Question about feeding times.

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Josie728

Josie728

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When I was injecting Kevin am & pm I was given instructions to only feed with his injection at 7 am and 7 p.m.
The same amount of food and type, both times. No changes. Now Kevin is off of insulin.

But my problem is that Kevin is a slow eater, and sometimes he takes hours to eat all of the food in his dish.

My husband tells me this contributes to his diabetic issue, and he believes I should put down food 2 times a day, allow Kevin 30 minutes to eat and then remove all food. I want to leave Kevin's food schedule just the way it is. He is in remission. I am afraid that if I feed him only 2 times a day for 30 minutes and then remove all his food he'll be really hungry, and he doesn't need to lose any more weight. In his prime he was 18.5 lbs and now he is down about 4 lbs.

Kevin is in remission right now, and if all he is eating is Chunk Light Tuna in water with a supplement, what is the harm in letting him slowly eat his food?

Please advise.
 
Are you aware that feeding tuna all the time can lead to mercury poisoning?

The AAHA guidelines (link in my signature) mention breaking the food up into multiple small meals throughout the day even for cats on insulin. Doing that can actually help keep blood sugar more level throughout the day. I feed my girls four times a day. I do not limit them to a time period. Whatever they do not eat remains out for them to graze on. As long as appropriate high-protein, low-carb wet food is being fed to them, and the overall calories they are getting for the day are appropriate for their weight and activity level, they should not have to consume everything quickly and only twice in a day.
 
he is off insulin so no paticular schedule is needed anymore and as long as he doesn't go over his allotted daily calories, it doesn't matter if he gobbles it up in two feedings or grazes on it all day long. many of us free-feed or put out multiple small meals out per day even for our diabetic cat.
 
Free feeding is fine but I would be desperately trying to find other proteins than fish. Read what Dr. Lisa says about that when you have time.
 
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