{"id":1370,"date":"2016-07-18T06:04:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T14:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2016-07-07T06:07:31","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T14:07:31","slug":"mindful-monday-feeding-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1370","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Monday \u2013 Feeding Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our household, feeding cats used to be a slam dunk. I\u2019d sprinkle kibbles into a bowl\u2014job done.<\/p>\n

\"lily-001\"Then Lily came to live with us. I couldn\u2019t bear to serve this tiny tabby dry kibbles, so I found a store that carried cans of kitten food and started her on that. As she grew, she discovered the kibbles bowl and was pleased to help herself. But I continued feeding her canned food, as well.<\/p>\n

When she was diagnosed with kidney disease at a young age, the veterinarian recommended a new diet of prescription kibbles and also canned food. And we had an awful time making the switch. After calling in other veterinarians, including a holistic vet in Connecticut, and trying a lot of techniques, appetite enhancers, and other formulas, Lily began eating the prescribed food. For the most part, she\u2019s an enthusiastic eater. But she eats better if I\u2019m with her. Sometimes it\u2019s okay if I\u2019m just sitting in the room. Other times, she won\u2019t eat unless I\u2019m actually down on the floor with her.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never had a cat do that before. Have you? In fact, Sophie won\u2019t eat her meals unless \"lily-with-treats-030\"everyone is sitting still, preferably somewhere else in the house where she can\u2019t see or hear us. But Lily will frequently stop eating, until I accompany her to her dish, get down on my hands and knees and coax her to take a bite. As long as I sit there with her, she\u2019ll eat. Is she spoiled or what?<\/p>\n

What are some of your cats\u2019 unusual eating styles?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In our household, feeding cats used to be a slam dunk. I\u2019d sprinkle kibbles into a bowl\u2014job done. Then Lily came to live with us. I couldn\u2019t bear to serve this tiny tabby dry kibbles, so I found a store … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1371,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions\/1371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}