Lady is 18 months old and Jess is now a year old and I leave dry food out 24/7 but feed them canned 3 times a day..they also get human food treats during the day and a little of what we are eating etc...I also top up their dry food bowls (yes,they have 2) if they happen to eat it all during the day.I would say that mine eat ALOT! lol.
They arent over weight at all,infact Lady is at 2lbs and on a high calory diet to keep her weight at 2lbs and Jess is 7lbs.They also have water bowls all over the house..basiclly they can eat when they want.
How and when you feed your baby is totally up to you because different methods work in different ways for us all
A feeding schedule wouldent work for mine at all which is why I free feed,but alot of people have schedules and it works great for them
The only thing I dont agree with and find cruel is a water schedule,which I have heard of and get very upset about
..water should be avalable at all times
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