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Hi. My name is Stella and I am a student from Glenbrook South high school. We are doing a research project about pet obesity and I would like some information on why pets are obese? And is it caused by free-feeding? What can we do to prevent it? What
Hi Stella! I would be glad to answer your questions :-) Pets can be obese for a couple of reasons. One reason can be free-feeding, but it also be due to a lack of exercise, and feeding your pet lots of human food and treats. It's not recommended to feed your pet human food unless for a specific medical reason (i.e. boiled white meat chicken with no bones for GI upset) because it adds extra calories to their diet which they don't need. Also, many human foods are toxic to dogs and cats. It's not recommended to free fed dogs, they should get two meals a day. As for cats, cats tend to be grazers, some people do leave food out all day for them to eat their leisure. This is fine to do with cats who are a healthy weight, and you can switch to scheduled feeding if they are obese. It is true free feeding can lead to obesity, but you can manage this with cats by not leaving a huge amount of food out all the time. You can measure out their daily amount, and they can eat at their leisure
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My girlfriends dog savannah has a dog bowl that refills itself when empty because she eats whenever she gets hungry ( min pin, small dog 7 years old) however my 4 month old balto keeps eating hers instead of his puppy food when my girlfriend and I ar
Poor pup. Unfortunately you will either have to crate Balto at night to prevent him from getting to the food bowl or stop using the automatic feeder that refills when empty and switch to one that just lets out at select times of day. Most automatic feeders can be set to twice daily feedings and this will reduce the chance of Balto eating the other pets food greatly. I hope that you are able to keep Balto from getting overweight here moving forward. Best wishes and take care!
Updated on August 12th, 2025
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Is there an easy way to feed multiple cats? How do I keep one cat from eating the others' food?
This can be a challenging situation, especially if you have one cat that's more of an "eater" than the others. I would try to offer canned food for one meal, and dry for another. For the canned meal, you can put it out into separate bowls, ensure that everyone has their own bowl, and monitor the situation until they finish. Most cats will go ahead and finish a portion of canned food, unlike dry, which they will often "snack" on. You can also reinforce the "ownership" of each cat's bowl by calling them, and then feeding that cat only in that bowl (and consequentially, in that space) at all times. That way, you're teaching them that they will get fed at "their" bowl at all times. Interlopers onto other bowls should be discouraged and redirected back to their own bowl. Finally, if you're up for spending some money, there is an [automatic feeder](https://www.surepetcare.com/en-us/pet-feeder/microchip-pet-feeder) that opens only for a signal from your pet's microchip. This can become
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My cat has recently started splashing all the water out of his water bowl. Its one of those bowls with the tank on the top that automatically refills when the water level gets low. He splashes it with his paw until it's empty leaving water everywhere
Thanks for using Boop by Petco! I have seen this before. I think he likely does not like the water bowl. I think it is possibly because of how tall it is. I would recommend you consider a small bowl perhaps one that is not an automatic bowl. I think this is likely going to improve this situation. Good luck and have a great day!
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what do you recommend to do with our dog, she gets up at 4:30 am +and wants to eat' she barks till we feed her
I often recommend trying a programmable feeder for this problem. You can program the feeder to provide an amount of food at a certain time, and dogs are generally smart enough to know that the machine (and not you!) provides the food at a certain time and will sit in front the feeder until the meal shows up!
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