Living in a household with multiple cats can be a challenge - especially since they don't always have the same diet.
Although they come from the same species, some felines may need to eat a certain way based on health issues such as obesity and diabetes.
Here are four ways you can overcome this issue:
1. Feed them at the same time but in different rooms to keep the right cat eating out of the right bowl. It may take some time to adjust - especially if they're used to eating out of the same bowl - but with time they will get used to the new routine, suggests Cat Chow.
2. If you don't have enough rooms in the house, try using a cat carrier for feeding time.
"I'll temporarily shut the door so that the cat can eat without being bothered by another cat. All cats are not the same, but in my household, I've found that the cats usually like this. Sometimes they'll curl up in the carrier and nap for a bit after eating. It seems to provide a sense of enclosure and security for some felines," suggests Catherine Holm, a writer from the website Catster.
3. If you're dealing with an overweight cat versus a skinnier cat with a healthy weight, you can purchase a hook and eye closure that props the door open so only the skinny cat can get in. Keep the skinny cat's food in the restrictive room and the obese cat's healthier food in a separate place in the house, suggests Hills Pet.
4. Bring a micro-chip feeding station into the home. This station, called SureFlap, reads the microchip in your cat's neck so only one specific cat can enter a feeding space, suggests a The Cat Site user named Carolina. This nifty piece of technology can be purchased on Amazon.
