Sep 1, 2026 · 24 min · 9 segments
For decades, cat owners have been told that cats are "natural grazers," so keeping a bowl of food available 24/7 seems like the kindest, most natural thing to do. But is it really? In this episode of…
And people say, well, you told me cats in the wild will eat 10 to 20 small meals a day, so if they're eating little meals all day long, I just keep a bowl of food available all the time.
A mouse doesn't just politely climb into a food bowl and a bird doesn't fly into the kitchen every afternoon at 5 o'clock.
And I talk about cats in the wild a lot because they still have a 98% DNA link to their wildcat ancestors.
And people say, well, you told me cats in the wild will eat 10 to 20 small meals a day, so if they're eating little meals all day long, I just keep a bowl of food available all the time.
A mouse doesn't just politely climb into a food bowl and a bird doesn't fly into the kitchen every afternoon at 5 o'clock.
And I talk about cats in the wild a lot because they still have a 98% DNA link to their wildcat ancestors.
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