Put things in her dish that she has to eat around. It will slow her down. Or
should. Worth a try.

Karen

A rescued street cat still recovering? Damned right! In fact, she may
kill herself with the food, if you don't control things.
NO PANIC! I said "may".
You need to give her *one* spoonful at a time, several times a day.
After a few months, go to double-spoonfuls for a month.
Then the regular amount, but stay near when she's eating to monitor.
I'm not joking about her possibly managing to kill herself. My old vet
had to tell a nice lady that her kitty died because she snarfed too
much too fast and jammed her breathing tube.

I used to have to split Lucky's (RB) food in half, and feed it in two portions,
10 or 15 minutes apart. I fed Lucky twice a day, BTW. Otherwise, about 10 to 20%
of the time, she'd vomit it up. With the divided feedings, she virtually *never*
threw up. (Unless she had a hairball, but that was my fault for not brushing her
enough).

My vet figured out the problem almost instantly, preventing costly, possibly
painful, and unnecessary tests.

Lucky was a rescued barn cat, and very, very underfed. I think once a
kitten/young cat lives with nearly constant hunger for any length of time, the
instinct to eat as much as possible is hard for them to 'unlearn'. Can't really
blame them, can you?

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Life without cats would be only marginally worth living.
TC  and the unmercifully, relentlessly sweet calico kitty, Kenzie.

How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
- Robert Heinlein

I used to have that problem with Rocky. He was feral for 6-8 years,
and when I first starting feeding him he would eat until he got puked,
then come back for more. He doesn't do that anymore, thankfully,
although he still heads for the food bowl whenever he sees any of the
other cats eating. Usually he doesn't eat anything, just wants to
check to see if anyone is getting anything special that he should horn
in on. I put out wet food a couple times a day, and about a hand full
of dry food for grazing during the day.

So guess I'm saying that sometimes they grow out of it once they
realize the food supply isn't going to dry up. On the other hand, I've
heard of some who just eat too fast. I've heard that you can slow them
down by putting balls or something in the food that they have to dig
around - just make sure if you try that to use something that there's
no chance they can swallow.

I have the same problem with one plump cat, Little Bit, one normal
sized cat, Rocky, and lean Sammy. I think the major thing with mine is
that Sammy gets lots of exercise playing, and Little Bit only plays
when forced into it by Sam.

Our Callie Y throws up every morning after breakfast. Sometines right onto
her plate.
She is a very nervous cat (she's scared of sudden movements and of ceiling
fans). In fact I have washed the same tablecloth three times this week (I
knew I should have put it right away!). I have always assumed it was because
she was born feral and just maybe they never forget that.

Kris