Hello, this is Dr. Karin! Read my introduction, learn more about me and meet my five cheerful cats: Clutch, Cyril, Alex, Zelda, and Zazrus.
Once upon a time, feeding my five cats was a very easy effort, with dry food scattered in the mornings and a large shared tray of wet food at night. When the clutch developed a case of inflammatory bowel disease, I had to move him to a sensitive wet food diet. Repeated appearance Right after meals. Extra fiber helps them stay regularly, so I left chunks in their morning dry food. After that, Cyril developed something with a heavy problem, so he must feed separately. So I now have 5 cats in three separate places at mealtime.
The clutch is usually a rather neat eater (his personal grooming habits leave a lot of what is desired!). He didn’t seem to be difficult to eat and while I looked I didn’t notice that he would drop food.
As is often the case, when trying to understand what’s going on with your pet, I decided to employ some stealth tactics. And stealth tactics mean setting the camera near the food bowl and hiding around the corner. Certainly, it’s a bit humiliating, but it gets the job done.
Enter Ginger Ninja
Please enter Alex. Somehow, the rest of the crew were cleaning up the dry food upstairs, while the clutch was indulging in an extra serving of delicious wet food, but Alex began sneaking up to share the feast. The clutch is a very groaning cat, but he’s not trying to roll it up and give his inger companions free access to his food, so Alex had to improvise. Each time the clutch lifts its head and swallows its mouth, a tiny, intrinsic inger’s legs slip into the bowl to regain a soft sip. Clutch doesn’t notice this sleazy tactic, but he clearly determined that Alex’s small tax wasn’t worth causing a fuss. Of course, it will cause some secondary damage in the form of meat and juices around the bowl.
What am I going to do?
So, what should I do about this dangerous situation? A dark turn of this event? Well, the solution turns out to be very simple: two bowls. After all, you can’t try and blame young people.
But again, I might need to learn to close some doors!
This article is part of Dr. Karin’s series with five cheerful cats.
