How Often To Feed Your Cat

Cats Like To Graze

Did you know that cats like to nibble on their food and if left to their own devices will have little meals throughout the day? Most people including me are used to feeding their cats two meals a day.

But results of feeding studies show that given the choice cats will eat up to 20 times during a 24 hour period.

It has been suggested that since a mouse, a cat's natural prey, gives about 10% of a cat's energy needs this would require them to catch and eat several times a day.

I have found that since feeding Alfie a raw food diet to which I add a vitamin supplement called MyBeau, he needs fewer meals a day. I think this must be because he is getting the right nutrients which keeps him satisfied with a smaller amount of food.

He doesn't eat it all at once and does like to have a little nibble several times a day. I still put it out twice a day though and leave him to do the rationing of it.