I love my cats, but...

[cjsmith]

It must have been Duchess horking last night, because while I was out at dinner Little Girl threw up in the pile of cat toys and just now Jackie let loose all over a brand-new jigsaw puzzle. While I ran to clean that, Jackie also got the hallway in two places and the carpet once. (This leaves about eight more to go for her normal pattern. Most of those will be small.)

I am officially tired of this.

Um, this should go without saying, but please don't give advice unless you know my cats or their environment. If you do, though, I'm listening.

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[perfect-autumn.livejournal.com]

Yup, he's fine otherwise.

His main issue is he eats too much, too fast. He gets excited and forgets to chew. He'll gobble down a whole bowl of food, unchewed, in like... two minutes. We've gone to several small feedings a day, which a timed auto opening food bowl helps b/c I don't have to be here to feed him every three hours. Switching to all natural and organic foods helped too.

Also, we got rid of all our flowers and got just herbs for the porch, so no more leaf bits on my carpet.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I've looked at those timed food bowls for a long time, but I've never actually taken the plunge. How has it worked for you? Has the mechanism held up well?

We had one of those automatic self-scooping litter boxes once, and that was a complete disaster. The little wire going from the "brains" to the "scoop" kept breaking.

[perfect-autumn.livejournal.com]

Ours is probably one of the more exspensive ones, but we've had it for a few months now and it works perfect. It's got two bowls side by side, and you can set them to anywhere from 1-48 hours. The little clock ticks around and when it clicks to the open spot, the lid just springs open.

It's from Petsafe Training Systems. It takes one double A battery, and while it took the kids a day or two to adjust to it. They have no problems now, and know the little "pop" noise of the lid opening means there's food now.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh excellent! I wouldn't be surprised if eating too fast is my kitties' problem some of the time. A lot of the time they have hairballs, but occasionally they don't, and those times might be eating too fast. I'm rationing their food; when it hits the bowl they're hungry. This might be something worth trying.

[perfect-autumn.livejournal.com]

They make a few hairball formula foods... have you tried any yet?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yes; they puke those up a lot faster than the one I'm on. I find that frustrating! Silly cats!

[perfect-autumn.livejournal.com]

How odd.