My cat is not a food addict
This week I got a look at how not in touch with reality I am to food. From my cat.
So my kitten gets fed 4 times a day. A mix of dry and wet food, and she doesn’t finish the food most meals most days.
Well the other day I realized I only fed her TWICE that day as I was putting down her last meal for the night for a grand total of 3 meals.
I was terrified! I was so upset with myself. Should I leave out more food? Will it go bad? What if she wakes up hungry in the night?!?! What if she’s been waiting for this food, and is starving!
She had not been crying and begging for food. She did not fall upon it ravenously. She did not even seem to notice that she “missed” a meal. She ate it much as she does every other meal. With the same intensity.
But *I* was worried. Literally actually worried that I had left her hungry enough to make her unwell. Because she can’t talk. And all I have is routine. Because I don’t think about food normally.
Obviously it didn’t take me too long to get rational and recognize that she is not only fully nourished but also healthy and well cared for in every way. That one meal one time for a cat that eats FOUR TIMES A DAY is fine. That if she didn’t complain she probably didn’t care. There are not a lot of martyr kittens.
Having my eating under control is how I, personally, know what to eat. Because I don’t ever feel done. I don’t ever FEEL like I have had enough. I weight out food on a scale. I eat the same amount every day. That is how I know I have had enough. My body is not good at that on its own.
So when I feed my cat 4 measured out meals, that makes sense to me. Because I do the same for me, only mine is only 3 meals and they are way more food. And way more delicious…(you can’t give cats spices…)
And when I fail to give my cat one of those meals, I get as upset as I would if I forgot one of MY meals.
The good news is, I was more upset about it than my cat who is apparently not a food addict.
onceafatgirl 