Feed the in separate rooms?

It's hard with more than one pet!!! The goal is to have him lose weight V E R Y slowly......no more than 1-2 lbs per year, so don't rush it.

Bud can eat all the time and I'm trying to get him to lose weight. They both get fed when I say so, not free-feeding. I try for 3x day and sometimes a bit before I go to bed.

Separate rooms would help.

Agree with pudgeder. Leave the free feeder alone in the room with food for an hour, then pick up the food. Do it as many times a day as you want but take away the food afterwards. At another time, give the dieter its portion and then pick up the food.

I once had a vet who trained cats to do tricks. It was amazing. She said the secret was to first reduce food portions for the cat for a week or two, watching that not too much weight was lost. At that point, the cat would be very hungry and given the sight of food, could be trained with food rewards much like a dog.

Meal feeding, separate rooms, one a high calorie (wet mixed with some dry) food, the other low calorie (wet mixed with water) food. Vet can help you identify low and high calorie foods.

I cat sat for Cassandra, 2 cat family. One cat had a collar lhat signaled the feeder to open....the other didn't. Then there was Mary, a 2 cat family. She had a creme appetite suppressant she put behind the one cats ear. Vet prescribed.

I've tried all those except wet mixed with water. I'll try that.

Thanks!

Credit goes to Dr. Lori Coughlin,
Oak Park Veterinarian, The Cat Practice.

My friend has feeders that are operated with a chip in their neck. They are programmed so that each cat can only open his own feeder. When he steps away it closes and the other cat can't open it. She has a problem of one cat who grazes, and one cat who eats everything in sight. I believe her vet suggested it, and it seems to be working fairly well for her.

They are pretty pricey, here's a link.

Cat feeder

I actually not let him eat until she does. once she walks away to the bowl is in my room and she freebies there I let him go. He's still only a couple pounds in the past year? Year and half? Yet, she keeps dropping. I will have to watch her closer. She may have thyroid problems? She's 14.

Wow it was wrong: I actually will not let him eat until she does. Once she walks away
to the bowl is in my room and she free feed, then I let him go. He's
still only lost a couple pounds in the past year? Year and half? Yet,
she keeps dropping. I will have to watch her closer. She may have
thyroid problems? She's 14.

Rob, rapid weight loss is a sign of hyper-thyroid. Very common in older cats. Smudge had it when he was 16. He was hungry all the time, and would eat constantly.......his thyroid would use up all the food before it would get to his body, so he was literally starving. He was also restless would pace and pace.

I don't know that's it's rapid. I'm watching CLOSE

Yes, I get that. So watch for the other signs. His hair also got scruffy looking.

I hate this non-editing

I'm also watching her for things the vet suggested such as scarfing food down, and other things. I totally appreciate you, jasdip

Rob And jasdip, we are in the same position. When our little girl was becoming even littler, really looking skinny, we started giving her more and the boy less. She also started looking scruffier. No change after several months so finally we took her to the vet.

Hyperactive thyroid.

So she is now on medication (just 10 days in so far) and we continue to give her more in her dish, and him less. The vet recommended less to no kibble, and more canned food than we’d been giving, to satisfy them better.

She weighs about 7 lbs, he weighs 19 lbs 15 oz! We have a long way to go to equalize them!

We go back in 3 weeks to have her thyroid numbers checked again. I hope we see some weight gain, too. Oh, and we need to try to give the boy more exercise, trim him down a bit.