OK, long story - trying to make shorter. Rexie, male neutered Siamese, 3 yrs
old, had since 3.5 weeks old, spoiled rotten - only 'child'.

I find a stray female this summer, starving and so dehydrated she couldn't even
vocalize. But friendly. Started giving her water, then food. Kept her outside.

Two weeks or so later hubby realizes she's pregnant. Took her to vet, got her
spayed and ear clipped (signal that she's spayed).

A week and a half after that she turns up on doorstep w/5 kittens from previous
litter, around 5 wks old, apparently hidden in a field near us.

Got homes for the 4 girls but no one wanted the boy - hence, he's ours, named Loki.

NOW.  Rexie's (3 yr Siamese) a little overweight so he's been on a diet for
about a year, and has lost a pound and a half. He gets 1/2 cup a day (I divide
into 4 feedings of 1/8 cup).

Loki, having been born and raised for the first six or so weeks outside, was
used to sleeping on top of or under 4 other siblings, and all eating from same dish.

Needless to say, this ain't to Rexie's liking! If I put them in separate rooms
to eat, after 2 minutes Loki cries at the top of his lungs. I've never heard a
more pitiful cry at such volume!

Because little kittens should have food available all the time, I tried keeping
Loki's food in a large box with a hole only big enuf for him to go in, not
Rexie. But the smell of the food drove Rexie crazy and in the middle of the
night he'd try (and sometime succeed) in turning the box over and getting the
flaps open. I fixed it so he couldn't get in, but it just wasn't fair for him to
have to smell the food in there and not get any.

QUESTION.  I've decided little Loki is just going to have to eat little bits
many times a day. Every hour or so I open his little container and let him eat
for a bit. He's eating nearly a cup every day, and from the vet and catfood bag,
this is about right, but he always seems to scarf the food down when I open the
container.

Not to mention, I can't stay home all day and cater to him (I'm on disability so
I'm home most of the time, I work from home).

Will this hurt him? I don't see another solution without making Rexie nuts over
smelling the food he can't have!  (Oh, I do sometimes sit on the floor between
them and have one on either side of me with his own food bowl. That works pretty
well, but it takes about 15 min before they're each done.)

Opinions?     OH, and Loki was neutered at 16 weeks, if anybody's interested.