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cat wants to eat all the time

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Italiangreyhound · 21/05/2015 22:17

Our new rescue cat is always wanting to eat, meowing for food. He is 6 years old, domestic short hair and male.

The dry food is out and ignored and he has several pouches per day of the wet food, some 50g and some 100g.

Is this normal?

Thank you.

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Corygal · 21/05/2015 22:30

My rescue cat of the same age Mr Cory started off endlessly demanding food - up to 7 pouches a day - and used to dance with joy, skipping on his fat paws with delight, that it would be produced. Of course I gave in.

I'm glad I did - I think he was so pleased and relieved to have a home that he was trying it on for a bit, as I expect your new family member is. He's just pleased to be home!

If your little darling does start to get fat (Mr C became spherical and had to be dieted) I recommend offering a couple of Dreamies instead.

BettyCatKitten · 21/05/2015 22:46

My cats hound me for pouches when I buy them. I wonder if you stop pouches and only offer dry food he will eventually eat it.

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Italiangreyhound · 21/05/2015 23:57

Thanks Corygal and Betty I may have to go no show on the pouches after a time. But I do kind of agree Corygal that at the moment it is my way of showing he is home and safe and he can eat as much as he needs. He is not yet fat, he is 5K and the vet said a good size and he does not need to lose weight. I think the 50g pouches are good as I can give 6 or 7 if necessary and it is only 300 or 350g but 6 or 7 of the 100g would be twice that amount, so a lot!

Thanks.

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BettyCatKitten · 22/05/2015 00:03

Great, don't forget the dreamies

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Italiangreyhound · 22/05/2015 00:10

He loves dreamies, I can't imagine what is in them??? Hashish?

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TheShoeLady · 22/05/2015 00:20

My little kitty goes mad for pouches. I only buy them when I can't get to a supermarket, so have to go to Budgens or somewhere.

I've given him 2 as a meal in the past as he's a big boy, then found him running out of the utility room with one in his jaws, only to find another mauled pouch torn open and snaffled under my desk! There's defnitely something dodgy in them.

He also won't eat anything other than Whiskas, and then goes through phases where he will turn his nose up at one of the flavours in every multi pack! Fussy bugger.

He wasn't from a rescue centre but was removed as he didn't get on with his other feline housemates. There was a lot of territorial wrangling over food, so I wonder how much of this behaviour stems from that?

TheShoeLady · 22/05/2015 00:21

Rehomed not removed!

CatsAreLikeChocolates · 22/05/2015 00:22

We call Dreamies Kitty Crack in our house!

Might be worth mentioning the raging appetite to the vets to see if they think a blood test to check out the thyroid glad, diabetes, etc is worth doing. Probably not in an otherwise healthy young cat but it would put your mind at rest...

idontknowmyusernameanymore · 22/05/2015 00:24

I think on the box of some it says at least 2-3 a day so it's pretty normal . That being said, are his teeth ok? In case it's hurting him to chew dry food. Or does he have worms if he's suddenly hungry all the time?

BettyCatKitten · 22/05/2015 00:24

Yes, we refer to dreamies as crack cocaine for cats

RubbishMantra · 22/05/2015 00:50

That's a good point about the teeth. Little Monsieur wouldn't eat dry when he was teething. Our other cat, just a year younger than your's Italian is due for his first dental for tartar removal.

SonceyD0g · 22/05/2015 01:42

Dreamies, what do they put in them?
If he has been wormed and his teeth are ok then he is prob just training you that dry food isn't good enough, only pouches will do. Ours have tins but if I do buy pouches eg when they're on offer they tend to break into the box and self feed!

BettyCatKitten · 22/05/2015 01:53

My youngest was rehomed via a vet, they advised her having some wet food initially, but then going on to dry food as it was better for her teeth. So that is what we have done.
Is there any differing opinions? We followed that advice.

Kleptronic · 22/05/2015 02:17

My vet told me to have mine on dry for her teeth, so that's what she has. I know there is thinking that it's bad for their kidneys, but I'm not a vet, the vet is. And she gets sausage. And sardines. And cheese. And chicken. And pork. And salmon. Basically if we have meat/fish she has a bit. Her and the dogs get Dreamies when the shuffling animals inside/outside rooms/garden demands. The dogs live for the cat coming about

Kleptronic · 22/05/2015 02:19

She also wants to eat constantly. She's 9 and she always has, I got her at 4 months, flea ridden and greasy, the runt, so that's likely why. She's tiny though. And her teeth are good

Jerseyknit · 22/05/2015 02:22

I was just about to post the same. I can't sleep for worry about mine. She's eating a lot but not do much the dry food. She also no longer sleeps in my bed. She looks well enough but she's changed. She's a year and a half. I might take her to the vet.

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Italiangreyhound · 22/05/2015 22:32

Jerseyknit hope your cat is OK.

Mine seems fine but I will ask the vet sometime. There is dry food so he can't be really hungry.

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