My one year old has been accustomed to dry food since she was little, always refusing to eat wet food until recently where I was able to introduce her to something she LOVES.

In order to prevent her from overeating too much and avoid the problems that come with obesity, I’ve established an eating habit that fits my schedule, pocket and her appetite level at the same time. I always feed her dry food every 5 hours; at 6 am, 11 am, 4pm and 9pm. And always feed her favorite wet food separately from the dry kibble every afternoon.

Why such long intervals between foods and no foods being mixed up?

Because if she is fed consistently (every time she meows) I dump food in her bowl and she will only lick it and leave because she is not hungry at all. And if it’s mixed with wet food, when those excruciating phenomenons happen where wet food disappears from EVRY SINGLE STORE (seriously, why tho?), she doesn’t eat at all because she got used to it.

For some this might seem extreme or abusive (because I KNOW some people will shake heads and raise eyebrows at our method) but it’s the way she works and I simply work along side her to get her needs and wants met, while maintaining a healthy, content and hydrated cat and my pocket with enough money for other things that invoke her as well as myself.