Advice on rescue cat please?

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I'm picking up my first ever cat on Thursday, very excited! He's 11 months and the rescue charity have said for the first month he'll need 3 meals a day so I've looked into getting a cat sitter for the 3 days a week I'm at work to give him lunch. What age should he go down to 2 meals a day? I've got conflicting advice when googling.

We're also away for a wedding for 2 nights at the end of the month, how many times a day would we need the cat sitter to come round? I'm assuming a cat sitter would be better than a cattery at this stage as he won't have been with us that long.

TIA

When we use a cat sitter we get her to come around once a day but we use a timer cat feeder which she sets so our cat gets fed twice a day but we only pay for one visit.

That’s a lot of food, my cat (5 months) gets two pouches a day of hills and 40g of biscuits. What brand are they feeding? Cheaper brands won’t keep a cat full for long

We use this one www.amazon.co.uk/Cat-Mate-C20-Automatic-Feeder/dp/B0002YHUPC?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=0a1642c5-7d24-5826-91e9-85cb47114dd2&pf_rd_p=0a1642c5-7d24-5826-91e9-85cb47114dd2&pf_rd_r=QC5540HDMN0X4VD2VHS2&pf_rd_r=QC5540HDMN0X4VD2VHS2&pf_rd_s=mobile-hybrid-5&pf_rd_t=30901&ref_=Oct_CABSellerC_471301031_2&tag=mumsnetforum-21&pf_rd_i=471301031

You can just use a timed feeder for the days when you're at work.

Or alternatively just leave a bowl of dry food down for him for the day and give wet food before and after work. It doesn't have to be lunch as such.

I changed mine to two meals a day when they stopped growing, around 14 months or so, to make sure they don't get fat!

The three meals a day are for... the first month, as you said. At one year old you can drop him down to morning and evening. It's not a hard and fast date, you can have your sitter just do two if he's settling in well. Good plan to have a sitter rather than out to a cattery.

Congrats on the new kitty!

I still give mine 3 meals a day but it's 1 tin/ pouch split between the 2 cats at each meal so only 1 and a half tins/pouches each per day. I leave dry out all day.

I usually ask my cat sitter to do 2 visits a day when we're away

Thanks all, great advice. Will definitely look at a timed feeder!