Cats don’t just eat once or twice a day: A new study tracked their real feeding rhythm (opens in new tab)

New research has found that healthy older cats eat about six or seven small meals a day, not one or two. That rhythm reframes once-a-day bowl feeding routine as a pattern of measured grazing, shaped by age, food type, and appetite. Studying cats’ feeding habits Inside 134 homes, feeding records captured older cats returning to