Cat constantly wants to eat?

Question

I have a cat that is about 10 and he constantly wants to eat. He will not let our other cat eat and will usually try to climb the counters to eat human food as well. The lady who used to take care of him spoiled him rotten. Is there any way to correct this behavior?

We have sprayed him with water but he still doesn't listen. The behavior of the other cat is normal but this cat insists on eating all the time.

Answer 1

If your cat wants to eat constantly and isn't gaining any weight, there could be a medical problem (such as diabetes or parasites). He should be taken to a vet for a checkup, complete with bloodwork and a stool/urine sample.

Answer 2

Yeah... cat's can get some rilly rilly RILLY wierd ideas about food. This is especially true the older the cats get.

There is some good news though. You can alter at least some of the kitty buddy's behavor. There are a couple of caveats though. First is that when you are trying too modify a cats behavior you are looking at a very very VERY savage time curve. Unlike dogs cats are much more difficult in this department.

Keeping him off the counters and other food prep surfaces. There are a few very sure fire ways too get a cat too ***not*** go there. The most robust of witch is too cover the surfaces something that the cat is going too find exceptionally disturbing. The one that I use is aluminum foil coated in vasaline mixt with grape fruit zest. It's cheap and will leave a VERY lasting impression in the cat's mind.

Kitty buddies ***hate***... just absotively ***hate*** getting vasaline on their paws. Kitty buddies also just absotively ***hate*** to no ***ends*** the taste or sent of strong citrus. Just imagine his ire when he's discovered that he is in a situation where he has too ***lick*** that gunk off his own feet!

Details: Zest up enough grape fruit that you can cover the entire surface you want protected. Mix that up with a big old tub of vasaline and then spread that down over foil. (ONE SIDE ONLY!) Then drape the foil over sections (not the whole surface) of places you want kitty buddy too avoid. When you need the surface you can scoop up the foil and use binder clips too hang them up so they don't get all messed up.

If you are very very VERY lucky kitty buddy will jump up on too the middle of one of these traps and be stuck having too clean that mess off him for ages and ages.

Now... if he gets stung in this trap he'll be quite sulky for a couple of days. The "poison" isn't going too do him any harm other than a savagely bruised ego and an unhappy tummy.

If you go too your local Petco or what have you they will have a heap of various commercially available options. There is even a motion dectector noisemaker that you can put on the counter. I've alsways had smashing success with the foil.

You are going too have too keep up the regime for a minimum of a month before the counter just becomes too much of a bother for him. Kitty buddies are famous for stubborn.

Now! For feeding time! Feed twice a day. Morning and evening. Stick too the schedule. He'll complain and beg and grump about it but just stick too the schedule. He'll ***eventually*** clue into "this is when I get fed." And lable begging as "not worth the effort." Again. Time is the key. It's going too take a while for him too catch on but he will.

The other cats! Feed them in seperate locations at the same time. Nothing else you can do about this. It's sad too say but he is probably ***never*** going too get over being a food bully when it comes too other cats.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

To keep him off the counters, put water in a spray bottle and spray him whenever he jumps on the counter. Eventually he will stop. As far as not letting your other cat eat, try putting him in another room with the door closed while the other cat eats. I hpe this helps.

Answer 4

when the cat jumps onto the counter, yell
"Get of the counter u stupid cat!!!" then put him outside immediately. this works fast if u have a smart cat. The cat does not like it if u get mad and will not let it happen again. You don't have to use stupid though.
Now as far as eating, just feed twice a day and don't feed it people food because it taste just to good.

Answer 5

My cat is 20 pounds 11 year old big cat, clearly somewhat overweight. She eats about 1/4 cup dry food morning and night. PLus 1 heaping tablespoon of moist food morning and night. She seems ok with it. She is an indoor cat and not active.However when I go away, I leave dry food out for her and a sitter comes in and gives her moist food. She still weighs 20 pounds. Is that too much for her?

Answer 6

Only put out enough food for a meal. Keep food off countertops when you're not eating. One of mine tries to do that and she has to go in another room when we eat. I don't know why she does it. My other 3 were raised the same way she was and they don't do it. I guess it's just personality.

Answer 7

only feed him like a normal cat and feed him in a different room to stop eating the other cats food