My cat gets both wet and dry, he gets bladder infections really easily if we only give him dry. He’s always hungry if we only give him wet, and he’s overweight so we can’t keep giving him more to keep him quiet lol.
We had cats that would gorge themselves on as much food as they could get - to the point that they’d throw up and then be hungry again. It’s so much nicer having a self-feeder, and we’ve had those too. Unfortunately if there’s one cat that will eat everything, you can’t have food just out for any other cat(s).
Yeah when I first got him he was my first pet as an adult living by myself. He drove me insane with his meowing. I found out that keeping the bowl full would let me get some sleep. He was a 1 year old malnourished rescue so I think he had issues with food insecurity. But I took him to the vet for the first time a couple years ago and they told me he needed to go from his 8kg down to probably about 5kg. So no more full food bowl and back to getting yelled at 24/7. He’s 11 now and hasn’t changed.
My cat gets both wet and dry, he gets bladder infections really easily if we only give him dry. He’s always hungry if we only give him wet, and he’s overweight so we can’t keep giving him more to keep him quiet lol.
We had cats that would gorge themselves on as much food as they could get - to the point that they’d throw up and then be hungry again. It’s so much nicer having a self-feeder, and we’ve had those too. Unfortunately if there’s one cat that will eat everything, you can’t have food just out for any other cat(s).
Yeah when I first got him he was my first pet as an adult living by myself. He drove me insane with his meowing. I found out that keeping the bowl full would let me get some sleep. He was a 1 year old malnourished rescue so I think he had issues with food insecurity. But I took him to the vet for the first time a couple years ago and they told me he needed to go from his 8kg down to probably about 5kg. So no more full food bowl and back to getting yelled at 24/7. He’s 11 now and hasn’t changed.
Yeah, that kind of early situation can last forever with a cat he’s looking good - you seem like a good pet owner.
My Gigi just turned 16!