Ginger Kitty has some definite tendencies in her eating habits.
She doesn't seem to care about treats or canned food or catnip (dried or fresh), so instant rewards aren't much of a factor in her life.
She loves kibble. So much, in fact, that I've been using puzzle feeders to keep her from hoovering up her day's rations all at once. We already had a spherical food/treat dispenser, and it took her a couple tries to get it, but she likes it. Getting that might actually be the high point of her day.
It also took her a few days to figure out the dispenser feeder that we got (she kept trying to put her face in the paw slots) and I don't think she likes it as much, but it does slow down her eating, which is what we were going for. From her build I think she skews a little toward the tubby if left to her own devices, and I want to keep her healthy.
We've been giving her canned food in the evenings, but most of it goes to waste. She likes the gravy from canned food (just the gravy, of course), but I suspect when she does eat the solid bits she does so because she's either bored overnight or a little peckish because the kibble is gone. I don't think she'd miss it if she didn't get it. New experiment: reducing canned food to every other night to see if she appreciates it more.
Ginger Kitty is fostered in Cambridge, MA through the Gifford Cat Shelter in Brighton. Please contact them if you are interested in her!
