hungry cat.
annette kurten
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he has three, sometimes four pouches a day but he`s begging for food every time i go in the kitchen.
he`s due a worming anyway but he doesn`t have a pot belly and he`s a very slender cat. he is probably a little underweight but he`s getting on.
he`s healthy and happy as usual otherwise.
any suggestions?
he`s due a worming anyway but he doesn`t have a pot belly and he`s a very slender cat. he is probably a little underweight but he`s getting on.
he`s healthy and happy as usual otherwise.
any suggestions?
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Feed him a little bit at a time instead, or just ignore him.
He needs a maximum of two pouches in a day, can you put biscuits down for him to snack on during the day instead?
Could be something easily sorted too. Hope you get to the bottom of it.
4 pouches a day is at least twice what he should be eating.
Agreed on both points - I sometimes wonder if some posters actually read beyond the first line.
I would not start to give dry if he is getting older as they need to drink a lot to cope with the dry food. My cat just came unstuck with being on dry all the time (previous pet's advice), in fact he could have died.
My new vet recommended 3 pouches a day while he was getting rehydrated and now he has to go down to two and no dry atall. He is much healthier on the wet food.
I do think cats are like us though, they get bored and then think they are hungry. Mine gives up begging in the end and goes to sleep.! hope you sort it out.
Agreed, Marella. I'd be getting his thyroid checked.
three pouches a day is the recommended amount [on the box] and he only gets another one on top if i forget. he does tuck in like he`s never been fed for a week and polish the lot off. i stopped feeding him dry food altogether a couple of years ago when i discovered how bad it is for older male cats and now he`s not got the teeth for it anyway.
i wonder how long it`s been going on [now] because he used to visit his cat friends every day [before i moved house] and have a bit of a snack there too [i think] so he may have only seemed to be eating normally before.
i`ve not seen him drink since i moved either, he`s never drunk from a bowl but i`ve taken him to the taps several times when he`s asking for food but i just get a withering look and he walks off.
stud and milmol:
he could well be bored as i havn`t started letting him out properly yet, he`ll chase paper and string for a bit but i`m sure it`s not as much fun as hunting and he does like going out normally.
whover:
that`s the point, he`s eating and not putting weight on, i`ve noticed it since i moved house a month ago.
mollie: thank you :)he`s my baby:o i worry if he`s out and i havn`t seen him for three or four hours:rolleyes:
thank you all, a thyroid check is a good idea, i`m going to start letting him out proper this week and see how that goes.
edit: he`s just called me a liar and drunk from the bathroom basin so perhaps he`s hungry for thirst.
worming and then vet just the same, if it is a thyroid problem at least it`s early on.
It arrived Thursday and now it's Sunday, he still has been nowhere near it!:rolleyes:
Hope I have not wasted my money!
Just a word of caution on them the bacteria levels can build up quickly.
I understood that the water would be ok for a few days as it is filtered. I don't really want to do anything that would cause him harm naturally and as he is not using it I may be wasting my time and electricity!
They seemed to get so many positive reviews on Amazon etc.
I guess I will just have to keep cleaning it out and put it through dishwasher to be extra safe. I do thank that previous poster though as no mention was made of bacteria and on googling it does seem to be a serious problem in some cases.
I did see one person said their cat took 2 months to click that it was for them!
My cat is also always hungry but has also lost weight (1/2kg last time she was weighed) which we have put down to the pouches getting smaller as she is in perfect health.
just as much as children.
he`s not over feeding then, it`s probably old age thin and he`s always been lean.
i think it`s also the boredom, i`m going to have to start letting him out on his own:rolleyes:.