I Think We’re Onto Something March 3, 2006
After reading all of the comments on my post about how the heck to deal with Muffy wanting fed multiple times during the night and letting those suggestions ruminate for a while, it finally dawned on me what I needed to do. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it sooner.
We can’t leave Muffy’s food out overnight because Salvador will eat it. I managed to forget one important detail, though. Salvador doesn’t like canned food. He really wants nothing to do with it. When we first started Muffy on the prescription food, we let her try both the canned and dry forms of it. She seemed to prefer the crunchy kind and that was definitely easier for us since she likes to eat multiple little meals throughout the day, so that’s what we went with.
We still had a couple of cans of the prescription food in the pantry, so I decided to give her some right before bedtime in enough quantity that I knew she wouldn’t eat it all right then. Sure enough, she snacked on it throughout the night, and we made it until 6am before she woke me up to be fed. The second night I left out even more canned food, and we made it to 6:30, an all time record. Last night I gave her even more, and she didn’t wake me up at all. I couldn’t believe it when I woke up at 7:00 on my own!
Hopefully her digestive system will decide that this is an ok arrangement. It’s been so very nice to not be woken up at 3am. I don’t think my husband is totally into this new plan, because he thinks it’s gross to leave out canned food overnight. He doesn’t want bugs to come out of nowhere to feast on it. He’s not the one who’s been losing sleep over this, though, so I say we’re going with it.
These recent happenings have made me very happy, but I think it’s quite pathetic that I woke up touting, “My baby slept through the night!” over my cat. I would very much prefer to be celebrating this milestone with an actual baby. Ok, I’m totally not going to continue down this trail of thought. It could get ugly fast. Let me just be happy of the fact that I’m getting some sleep now. Woo hoo!
- Posted in : my furry children
- Author : amanda
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Woooo hooooo!!!! Very happy for you!!! I know how terrorizing cats can be and I also know how important a good nights sleep can be. I hope your current mood up-swing will prevail and that it’s the sleep and the happy cats that made this! Woooo hoooo!
Nina
Yeah! I knew there was a solution.
I open up 2 Fancy Feast at bedtime now. Sadie eats most of both eadh night. Just one can and she’d begin waking me up around 5.
FYI in case your starts getting really hungry like my skinny girl did.
Yay! Congratulations! Speaking as someone who hasn’t had a full nights’ sleep in *months* I know how very important that milestone was!
NIGHT, NIGHT!
Sounds like a great solution. Sweet dreams.
thank goodness!
Congratulations, Amanda! So glad you’re finally getting some sleep. Looks like you’ve come up with a win-win situation for everyone, including the bugs! ;)
Sorry, I didn’t mean to be anonymous there — it’s me, Kath! (Don’t know why I can’t put in my details anymore… must be my browser.)
woohoo nothing like a full nights sleep and muffy is getting her snacks in too! I’m glad you’ve found a solution and that it’s working so well
You’re so smart!!!
Glad to hear you’re sleeping now.
Yeah for sleep Amanda.
Good solution!
That’s a great solution! Hope it keeps working!
Sleep is a sweet, sweet thing!