I get such rage at overfeeding when I travel

[admin]

We have a couple of them, and I also craft them out of paper towel tubes and such, but the one I like best is the Egg-Cercizer from Funkitty. You can vary the size holes if you are using larger oral care treats or keep them small for kitten size kibble. After I bought one, I went back and bought two more. We don't ever put a lot of food in them, just enough to preoccupy them while we are away.

Here's a shot of one and a video.

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I love it! May have to get one...

 

[John Popp]

Funny thing is if Chongo has a bowl of kibble (rarely) and a loaded egg that he can only get one or two nuggets out of at a time, no question he'll exhaust the supply in the egg before eve heading to his bowl.

 

[Kristine]

I can't explain this, but my brother doesn't understand yowling and attention cries when I am away from needing food.

So my boys are big, they are on a 7oz diet per day divided into 3 meals. 6oz wet, 1oz dry/snack.

I calculated 10.83oz each for the days that I was gone based on 12 cans and 4lb of dry food. 1/2 of that was dry food which explains why both gained weight while I was gone.

My sitter tattle-tailed and sent me a message my brother was feeding them when he made his 2nd visit when he spotted left over dry food in the bowl. MY BOYS LEAVE NO TRACE OF FOOD EVER.

I had a text fight with him the night before my return about not notifying me when he feeds them, an issue I've had before, and threatened to put a lock on the cabinet because of his irresponsibility. He said Anubis was howling for an hour at him (wanted attention) for an hour straight and my sitter was not feeding them enough, it was cruel to let them starve. WTF?

My sitter was following my instructions and exact routine to the letter so this extra feeding was simply ignorance. I love my step brother, but sometimes he infuriates me to the point of selling the place and downsizing to reduce expenses.

Diet time! Playing with Isis will hopefully help Anubis shed the extra weight.

I threw away the remaining 2lb of a 6.6lb bag of dry this morning.

I will adjust my work schedule to go home at 3pm every day so I'm there when Anubis and Ra start feeling pangs of hunger. They start seeking attention at 3pm and between 4-5pm one or both will do the sit and stare, or jump up to the desk or where I'm at to let me know it's time.

I'm going to "short" the big boys 1oz per day over 3 meals which will not seem like a lot to them, giving them 6.5oz wet over 3 meals. Isis will get 3.5oz split up into 3 meals since she can only eat about 1oz at a time.

Whew.

/rant

Better to have them overfed for a few days than underfed. I free feed my cats kibble and they get raw on demand (which can be quite often). I think your brother means well, try and cut him a little slack, it is nice that he is worried, even if it means overfed cats.