Dorothy and Alice strike again.

[roseembolism]

With Dorothy having been placed on a special diet (for crystals in her urine), we ran into a discovery about our kittens, and an unexpected snag in the feeding plan.

You see, Dorothy and Alice have separate food dishes, across the kitchen from each other. We didn't realize that at breakfast and dinnertime, the following dialog takes place halfway through each meal:
"Hi Dorothy, what'cha eating?"
"Food."
"Wanna switch?"
"OK."

Some shuffling around lead to Alice ending up going on a hunger strike in solidarity with Dorothy. And given what a glutton that cat is, that MEANS something. This...is going to take some work.

Comments

[deirdremoon.livejournal.com]

Smart kitties are fun to have, right up until they're juuust too smart for their own good regarding health stuff you can't explain. Good luck with this... I hope you find a solution that isn't too disruptive of your schedules.

[devonapple.livejournal.com]

Indeed -- we occasionally muse about how unwise we were picking out LV for her smarts... she might as well be paying rent.

[devonapple.livejournal.com]

Depending on how long the dietary complication will continue, you may consider sequestering each in separate rooms with their food dishes, then shut the door until they get bored and finish their food.

Fortunately, we didn't have that problem with LV and Connor during his decline -- all his meds were dispensed directly to his mouth, and we otherwise fed them the same (expensive high-quality) diet-mandated food.

Good luck resolving this snag!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Would Dorothy's food harm Alice? When one of mine went on diabetes-maintenance food, I cheated and put them ALL on it. That probably saved my sanity. :-)