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soft - 25 Apr 2004 21:25 GMT

OK I have a question and I am sure I will get lots of ideas to help
me. Now that the new cat is ok to explore the house and the other cats
are not bothered - How do I make sure he gets his kitten food?

I had it on my bedroom dresser cause that was the room he was in when
we first brought him home - but last night Lucifer found it. I moved
it to the night stand and that seems to have worked for now.

I am wanting to keep him on his kitten food until he reaches the 1
year mark. I am feeding royal cann - The adults get the indoor type.
And to get the l-lysine down everyone they get science diet (about 1
tbs a day and the new kitty gets science diet kitten 1 tsp).
The wet food isn't any problem, its the dry I have problems with
because I free feed the dry.

Sir Lancelot is use to being free fed at the breeders and he is a
nibbler - he eats 2 or 3 bites and goes to play then comes back. He
eats during the night to so I hate to change what all the cats are use
to.

Karryl

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Karen Chuplis - 25 Apr 2004 23:02 GMT

> OK I have a question and I am sure I will get lots of ideas to help
> me. Now that the new cat is ok to explore the house and the other cats
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> Karryl

Boy, with free feeding, I just don't know what you can do. If the kitten is
*small* enough, you could make a box he could get into that the others
couldn't but cats can get in pretty small holes, so that might not work
either.

Karen

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Wendy - 26 Apr 2004 12:10 GMT

> > OK I have a question and I am sure I will get lots of ideas to help
> > me. Now that the new cat is ok to explore the house and the other cats
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> Karen

The box trick worked for us. We put Boots' kitten food is in a box and the
girls eat elsewhere. Isabelle is a real bowling ball and no way fits through
the opening. Tigger can squeeze into the box if really motivated but she
usually doesn't bother. We did have to Velcro down Boots' bowl in the back
corner of the box to keep Isabelle from shaking the box until the bowl slid
to the front where she could reach in and get some.

W

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soft - 30 Apr 2004 18:47 GMT

>Boy, with free feeding, I just don't know what you can do. If the kitten is
>*small* enough, you could make a box he could get into that the others
>couldn't but cats can get in pretty small holes, so that might not work
>either.
>
>Karen

Thanks Karen - unfortunately he is as big as the other cats already
I do think I have found a bit of an answer
He seems to want most of his food starting around 4pm and he nibbles
all night long - so when I arrive home from work I am putting his food
on my nightstand, so far the other cats are not eating it because I am
there next to it.
I only am able to work 3 days a week right now (do to the accident)
and Thursday I had a nerve block in my neck so I am in bed today.
Looks like I will be out of work for a surgical procedure (IDET) for
at least 4 months and my job is iffy because of SBC strike. I do tech
support for new dsl installs.
So I now have to work in my daughters wisdom teeth out and her tonsils
and the cat being neutered then try to figure out who is going to do
the things I do around the house while I am laid up - no stress here.

Oh well such is life - At least we are slowly making progress on the
cats meeting - Sir Lancelot in on the bed with me and Miss Thang is
in the window. They now play together - however they will not let us
pick them up and they get near the new guy without horrible noise and
spitting. Go fifure. They play with each other but the lap compitition
needs work.

Karryl

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Dennis Carr - 26 Apr 2004 03:41 GMT

> Sir Lancelot is use to being free fed at the breeders and he is a
> nibbler - he eats 2 or 3 bites and goes to play then comes back. He
> eats during the night to so I hate to change what all the cats are use
> to.

I'll rely here on what my vet informed me.

In short, the foods are fairly interchangeable.

In longer, you can feed everybody kitten food, or everybody cat food -
but the kitten food will have a higher fat content to it (and in my
experience costs a bit more than adult cat food), so that may be a
consideration.

One idea I had as well is that you could keep the kitten in a cage when it
comes time to feed, but based on the above description, it can be done,
but it would be difficult to do so.

It occurs to me too that your vet might have a suggestion as far as this
goes as well. It is very probable though that if you wish to keep the
cats' food separate, you'll have to keep the cats separate.

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soft - 30 Apr 2004 18:50 GMT

>> Sir Lancelot is use to being free fed at the breeders and he is a
>> nibbler - he eats 2 or 3 bites and goes to play then comes back. He
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>goes as well. It is very probable though that if you wish to keep the
>cats' food separate, you'll have to keep the cats separate.

Yes , My vet did recommend I go ahead and put him on adult food. I am
not comfortable with that because he is just 5 months. 2 Of my adult
cats don't need the higher calories so I feed adult light to keep them
at their currant weight. I think I have found a solution for now.
Thanks for the help.
Karryl

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Joe Canuck - 26 Apr 2004 13:46 GMT

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> Karryl

Feed an "All Life Stages" food, such as California Natural dry, to them
all until the kitten becomes an adult.

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soft - 30 Apr 2004 18:52 GMT

>Feed an "All Life Stages" food, such as California Natural dry, to them
>all until the kitten becomes an adult.

I have never heard of this food - or seen it. I am guessing it is not
available in my area. Thanks though- I will see if I can find it.
But is it considered a high quality food?
Karryl

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