Why isn’t the feral cat I feed not too hungry lately?

He’s hanging out with a B & W cat, when he comes to the door to beg he sits back and wants the other cat to eat. I believe these two are sharing their meals. Hoping the gray cat finds a new food source...

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dentope3 · M

if you put food out every cat will find it's way to you. I now have 8 that I feed. have had them all fixed and checked by the vet and will trap and spay or neuter any new one that shows up

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@dentope3 I usually watch the cat eat unless it’s too cold to be outside. I sat in a chair after I gave him sardines (a favorite that I only give him about once a week), he would eat a bite, look back at the other cat that I made stay back...eat another bite, then after eating half he left with the other cat...if I wasn’t going to let his friend eat he decided to leave. Yesterday was gone all day and came home about 4, he was sitting in the flower bed sunning himself but didn’t beg or anything like he usually does. Someone must have fed him good.

DuchessOfMapleSyrup · M

the alpha cat eats first, or maybe the feral cat is ill

SW-User

It's probably [i]you[/i] thats been feeding him enough to be content..
The ferals i feed sometimes don't eat much but they always come around at dinner time..
Last week i saw them laying in the sun with a new kitty, an orange and white tabby...
It only comes around in the evening after i leave..
I think the sisters leave food for it to have later..

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@SW-User I haven’t fed him since day before yesterday...this cat wants 2 meals a day so someone has been feeding him.

KidAzazel · 26-30

Pretty sure that's a sort of pack mentality. One might be the alpha, so it gets to eat before the other one

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@KidAzazel he wants to share

Gangstress · 41-45, F

It's really sweet you feed him or her hun

MrAboo · 36-40, M

I know others are saying ones the alpha cat, but the chivalrous side of me thinks maybe he wants the partner to eat first

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