I’ve always heard that you can’t over feed a cat; supposedly they will stop eating when they’re full. Whoever said that never met Herbie. Herbie will eat until he barfs and he’s been doing that since he was a baby. I thought he would outgrow it but it’s only gotten worse. It happens several times a week. The good thing is he usually gets it all back in his food dish so clean up isn’t too bad.
Lucky and Hurley race to finish their food and then clean up whatever Pippi, Ernie, and Jack have left. Jack isn’t a big eater; I usually have to carry him to his food dish at dinner time. Then he just picks at his food and goes back to whatever he was doing. When WE eat it’s a different story. Jack likes people food and so does Hurley, Lucky and Pippi. Jack is very persistent when he’s begging, who would have guessed right?
Hurley is the least discerning, he will eat almost anything. Honestly I’ve never seen a cat eat like Hurley does. His absolute favorite people food is asparagus. He turned his nose up at fish and went for the asparagus.
Lucky is very polite when he begs. He puts his front paws on the table and looks at what we’re eating and cries. He never jumps on the table or claws us; he just waits patiently for Bob to give him some of our dinner. He’s slow so often Hurley or Jack steals his share and then eats their own. I have to admit I’ve given Lucky Cheez It’s and chips.
Pippi is a picky eater, she’ll beg but if Bob gives her some meat she just plays with it. When it’s time for wet food she acts like she’s starving and she has to be fed first. But she doesn’t really eat much of her wet, if it’s a flavor she doesn’t approve of she’ll just stare at me. She does however like ice cream and milk and she’s not shy about helping herself to Bob’s ice cream and cereal.
Herbie is only interested in food he can’t have. He thinks I should give him raw chicken or ground turkey. I did that one time and learned the hard way that raw meat is bad for cats. Apparently cats can’t really digest raw meat since they’re so domesticated. Poor Herbie had stomach issues for about a week after that.
Ernie has zero interest in people food and most wet. If all he ever got was dry food he’d be happy. He doesn’t even care about that fancy stuff like Sheba, he licks the gravy off and moves on to the dry food.
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