Kitten Gluttony
For CJ and Misty, I keep dry food out constantly and feed them wet food once a day. This system has worked wonderfully for them up until now.
For a while, we've had an issue with CJ sporadically regurgitating his food. Additionally, CJ has gained weight disproportionate to his sister.
Well, we've discovered the final clue to all this. CJ is either 1) mean 2) bulimic. I say the 2nd one as a joke.
My husband witnessed CJ forcing himself to eat this morning. He was pushing his sister out of the way and eating every last bit of food in the bowl. Our hypothesis is, when CJ sees that the bowl is getting low, he will gorge himself until he's eaten it all, thereby making himself sick.
This would also answer a lot of questions about CJ's puking habits - in the morning, and usually undigested food. (Yeah, you probably didn't want to know that.)
We haven't come a decision on how to handle this yet. I'm probably going to consult the breeder and my vet before I go with feeding them only on a schedule. Another thought is that I could buy a 2nd bowl and put food in both of them and keep them both rediculously full at all times.


Reader Comments (1)
Since Donovan was so tubby, I decided to put him and Scout on a feeding schedule. It works out really well. I feed them in the morning and then at night (with a snack/treat in between).