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Hi Suzanna.

suzero <suzeroREMOVETHISBIT@hotmail.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
8ilmeu$otf$1@weber.a2000.nl...
> Hi,
> [snip]
> They are used to being fed twice a day: in the morning and  at around 6pm
in
> the evening.
> I would very much like to reduce the amount of feeding times to 1 meal a
day
> because sometimes due to work it's hard for me to get home in time to feed
> them. But if I give them 2x the amount of food in the morning and don't
feed
> them in the evening, they drive me insane begging for food at around 6pm.
>
> Unfortunately, leaving out a big bowl of food all day doesn't seem to
work,
> because they eat the whole thing (it looks like they're force-feeding
> themselves... they can't leave a scrap). They eat til they throw up -
> literally!

I think that in good pet stores you could find feeding machines that dish
out small doses of food over an adjustable amount of time. While this is not
so hot for can food (it'll go dry and may even lock up the mechanism), it'll
work for all kinds of dry food. Plus, there are similar machines for dishing
out water which prevents the water from going too stale, especially in
summer. I've heard first hand from two people who use these machines and
they seemed quite satisfied. These gadgets would seem especially useful in
making the transition from fixed feeding times to free feeding without the
risk of growing gross fat furrys or having to wipe up puke every other
evening.

Please keep us posted on how things are going.

And please don't cross-post to so many NGs if it's not really top notch
urgent and serious.

Juergen

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