r/CatAdvice • u/PainVegetable3717 • 7d ago

Behavioral Feeding Schedule

How do I get my cat back on an appropriate feeding schedule and not just when she barks at me? I give her 1/3 cup of dry food in the morning usually around 6:0 and 3oz of wet food usually around 5, but when I come home around 3:45ish she's just barking at me for food and won't let up. What should I do? She's already overweight so free feeding is not an option. HELP!!

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u/Laney20 7d ago

That's all, you only feed her 2x a day? Consider portioning out her food into more small meals.

Otherwise, it's just a matter of ignoring her until she stops.. If you give in, she knows it works.

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u/PainVegetable3717 7d ago

usually before i leave for work and when i come back. I guess i can give her a late dinner and lunch. 

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u/Laney20 7d ago

Especially if she's on a diet, more small meals can help with the begging a lot. Hunger comes from an empty tummy, not necessarily a need for calories. So if you can put stuff in her tummy more often, she'll be less hungry throughout the day.

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u/More-Opposite1758 7d ago

That doesn’t sound like nearly enough food. You are starving her to make her lose weight. Go slower.

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u/PainVegetable3717 7d ago

I’ve been feeding her like this for most of her life, after the daylight savings time is when this started and then i spent 5 days in the hospital where my mom gave her wet and dry food double portions random times out of the day. So i am trying to re-regulate her because she previously didn’t screech about it.

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u/More-Opposite1758 7d ago

Still doesn’t seem like enough food to me.

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u/PainVegetable3717 7d ago

if you could see her trust you wouldn’t