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| 734.1 | one approach | 25175::KALLIS | Not now. I've got an idache. | Tue Sep 01 1987 13:36 | 8 |
| I never had that problem, but one of my friends who did established
a special off-the-floor feeding place vfor the short-changed cat.
In that case, it was on a kitchen counter; it easily could have
been on the top of a refrigerator.
Sometimes, sharing a bowl isn't a way to promote togetherness.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 734.2 | Bonzo and Twiddle belong to a friend | CADSYS::RICHARDSON | | Tue Sep 01 1987 13:54 | 8 |
| re .-1
Just exactly what a friend of mine did (both of my kitties are
gobblers). They put the nibbler's bowl on top of a shelf where the
gobbler (who is much, much bigger - weighs 27 pounds!) can't get
at it, and the nibbler (a tiny female kitty - she only weighs about
4 pounds), Twiddle, eats when she pleases, while Bonzo the gobbler
wolfs down his food, can't reach hers, and goes away to try begging
at the dinner table.
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| 734.3 | Both are jumpers | MAGIC::POLLOCK | A cat has 9 lives... | Tue Sep 01 1987 14:01 | 8 |
| Spooky weighs in at about 13.5 lbs. while Ashes weighs in at about
11 lbs. Both seem to have springs in their legs, especially Spooky
who can jump very, very high so I don't think putting a bowl in
a high place would work. Maybe I should just put a ball and chain
on Spooky's leg! :-)
-paula
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| 734.4 | Try a self or free feeder | VAXWRK::SKALTSIS | Deb | Tue Sep 01 1987 14:55 | 10 |
| assuming that the cats don't have worms, and you don't have a true
glutton, you might want to consider a self feeder. These things
store several pounds of food, and while Mr. Hungry will pig out
the first day, chances are that as time passes he will just eat
enough to satisfy his appitite.
However, if you have a true glutton (like Argus J. Pussycat, Esq.),
this won't work.
Deb
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| 734.5 | Where to buy self feeder? | MAGIC::POLLOCK | A cat has 9 lives... | Tue Sep 01 1987 15:12 | 8 |
| re .4:
Do you happen to know where I can purchase a self-feeder reasonably
priced?
Thanx,
Paula
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| 734.6 | | VAXWRK::SKALTSIS | Deb | Wed Sep 02 1987 11:46 | 7 |
| well, that depends on where you are located. I purchased ours at
Debby's Petland in Newton, but I've also seen them at places like
OSCO drug in Waltham, Dr. Pet in Watertown, etc. Any pet store or
store with a good size pet supply department usually had them. The
cost is between $5 and $10.
Deb
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| 734.7 | mail order | CADSYS::RICHARDSON | | Wed Sep 02 1987 15:25 | 5 |
| I ordered the ones my cats use from the little catalog that
sporadically comes inside the bags of "Kleen Kitty" - the automatic
watering machines are great, too (there's nothing quite so unhappy
as a THIRSTY KITTY, especially early in the morning, and especially
if the kitty is part Siamese...).
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| 734.8 | Automatic feeder | MAGIC::POLLOCK | A cat has 9 lives... | Thu Sep 03 1987 21:30 | 6 |
| I just purchased an automatic feeder and I've filled it up about
half-way with Science Diet. I'll let you know how it goes.
Thanx for all your suggestions,
Paula
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| 734.9 | Success, I think?!?! | MAGIC::POLLOCK | Is it Friday yet??? | Thu Sep 17 1987 13:41 | 10 |
| Well, I've had the automatic feeder for about 2 weeks now. I think
Ashes seems a little more "happy" now that he can be a nibbler again.
Spooky doesn't seem to be a glutton as far as I can tell, even though
his favorite pass time is eating. Ashes still meows at me, but
it seems to occur only when I'm in the kitchen. I think he associates
the kitchen with getting fed because when I first got him that was
where his food dish and food were kept.
-Paula
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