Timeline for My cat is extremely picky in terms of food
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| Jun 20, 2021 at 23:09 | history | edited | lila | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 16, 2018 at 11:33 | vote | accept | Marijke | ||
| Aug 8, 2018 at 11:11 | comment | added | Marijke | We have one cat with kidney problems and he only gets 1 type of food because he needs it and if other cats would eat it, it would not be good for them. One of our other cats did manage to eat from it one time and the next days she didn't do anything else than drink and barf. But because he is the most dominant one, he steals away food from others when we don't watch and he really may not eat that food. So it makes it a little more complicated. But I can see how your method can work :) thanks for the tips :) | |
| Aug 7, 2018 at 11:38 | comment | added | Flater | @Marijke: We have 3 cats with different eating habits too. It took a whle, but we managed to ensure that everyone gets what they like without others taking it. The trick is to rely on a hungry cat being more insistent on its food. One of the cats was notoriously soft and would let the others take her food. We policed it but it kept happening. I chose to ignore it for two days. The third day, she forced herself onto the bowl and refused to give any of her food up. Since then, the others have not bothered taking her food unless she walks away from it. | |
| Aug 7, 2018 at 11:34 | comment | added | Flater |
@Marijke: I told her also not to do it but she is too afraid that she will loose too much weight. Explain to your mother that she is enabling the cat's desire to starve itself (because it expects replacement food, because your mother provides it when asked). There's a reason they call it spoiling a child/pet. The word is not ironic. It ruins their behavior when interacting with all people, not just your mother.
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| Aug 7, 2018 at 11:28 | comment | added | Marijke | Thanks for this elaborate answer. We have three cats with different diets so it is not possible to leave food out there so she can eat it when she sees that we will not give in. I will certainly try to put it in other bowls because we use indeed mainly plastic ones that we have for a very long time. I have told my mother to not give in, but she actually does give treats if she doesn't want to eat anything. I told her also not to do it but she is too afraid that she will loose too much weight. But then she learns of course that if she doesn't eat something, she will get other options... | |
| Aug 7, 2018 at 10:53 | history | edited | Flater | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 7, 2018 at 10:44 | history | answered | Flater | CC BY-SA 4.0 |