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how many meals?
On Jul 25, 2:00*pm, "cybercat" wrote:
"chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 25, 7:08 am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message .... On Jul 25, 5:57 am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message .... On Jul 24, 9:12 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 3:54 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 2:18 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "calvin" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 12:55 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "calvin" wrote in message Three meals a day (multiple flavors of Fancy Feast) plus dry treats ('elevensies') just before my bedtime. Also they (seven cats) have round-the-clock dry food to munch on whenever they like, plus several water bowls, refreshed daily. I'm spoiling them? You bet, and we all love it. The problem with dry food is that it isn't "spoiling" them. Cats should not have carbs. There is a much higher incidence of diabetes and other health problems in cats that are fed dry food. My cats prefer the canned food that they get for meals. The dry food is for between-meal munchies when they want something more, especially during the long 12-hour stretch between supper and breakfast. What I meant by spoiling them is having three meals a day plus 'elevensies'. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Could you consider some other treats instead of leaving dry food out? A cat that munches all day could easily become a overweight. Twice a day is considered optimum, so it isn't necessary for a cat to munch in-between. MaryL If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry food out! - - - - - - - - - - - - Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. I have used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes more than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available to observe and take action. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A monied one! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? Whatever I have is based on a working history of 42 years. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope! I know the costs and what I have!!!!!!!!!!!!! - - - - - - - - - - - Well, you certainly made an incorrect and unjustified assessment when you called me "a monied one." I wonder how many people would find it acceptable to leave their children unattended and say it is alright if they just leave some food out for them. Clearly, none of use would do that, and my two cats are my furbabies. On the other hand, I fully understand problems that arise when money is not available. I went through many years of that, but it does not have to cost anything to have someone check on your cats when you are gone. I use a professional pet sitter now. That certainly does have cost involved, but if you were to go back many years in my life to the era when I was a graduate assistant, I was literally living on poverty income. I *still* would never have left my cat to fend for himself when I was gone. I worked out arrangements with a reliable neighbor, and we took turns checking on each other (and feeding cats) if we had to be out of town. When my cat became ill, I worked out a monthly pay plan to pay for veterinarian fees. I could not afford a car at that time, so I took my cat in a carrier on the bus and then walked several blocks to get him to the vet. But I did not use my lack of financial resources to use my own convenience as an excuse for his care. In my entire life, I have *never* left my cats for more than a day without having someone check on them. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Let me see! Just spend 2000 dollars to have nebby's back legs from popping out of the sockets! One year ago, I spent over 600 when Nebby and Izzy developed allergic reactions to something in the food! Have to buy expensive restricted diet foods! Two years ago, I spent over 6,000 dollar trying to keep Zippy alive when he developed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Lady you have no idea! And all this came up because I said that a cat should not be left alone, and you responded by calling me "the monied one" because I use a pet sitter??? - - - - - - - - - - - - Sheesh! MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yep! *Your view of course! You are a jackass. Howdy, jackass.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So are you! |
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how many meals?
In my entire life, I have *never* left my cats for more than a day without having someone check on them. MaryL I agree with MaryL here. I would NEVER leave our cats alone for more than 12 hours without someone to check on them. I have friends who could pop in and check on them, but two of our cats are on medications and I can't rely on friends to give the meds (or they aren't comfortable giving meds). I also hire a pet sitter to come in twice per day. Yes, this costs money, but we take this into consideration when we travel (which isn't often lately). Also, problems can come up in a short period of time! I once took care of a co-worker's two cats. Upon my first visit to their house, one of his cats had developed a nasty eye infection, which required a vet visit and medication. You just never know what might happen! |
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