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Cat Forum / General Topics / April 2006Cat and dog forgetting which food is theirs?
The cat seems to have forgotten which food is her cat food and which food is the puppy's, and vice versa... Is this normal, or somewhat normal? Any ideas on how to get them to eat their own food and not eat the other's? Neither seem to mind the other eating their food... We do feed both animals only 3 times a day, and we do take the food away after offering it for about 20 minutes or so (this is something that was recommended to do for our cat and it's become habit and we picked it up to do with the puppy as well) Neither animal has any health concerns or anything like that. Neither have a special diet or certain food they must or must not eat. We also don't feed them table scraps at all, but the cat has been found munching on the baby's cookies if dropped and missed for picking up. I did notice that the ingredients on the puppy food and the cat food are different, and maybe someone has had this come up for them and might have some ideas on how to make the cat understand what food is hers (we've always used the same food dishes long before the dog came around, and we bought new dishes for the puppy) and the dog understand what food is his? We have tried feeding at different times, but it seems that the cat still manages to come around when the dog is eating, or the other way around, and we really do have better things to do than to sit and hold the cat/dog while the other is eating. Any suggestions?  SignatureA: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet? "xkatx" <whats-an-email-address@confusion.com> wrote in message > The cat seems to have forgotten which food is her cat food and which food is > the puppy's, and vice versa... > Is this normal, or somewhat normal? Any ideas on how to get them to eat > their own food and not eat the other's? Neither seem to mind the other > eating their food... What happens if you get one started on their proper food and then put the proper food down for the other one? In effect, feeding them both at the same time. >"xkatx" <whats-an-email-address@confusion.com> wrote in message >> The cat seems to have forgotten which food is her cat food and which food [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >proper food down for the other one? In effect, feeding them both at the same >time. Don't bother. Animal A will go after the food for Animal C. Meanwhile Animal B will go after the food for Animal A. And Animal C goes after the food for Animal B. You have to either feed them in seperate rooms or enforce the seperation of diets. >>"xkatx" <whats-an-email-address@confusion.com> wrote in message >>> The cat seems to have forgotten which food is her cat food and which [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Animal B will go after the food for Animal A. And Animal C > goes after the food for Animal B. That's what seems to happen. We've tried to feed one first, take the food away, let that one go off and do their own business, feed the other, but both times, one tends to wander in. The only way we seem to do it is if one person feeds one, the other holds off the second, or if we toss the dog in the yard. It's more the cat, though, that goes after the dog's food. > You have to either feed them in seperate rooms or > enforce the seperation of diets. Have you tried writing "Cat" on the cat's food dish and "Dog" on the dog's food dish? > The cat seems to have forgotten which food is her cat food and which food is > the puppy's, and vice versa... [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > things to do than to sit and hold the cat/dog while the other is eating. > Any suggestions? "Cadman" <cadman@sonic.net> wrote in message > Have you tried writing "Cat" on the cat's food dish and "Dog" on the dog's food dish? Unless of course, he has a dyslexic dog and then it should be "God". And then there will be confusion again because it's commonly known that cats are the real gods of their environment. >Have you tried writing "Cat" on the cat's food dish and "Dog" on the dog's food dish? I can tell you from experience it ain't going to work. No matter how large the letters are. >>Have you tried writing "Cat" on the cat's food dish and "Dog" on the dog's >>food dish? > I can tell you from experience it ain't going to work. > > No matter how large the letters are. What about dishes with pictures on it? ;) lol >>>Have you tried writing "Cat" on the cat's food dish and "Dog" on the dog's >>>food dish? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >What about dishes with pictures on it? ;) lol Been there, done that. Don't bother. Doesn't work. Cats are too smart to fall for that little trick. >>>>Have you tried writing "Cat" on the cat's food dish and "Dog" on the >>>>dog's [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Cats are too smart to fall for that little trick. You're right... It just might fool the dog... Since the dog is not half as smart as the cat... But the cat could be tricky to fool... Maybe I could try some reverse psychology... I've noticed it sometimes works for the kids, but never tried it with the cat... Maybe if I try and encourage the cat to eat the dog's food, and maybe even put the cat's food in the dog's dish with both a picture of a dog and the letter D - followed by 'DOG' under it she would eat her food from that dish? I think someone might have said it, or something along the lines already, but perhaps my cat is dyslexic... She reads "GOD" and not "DOG" - surely every cat is the god of the household, or so it seems! :D LOL > The cat seems to have forgotten which food is her cat food and which food is > the puppy's, and vice versa... [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > things to do than to sit and hold the cat/dog while the other is eating. > Any suggestions? Dogs can eat cat food and remain healthy. However, dog food is not sufficient for cats. Look up taurine on the internet -- this is needed by cats but is not present in dig food. Try feeding them in separate rooms. Good luck. MLB >Dogs can eat cat food and remain healthy. However, dog food is not >sufficient for cats. Look up taurine on the internet -- this is needed by >cats but is not present in dig food. Try feeding them in separate rooms. > Good luck. MLB 'Fraid not MLB - Cat food is too high in protein for a dog, this can lead to osteoporosis and poor kidney function, if done for a prolonged period. Your right about the cats needing their own food though. http://www.black-cat-gfx.co.uk/ "A cat is only technically an animal, being divine" - Robert Lynd >>Dogs can eat cat food and remain healthy. However, dog food is not >>sufficient for cats. Look up taurine on the internet -- this is needed by [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > period. > Your right about the cats needing their own food though. I just assumed there's cat food for cats and dog food for dogs for a reason, and the ingredients are definitely off... I can't imagine that a dog should eat anything but dog food, really, and a cat, cat food, since they have actual food made for them. >The cat seems to have forgotten which food is her cat food and which food is >the puppy's, and vice versa... >Is this normal, or somewhat normal? Happens all the time. Cat A has one food, Cat B has another food, Cat C has a third food. Each cat will follow the greener grass theory and want what the other cat has. (Even though one of the other cats has low fat/low taste food.) Same goes for dogs. The grass is always greener in the other animals bowl.. >Any ideas on how to get them to eat >their own food and not eat the other's? Neither seem to mind the other >eating their food... Do what I do. I park myself on the floor to make sure each animal keeps their nose in their own dish. >Neither animal has any health concerns or anything like that. Neither have >a special diet or certain food they must or must not eat. I on the other hand have some cats on prescription food. (Low fat for overweight, thus it is low taste.) >We also don't >feed them table scraps at all, but the cat has been found munching on the >baby's cookies if dropped and missed for picking up. I've had many a cat over the years who watches the floor like a hawk waiting for food to fall on the floor. They're hard wired to do that at birth. >I did notice that the >ingredients on the puppy food and the cat food are different, and maybe >someone has had this come up for them and might have some ideas on how to >make the cat understand what food is hers Hang it up. Won't happen in my litetime. >the dog is eating, or the other way around, and we really do have better >things to do than to sit and hold the cat/dog while the other is eating. >Any suggestions? If you find a solution let me know. The only solution i i've found is for me to park myself on the floor and enforce the seperation between animal and food. "xkatx" <whats-an-email-address@confusion.com> wrote in message > The cat seems to have forgotten which food is her cat food and which food is > the puppy's, and vice versa... > Any suggestions? How big is the dog? Perhaps the dog's dinner bowl could be raised up on a pedestal of some kind that is still reachable by the dog, but difficult for the cat to reach? The rim of the bowl would be too unsteady for a cat to balance and after one or two tries, the cat might not like landing right in the middle of the dog food. Just a thought. > "xkatx" <whats-an-email-address@confusion.com> wrote in message >> The cat seems to have forgotten which food is her cat food and which food [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > in > the middle of the dog food. Just a thought. The dog is smaller than the cat... Cat's about 8ish lbs and the dog's about 5? Dog won't be more than about 7-8lbs full grown, plus, cats tend to be able to get to the strangest of places... Our cat enjoys sitting on the very top of the chinchilla cage, and that cage is 6' tall. But, since you did mention something about cat might not liking a dog food bath, maybe we could try feeding the dog with some damp towels around his food so that he has to step on the damp towels, for example, to get to his food. I know our cat does NOT like water or having her feet wet at all. The dog... He doesn't care. We went for a walk this morning to take the boys to the school bus in the rain, and half an hour later when we got home, the dog was drenched and didn't care one bit. His feet were making little mucking sounds on the sidewalk and from his feet to his belly was soaked and he looked like he had toothpick legs, not fluffy dog legs... Might be worth a shot to keep the cat away? >> "xkatx" <whats-an-email-address@confusion.com> wrote in message >>> The cat seems to have forgotten which food is her cat food and which food [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > he looked like he had toothpick legs, not fluffy dog legs... > Might be worth a shot to keep the cat away? Maybe you should get a tutor to teach these animals how to read. MB It is alleged that xkatx claimed: >The cat seems to have forgotten which food is her cat food and which food is >the puppy's, and vice versa... >Is this normal, or somewhat normal? Any ideas on how to get them to eat I think so. I have a year-old cat, and pet-sat for my brother's 3-month old puppy, at my place. Even though my cat had her own food in the normal place, as soon as food went down for the dog, in another location, the cat went over to the dog food and tried to eat it. Also, the dog, despite being explicitly showed where its food was, went to the cat food and tried to eat it. 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