Continued

Last night when I got home they had eaten all their food for the first time. I had been filling the bowl every morning but generally only half would be eaten in the evening and there would still be a good portion left in the morning.

They were completely different then they had been the previous night. Possibly due to husband getting home on time last night before me and he played with them quite a bit. He had bought some string and tied it to empty toilet rolls and they loved it.

They are also playing in the cat tree of their own accord now. I think they just need to be shown something a time or too and then they get the hang of it. They are also using the scratching post which is a very good sign because I do not want them to learn to do it on the furniture. Caesar does it a bit on the carpet when he is stretching.

Lyra went mental again when we ate dinner. This and the eating all their food possibly means they are adjusting to eating solid food finally and now craving proper meat (we had pork chops) I read a very interesting web site all about Cat nutrition and it advocated tyring to feed them 90% meat in their diet. This does make sense as they are naturally carnivores and they do not have the proper digestive systems for vegetable material (there is actually quite a bit in dry cat food, I didn't realise) and most dry foods are largely grain/carbohydrates which is not natural for them either.

I do know from experience that cats can develope problems with their kidneys and urinary tracts from only eating dry food. We are discussing how to progress their diet as they get older so they get the protein they require.

However, I'm not sure what to do about the crying and the nearly violent behavior at meal time. Lyra cries her head off and tries to clamber all over us and even jumped in my plate several time and tried to carry off one of my pork chops.

Caesar was pestering as well but he doesn't really make any noise and you can push him away from the plate better then you can with her. We ended up locking in her the kitchen with her howling, so we could eat our dinner in peace.

I didn't like doing it as its not her fault, its only instinct but we've got to figure out a way for us to eat that won't make her go mental and we don't have to punish her.