST get into everything, and I agree - it seems like it's the ones who came from scrounging around outside. It's almost as if they feel like they should earn their food. I can open a bag of cat food, pour some into a bowl, and one of my cats will tear a hole in the bottom of the bag to eat out of it. She's always the first to figure out how to open the cabinets and first to knock over the trash can, so she's earned the nickname "Trash Cat". Because of her, all cat food is stored in sealed tubs, the garbage is in a locked closet, and the cabinets all have childproof latches on them. And she's been indoors and well-fed for 7 years! So I imagine that Teah probably will not outgrow her food raiding habits. On the upside, my cat does share cat food with the other cats, so you may be able to combine feeding time at some point. We are able to free feed our cats without weight gain becoming a problem, so you could see how Teah does with this if you feed your kitties any dry food. I think our situation is helped by the fact that we feed a grain-free food, which is high in protein. It seems to naturally limit overeating. You could take her weight, and at the first sign of unhealthy weight gain, go back to controlled feedings if free feeding didn't work out.
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