How To Help A Food Obsessed Cat

Ask your vet if you can reduce the med schedule to twice day.

How to help a food obsessed cat. For example when she acts calm near the food bowl as she eats praise your cat. Provide more interactive and more engaging activities. I have never witnessed a cat exhibiting behavior like this. Just today i accidentally left out some pitas.

One of my two cats pippin is extremely obsessed with food. My cat with hyperthyroidism gets her liquid med mixed in a little sheba soft chicken. This happens every time i leave food out even if its fully sealed. Punishment makes aggression worse so its best to avoid and manage situations to prevent aggression from ever happening.

Make sure your cat is getting the proper nutrients. He will chew through the. When you feed your cat his meals give him lots of fuss afterwards ie a positive reaction for him this should help him. After tripping over him several times you dump the food into the bowl and your cat attacks it as though it might run away.

The cat was otherwise healthy so we solved the problem by never ever feeding the cat in the kitchen or dining room previously the owners had been sneaking him tidbits leaving a high quality dry food out at all times in the basement the cat really wanted to be around his owners so would dash up and down the stairs thereby getting a good amount of exercise and locking the cat in the basement with a meal of canned food when the owners prepared and ate their own food. Feed them 2 3 times a day and only as much as directed. Get the liquid med compounded into a liquid which is a flavor he likes they can do chicken fish liver. When you have two cats that are so different about food you probably need to get the calmer one trained to meals and stop leaving food out.

Ignore the behaviors you hate and look for ones you like and reward the kitty. A bored and depressed cat can also overeat or have food begging tendencies as a means of self soothing. As such it is best to provide your cat with more interactive activities. If your cat acts like youre feeding them for the first time in years every time you open a.

Puzzle toys and interactive games will keep their minds from food. While you poke around the kitchen and rummage for the food scoop your cat is rubbing up against your legs and vocalizing louder than botticelli at the opera house. If your cat isnt getting enough of the right nutrients they may. They were double bagged and he chewed right through the bags to get the pitas.

Be sure your cat is.