How Often Do You Feed Your Cat?

I leave the food out for my two cats. They share the same bowls for food and water. I let them eat when they want to eat. I know it's said that they should not have food left out at all times. But I feel that since I am allowed to eat whenever I want to eat that they should be allowed to as well. They do not seem to over eat. Some days they may eat more than others, but so do we.

Moomin has breakfast and supper, she is fed twice a day although she does have a bowl with dried cat food as well just incase she fancies a snack. Trouble is the neighbourhood cats also like her snacks. :-)

I have 3 cats and I usually leave dry food out for them all the time. Then one of my cats I feed her cooked chicken and she is real small. She use to be a stray and now she a member of my family.LOL But I feed her about 3or 4 times aday because I just give small amount. She is real pettite and she was so skinny but not anymore.LOL And my other 2 I feed them a can of moist food in the morning and some tuna fish at night. And I give them alot of treats. Maybe you should give you cat some treats in between meals that might help. Take care

Oh - my cats are always hungry! LOL! They get a big meal twice a day - morning and evening - but I also always keep dried food down in the kitchen all the time, so they help themselves whenever they feel like it. My Wilby (his real name is William Wilberforce and he sometimes gets called Wilbur too!) is a real greedy boy, and seems to eat 24/7! He did used to be quite overweight, but once the Summer comes, he goes out and runs around much more, and keeps reasonably slim. Lily (our only girl cat amongst all the boys, and the one who is currently in Hospital), is the only one that seems disinterested in food. She is more "picky" than her brothers - she only eats when she is hungry - not out of greed like the rest of them!!

I am currently trying to reduce my cat's comsumption. She has breakfast (if I am late she smacks up side the head with her paw) and supper. I will leave a bowl with a small amount of food in it throughout the day, but none at night. Since starting this routine, her activity has increased. I still can't help but give her some snacks just little ones though.

I never tried feeding my cats on a schedule. Right from the start, when they were kittens, I'd put out a huge bowl of dried food that they could eat from whenever they wanted. I usually don't feed "wet" food, but when I do it's just as a treat. I know in some cases if you just put out food like I do, you end up with an overweight cat because he keeps eating and eating. I think that since I started this practice while I had kittens, it may be the reason I didn't have this problem. I'm glad about that because it's certainly an easier way to feed the cat!

Cats are creatures of habit, once you start with one schedule they like to stay with it. I feed by cats (2 cats) three to four times a day, so don't feel bad. I keep dry food for them all the time in a feeder and their water is the same way. I give them wet food from a can, 2 in the morning, one at noon and one more at 5:00 and another one around 8:30 (since they are begging so much by then), my cats are very spoiled so don't feel bad, I have tried to cut them back but no matter what I do this is least amount I can feed them, they actually would like to be feed more, but I hate to waste food where they are concerned.

I feed my cat twice a day (wet food). Dry food is available for him to eat throughout the day.

Well, I keep a bowl of dry food in the kitchen all the time for her. I know I'll probably get stoned for this but I also give her tuna 2-3 times a day. She loves it. I know...ppl say it isn't good for her. She is in great health and has no problems. She only eats the "in water" type and loves it. She is her proper weight and still eats her dry food as well. She will come and meow nicely a time or two and then if she hasn't gotten her treat she will nip my ankle and meow loudly to let me know she NEEDS it. lol. LIVE IN PEACE

You shouldn't have to set an amount, you really should know. Ask any VET & they will tell you, you are only supposed to feed your pets once a day. My cats get a handful of dry food in the morning & a spoonful of home made food in the afternoon when i feed the dogs. It works out pretty well but i know i shouldn't feed them more than once. Have you tried just using one of those self feeding things, that'd save you time & he wont bother you until you feed him if he can always have access to it. I think dry food is ok for a feed but the tin/cooked food you give them really should only be once a day. Good luck!

My cat, Noodles, eats all the time, but right now she is nursing five kittens and probably has worms. Maybe Wilbur has worms, have you had him checked? Especially since he is an outdoor cat, if he is eating that much and not gaining weight, it's a strong possibility.

I have a cat that's a Tom cat. He's not house domestic and likes the large outdoors we have. He lovs hunting around the yard more than eating Process cat food. Strange cat loves live kills.

I just feed my cat 3 times per day .when I have breakfast,so does her .when I have lunch ,so does her .She is very queit.I like her.

I have two cats and I just have two bowls of food setting out all the time. And they eat when they want. Neither of them appear to be overweight either.

I have many, many cats so I tend to go through a lot of catfood. It seems like I am always filling up a food or water dish.I have two double dishes in my house and I fill them both up at least once a day. The one out here in the dining room gets filled several times a day because it is used by more cats. The other dish is in another room that my more antisociable cats like to eat from. I have a few that like to eat the dogfood too.lol.

i usually feed my cats 3 times a day

Our cat gets breakfast, dinner and then a late night snack. During the day we always have dry food available for him and we usually give him one cat sweetie a day.

We feed our four cats dry food which we leave out for them to eat whenever they want. I check it during the day and fill the bowl when it gets empty. Once a day they get some canned food. We only open one small can and divide it four ways, so they can't overeat the canned food. Our cats are stictly indoor cats, so they don't run around outside, but they don't overeat, either.

My cats are fed twice a day, for breakfast they have dry food and for tea they have wet food. And I'll always leave some biscuits in their bowls during the night incase they fancy a midnight snack. Max used to want to be fed three times a day but now he's grown and loves to spend all day outside.

I have four cats and they are all indoor cats. I usually keep my bowl full of dry cat food 24/7 as all the cats have a different agenda as to when they like to eat. It would drive me nuts to go according to each one of there schedules so i keep the dish filled with dry and once a day at a set time i feed them all some wet food. The easiest way i know for multiple kittys lol. Just like kids they are.