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Olivia is a finicky eater. She wants to graze on kibbles. Rarely will she eat a plate of canned food. This worries me and I weigh her\u00a0 often to make sure she\u2019s maintaining a good weight. Ten pounds. She always sits on the ten pound mark, so I guess that\u2019s a good sign. I continue to offer her canned food, though, and sometimes she\u2019ll eat it\u2014most of the time she doesn\u2019t. Wasteful, I know.<\/p>\n
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but he also liked his kibbles. At bedtime when we were shutting down the house for the night, Winfield had his own routine. He\u2019d go to the kibbles bowl. If the kibbles covered the bottom of the bowl, he\u2019d join us in the bedroom. If he could see the ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/oliviafood-225x300.jpg\")
bottom of the bowl, he\u2019d stand at it until we walked by, then he\u2019d signal for us to add kibbles to the bowl. To eat, he\u2019d take a mouthful out of the bowl, drop them on the floor and eat them. He drank water with his paw\u2014dip, and ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kittenlost-e1601983534629-225x300.jpg\")
lick, dip\u00a0 and lick.<\/p>\n
Lily was the best eater we ever had. She\u2019d eat anything and everything we gave her and if I was eating it, she\u2019d eat it\u2014lettuce, tomatoes\u2026 Of course, I didn\u2019t feed her these things, but if she had the opportunity, she\u2019d eat them.<\/p>\n
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I found my Himalayan cat, Katy, eating chocolate brownies one night. Frightening. I\u2019d remembered I forgot to cover the brownies, got up to do that and found Katy chomping away at them. Who would have thought? (Yes, some cats are attracted to chocolate–and yes it is toxic to cats.)<\/p>\n
Does your cat eat what you think is best for her or is she a finicky eater, a messy eater, a routine eater, an anytime eater, a beggar, or?<\/p>\n
Does she have a special eating place? I leave kibbles and water bowls in my office and in the service porch off the kitchen, but when Olivia wants to eat canned food (which I serve to her on a small plate to prevent whisker stress), she runs to a spot in the living room where we first started feeding her when she was a kitten. Cats seem to like routine and familiarity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Olivia is a finicky eater. She wants to graze on kibbles. Rarely will she eat a plate of canned food. This worries me and I weigh her\u00a0 often to make sure she\u2019s maintaining a good weight. Ten pounds. She always … Continue reading