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Chris - 02 Nov 2004 11:06 GMT

Hi,

I have two cats. One is a female and a normal weight. One is a neutered male
and is getting tubby. He seems to eat about 3 times the recommended amount
of cat food he should be eating. I feed them both dry and wet cat food. The
female seems to prefer the wet food, whilst the male prefers dry.

My cats greediness is disturbing my sleep. I get up to feed him about 3
times at night. It drives me nuts. I have tried ignoring him but he
scratches the bedroom furniture and whines until I get up. I am afraid he
will ruin my furniture or wake my kids, so I get up to feed him. My other
cat does not disturb me at all at night, until its time for breakfast.

Please help. My cat is putting on weight and I haven't had a decent nights
sleep for months!!!

Chrissie

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GW - 02 Nov 2004 11:56 GMT

> My cats greediness is disturbing my sleep. I get up to feed him about 3
> times at night. It drives me nuts. I have tried ignoring him but he
> scratches the bedroom furniture and whines until I get up. I am afraid he
> will ruin my furniture or wake my kids, so I get up to feed him. My other
> cat does not disturb me at all at night, until its time for breakfast.

Wow sounds like you got your work cut out for you.
My wee boy, Gary Jr tries the same for sweets at the shops, I count down
from 5 very loudly and he stops.
Any chance of teaching your cats math?

Seriously though, not a clue what to advise, I am looking forward to one of
the cat pro's telling you the best course.

Good luck!

Regards,

Gary.

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FishWife - 02 Nov 2004 19:29 GMT

>My cats greediness is disturbing my sleep. I get up to feed him about 3
>times at night. It drives me nuts. I have tried ignoring him but he
>scratches the bedroom furniture and whines until I get up. I am afraid he
>will ruin my furniture or wake my kids, so I get up to feed him. My other
>cat does not disturb me at all at night, until its time for breakfast.

Hi Chrissie,

Gosh, you've got your work cut out for you there!!

Does he empty his food bowl when he eats? Could you leave enough out to
last him the night?

Or how about one of those automatic feeders? In time, he would learn
that the food appears at set times in the night.

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marcia labofski - 24 Nov 2004 00:52 GMT

You have to be cruel to be kind, it's horrid I know I hate ignoring my cat
when he begs for food, but he got fat and then became diabetic and now has
to have insulin twice a day. I think there's some sort of lo cal food you
can get from the vet which might help.

> Hi,
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> Chrissie

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