So we do this five times a day. Why? Because if I give him too much at once, he rations it and it will dry out in the bowl, and he's meowing for more later anyway. I did try a couple times taking a spoon with a very small amount of water to mix it up with and that worked too and he'd eat it, but it can't be as tasty for him that way, so I have resolved to just give him the daily amount of food recommended online over the course of five smaller meals that I know he'll eat all at once. Big dinner for breakfast, three smaller dinners throughout the day, and big dinner at night. Average of three hours between each (I am not as strict with timing as I used to be), with the longest interval without food being from about 10 pm to the morning. This keeps him between 17 and 20 pounds.
He sometimes gets really excited. He got a
little bit excited today.
P.S. If anyone wonders why I keep a box of litter against the corner there, it's because when waiting for me to serve his food, if that is not there, it is because he alternates between walking by the corner and whacking it with his tail over and over until the food is in his bowl before him. Not a big deal in most places, except the walls in this house are made of cardboard, and every little sound reverberates through the whole house, so no need to torment my poor landlady upstairs. She puts up with enough from the fact there is a knife shop just outside her house for the time being.
He can whack pretty good with his tail, too. Check it:
That's just a quick snapshot. I try to keep him stimulated enough that he doesn't do that all the time. And yes that is "his" window and curtain. I gave up trying to keep his fur off it a long time ago. It was a losing battle.
