Now, his meows are cute most of the time, but he has now started meowing around 6am, both loudly and constantly, when we'd still like to sleep. He is very much into food, so he probably starts yelling the moment he gets a little hungry.

Have you had similar experiences and any advice?

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[–] Praxinoscope@lemmy.zip 20 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Yes. We had a cat who was a bit of a glutton and would wake us up yowling in the early mornings. We stopped feeding him in the morning and just gave him a full day's meal at night. He didn't wake us up after that change.

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This. We did the same with out cats. They have dry kibble available all day, but we stopped giving them wet food in the morning and only give wet food in the evening. Most of the annoying loud morning meowing stopped.

[–] zipfelwurster@feddit.org 6 points 6 days ago

I like this idea. Will try dry food in the morning. He doesn't get nearly as excited about dry food 😁

[–] zipfelwurster@feddit.org 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Did you feed him just dry food? I'd be concerned about wet food going bad, especially in summer.

[–] Praxinoscope@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He always ate quickly so it was never an issue

[–] zipfelwurster@feddit.org 6 points 6 days ago

A full day's meal in one go? He's really into food but I'd be afraid he'd vomit if he ate that much 😄

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just came to say this one really has the "don't talk to me until I had my coffee" vibe. I don't have advice for you, sorry.

[–] zipfelwurster@feddit.org 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes, he is a grumpy boy. Unless he's asleep, then he becomes a seal 😅

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Amazing skill !

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Did you integer downscale the first image?

[–] zipfelwurster@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago

I posted this using the android app "blorp" and I guess that does some compression?

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

gravity feeders can work for cats that eat a lot of dry food, though their weight may be affected

[–] zipfelwurster@feddit.org 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This is a bit tricky, unfortunately. The gray one is much more into dry food and we've already had to cut back on food a little bit because he has been gaining weight. I fear that if food is always available, the gray one would gain weight very quickly.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 days ago

ah that sucks. apparently wet food curbs the gain of weight a little (if it's good wet food) because they'll eat fewer calories per gram of food (more water), but I guess you've already tried that.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

They are pricey- this one is $159 USD- but auto wet food dispensers exist. This one refrigerates the food until it’s programmed feeding time, then heats it up. It’s a dish that is uncovered at the proper time, not like a soft serve dispenser (what I imagined when I heard of such a thing).

https://meowant.com/products/meowant-automatic-wet-food-cat-feeder-mw-pf06

There is an $80 one at chewy.com but it uses ice packs you have to remember to freeze.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Get an automatic feeder! Our cat is the exact same way, she quit bothering us about food when she knew it wasn't coming from us.

I know bcz we still give them wet food in the evening, and she's an absolute asshole about it and will meow incessantly for 40 minutes before we give her food.

[–] zipfelwurster@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thank you. And I sympathize, 40min is rough.

We've been using a catmate feeder for the last 2 nights and it seems to have helped a little.

But some of the morning ruccus may just be literal screams for attention 😏

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

It will hopefully get better as they realize the food is coming from the feeder. Good luck!