Thread: What age should you start feeding 2 times a day?

Why should you feed only twice a day at all???
The cat eats around 10 times a day in the wild, the cat is a small-eater it eats several small meals around the clock.

I have always had my cats on free access, they have always access to food.

I had it like this since i started out with the CRX at 1995, and i think all i know have free access for their cats. Is it common in UK to restrain the access to food???

Simba gets fed all day I don't have set meal times. He has dry food left down all day but I do weigh what I put out in the morning to give me some idea of how much he is eating. He has wet food now and again for a treat but his breeder has told me that she would start weaning him of this now. He seems to prefer the dry food to the wet anyway. I am also teaching him to come to his name at the moment so he is having quite a few Whiskers temptations.

Same here I read they were grazers so we have always kept biscuits down, and feed wet twice a day, no set times on that either, I feed when the white cat asks for it, usually when I get up, and when I get home from work.

Thanks all :
My Mum's outdoor cat at home is a "grazer" and we can leave dried food in it's dish for the whole day, but our bold Winston is no grazer. He wolfs his food down and there is no way there will be food left on the plate after 5 mins of being left down.

Originally Posted by IrishKitty

...our bold Winston is no grazer. He wolfs his food down and there is no way there will be food left on the plate after 5 mins of being left down.

This will probably change as he gets older. At Winston's age he is growing fast and will have quite an appetite. Still, we have dry down at all times, and have never had an issue with the male kittens eating everything in sight.

As for wet, we generally feed it on demand (the cats come into the kitchen and sit, and sometimes cry). This usually means 2-3 times in the morning, and then 2-3 times during the rest of the day for each of the cats (though they are not always synchronized). The kitten has been coming every time anyone gets fed and always eats something! The female who mainly eats dry has very small amounts of wet food 2-3 times per day.