Saturday, October 01, 2016

Making Food into Fun - get your human servant to do DIY.

Dear George,
I am an indoor only cat and I am getting fat. The truth is that I am bored. There's not much to do in the house, as both my humans go out to work. So I eat. It passes the time. It makes me feel better. And when I have eaten, then I sleep a lot.
Every now and again my humans reduce the amount of food they give me. I hate that. It makes me feel hungry all day.  I miaow for food. I stand up on my hind legs for food. I wake them up in the early hours for food.
The diet never lasts long: they just give in.
None of us are very happy. I hate the diets. They worry about my weight. Any ideas?
Herbie

Dear Herbie,
There is a lot your humans should be doing for you. They shouldn't be putting food down in a bowl. They should make it into active fun. They should be hiding it around the house. Or putting it in cardboard boxes, or in little play balls where you have to move the ball around to get the food out.
I have helped my human develop a series of home-made food fun toys - you can see them here.And check out the IKEA cat tower below made by Waltham for their cats.  Indoor cats that live in groups would really love this one. We need to get our humans to do more DIY to give us more activities and make food into fun.
Yours
Copyright WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, Mars Petcare
George


PS. She never gave me credit for my work on "her"website.

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4 comments:

  1. DiegoOctober 01, 2016

    Herbie, you are very cute and, indeed....quite round! However, your humans should "slim you down" gradually; very important for your health! Also, tell them to check PETA's website as they just posted lots of "toys" to make food fun (guess your humans can order these things)
    Diego

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  2. StanleyOctober 01, 2016

    I had this problem myself and I lost the weight in time (guess over six months period).
    Ah! I love Ikea's cat tower - I wonder if my humans can find it here in Canada.
    Stanley

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  3. TheaOctober 03, 2016

    Your humans should engage you in more playful activities!
    And....feeding....only twice a day!
    Thea

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  4. Carla, the tuxedo catOctober 03, 2016

    George, all your old followers know by now that Celia is stealing your ideas and never gives you credit! Also, we all know that you have a soft spot for her so we can't do anything about Celia's misbehaving :-)
    Carla, the tuxedo cat

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