mmm - thus far she's bigger on games than petting (which she seems to endure for the petter's benefit). she also has a gravity defying determination and when given the toss seems to be back on my desk without hitting the rug. i am attempting to make my desk off limits because she has become obsessed with watching the screen and attempting to catch anything that moves. i am still coming to terms with being a carer of cats ... btw whats your feeding regime?
"Attempting to make my desk off limits" - heh heh, yeah, you have fun with that. Just remember, what you see as training, they see as another game
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i'm glad you have affirmed the small portion regime. i naively followed the instructions on the dry food packet which said to put all the food out in the morning and the cats will self regulate their eating during the day... yeah, right, self regulate themselves to obesity. ruby has turned from a lithe (emaciated) stray to a lushed out pot-bellied queeen in couple of months. i would try taking her for walks if she were remotely amenable - she also finds my flowerboxes more accessible for urinating than the trek downstairs - this morning i noted one of my fave herbs turning yellow. the turk is highly active, but ruby is always closest to the bowls. three feeds a day - oh dear, just as well i mostly work from home.
Condolences to the herbsludwig_primantiJune 15 2005, 07:41:11 UTC
Three feedings aren't that logistically difficult, even for those with a 9 to 5 job. One in the morning, one immediately upon return home and one before collapsing in a heap at night. They're often least interested in the late night feeding, but that's the one on which they just graze, so making it smaller is no problem. It only gets tricky if, like me, you have completely different schedules from day to day - home all day some days, gone from early morning till late night others. Having two humans can also complicate things, as keeping track of whether someone else did a feeding is easy to forget.
Not to take a conspiratorial tone, but the bag is also probably telling you a bit more than they really need to be happy and healthy anyway. I'd put down half as much, in smaller increments, and wait for them to complain. Depending on their sizes, they may not do so.
Sadly, that was the best pun I had for this occasion.
I do like her insistent look though, as if to say, "The time for human things is over now. Pet the cat."
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yeah, right, self regulate themselves to obesity. ruby has turned from a lithe (emaciated) stray to a lushed out pot-bellied queeen in couple of months. i would try taking her for walks if she were remotely amenable - she also finds my flowerboxes more accessible for urinating than the trek downstairs - this morning i noted one of my fave herbs turning yellow. the turk is highly active, but ruby is always closest to the bowls. three feeds a day - oh dear, just as well i mostly work from home.
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Not to take a conspiratorial tone, but the bag is also probably telling you a bit more than they really need to be happy and healthy anyway. I'd put down half as much, in smaller increments, and wait for them to complain. Depending on their sizes, they may not do so.
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