How much does your coonie eat?

**NexivRed** · 24th December 2013, 01:29 AM

Pipi is still only 14 months old, and currently she's eating four meals a day. She has a couple of tablespoons of Natural Instinct at each sitting, apart from supper when she shares a plate with our moggy boys and they all as much as they can scoff in the time. She also seems to be going through growth spurts again, as currently we're thinking of upping it to five meals a day because she's cried a couple of times in between meal times.
We don't feed any dry food so don't have a "snack bowl" down. If we did my biggest moggy Satyr would just eat the lot in one sitting, regardless of how much was there!

When it's feeding time, we get "the bark!" You'll see what I mean in the pics. And yes, the second one is a meow, not a yawn!

**donnad** · 24th December 2013, 02:56 PM

Nexivred, Beautiful Pipi! She looks like a baby bird with its mouth open! Ginger has started waking me up with kisses and the gradually biting me until I am fully awake. She thinks 4am is a good time to get her breakfast Uck I on the other hand just want to sleep!

**donnad** · 25th December 2013, 04:06 AM

Originally Posted by donnad

Nexivred, Beautiful Pipi! She looks like a baby bird with its mouth open! Ginger has started waking me up with kisses and the gradually biting me until I am fully awake. She thinks 4am is a good time to get her breakfast Uck I on the other hand just want to sleep!

Ginger eats 1 can 1/2 each time a day and gets all the dry she wants at night. she is currently 13# and 13 months old.

**RaySen** · 28th December 2013, 12:54 PM

We feed Ripley 1 pouch of wet food three times a day and has dry food down throughout the day, she's about 16 months.

**Alekto** · 29th December 2013, 08:30 PM

I gave Neevie only wet food from the start, so... 6 pouches per day!!!! Little monster gobbled them all! Then when she got to 2 years old she started eating less and Now she s on to 2 to 3 half pouches a day (yes I give her the hole pouch but she only eats half then asks for more) and Royal Canin Maine Coon Special dry in the maze if I saw her drink during the day (easy as she drinks from the tap)

**daughter9moons** · 2nd January 2014, 04:50 PM

My sweetie, Ce-Ce only gets one pouch of wet at night. But she has her choice of dry during the day. It isn't an issue for her because she will only eat a couple of kibbles then moves on. She loves yogurt, Gets to lick the bowl when I am finished with the yogurt. and she loves, loves, loves watermelon. she has been known to knock it off my fork if I don't give her the last bite.

**donnad** · 2nd January 2014, 06:03 PM

hahaha that is funny. Miss Ginger likes to lick the last spoonful of milk from my cereal! and she absolutely loves whipped cream!

**MandyCoonie** · 3rd January 2014, 05:46 AM

I have a decent sized dish for kibble, which is filled once a day and shared between all four cats. Once it's empty, that's it until the next day.
Mandy gets wet food 2-3 times a week plus bits of what we eat, mostly eggs and chicken. She's kind of a chunky girl right now so I've reduced her wet food to about once a week since her "people food" intake was high over the holidays (She ate more Christmas ham than I did...)
I had Merlin on wet food 3x a day plus kitten chow 2x a day mixed with warm water to make it easier to eat. He enjoys regular feedings and is not an all-day kibble addict like my other three pigs! He's down to wet food 2x a day now and is still gaining weight well. He is about 10 years old and recovering from starvation. I'd like to see him reach at least 16-18lbs before I switch over to regular adult kibble, and because of his lack of teeth most of his diet will be wet food.
In general I've found that Coonies seem to have robust appetites. I give a can of tuna to everyone a few times a month, and it makes a huge difference in their coats. No dry skin, coat is super soft and shiny!!!