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My cat gets fed 5 times a day (3x timed feeder; 2x wet food). I did this to try to help with the anxiety, but it didn't seem to help much. She will sit and stare at the automatic feeder for up to 2 hours, waiting for it to drop 10 bits of kibble. If I am sleeping within 2 hours of her wet feeding time, she will wake me up so I am prepared to feed her when the time comes. I've tried the plug-ins and other various methods to no success. I'm trying to get her to relax regarding feeding. She was a pregnant, starving street cat when we rescued her. Any ideas?
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Aug 14, 2019 20:58
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Flowers for QAnon posted:My cat gets fed 5 times a day (3x timed feeder; 2x wet food). I did this to try to help with the anxiety, but it didn't seem to help much. She will sit and stare at the automatic feeder for up to 2 hours, waiting for it to drop 10 bits of kibble. If I am sleeping within 2 hours of her wet feeding time, she will wake me up so I am prepared to feed her when the time comes. Your vet should be able to prescribe alprazolam or something else if needed. You can get it compounded into a liquid or a creme if she won't take it in pills. If she's waking you up with wet food, I guess switch entirely to dry with the timed feeder? Cats don't need wet food. Just make sure she has plenty of water bowls. Maybe she needs more toys or more play time? Try some catnip. Maybe she's just bored and the food is her only outlet? I don't know, just reaching for the usual options, here.
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Oct 18, 2019 11:09
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My own cat had been a street cat before the pound caught her and I adopted her. For the first few years I had her, she would devour any bug she could catch, which I attributed to her period of food insecurity. Nowadays, she'll play with bugs, but won't eat them. However, I just let mine free feed instead of rationing out the dry food. That may make a difference. The wet food problem sounds like a case of "is a cat". The only real remedy is to give her the wet food at consistent times of day and to pick times when you'll have been awake for a while.
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Oct 31, 2019 03:37
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Thanks for the responses folks. I think transitioning the wet food time might be the only option (or alprazolam). I’ve tried free eating and she put on a ton of weight and would puke up food from over eating regularly. She gets about 45 min of play time daily, broken into 3 sessions and is pretty overt when she needs it, so I don’t think that’s an issue. Anyone tried cbd?
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Nov 8, 2019 02:12
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