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[quote=Anonymous]One of my cat doesn't necessarily binge eat then puke, but she started eating very quickly and scooping the food into her mouth so that she basically just swallowed it whole (well, a few chews maybe). I decided to start sprinkling food on the mat I have their food and water dish on, next to the bowl. She was surprisingly good about going and eating it from there right away. I noticed that she would go and just pick up a couple of pieces into her mouth this way, and chew and then get a few more. No "layers" of food for her to go and "scoop". She still eats too quickly sometimes, but it is so much better! I leave the bowl full of food for my other cat and he mostly eats from it (though sometimes he will eat from the floor/mat too). She never goes to eat from it anymore. They are both obviously free-fed as well.

Another idea is to use treat balls or pet puzzles, etc. They say that some cats binge due to being bored and then just eating lots. Or even if not bored, it is all right there in front of them. If you put some in treat balls, or little puzzles that have tiny little bowls for the treats (or dry food) and pieces of wood etc that move to cover and uncover the bowls, the cat has to move the objects to "find" their food. It takes more time, they eat fewer pieces at once, it stimulates their brains and keeps them entertained. You can also just "hide" food around in different places, leaving a few pieces here and there, and let them hunt their food that way. Again, there is no bowl for them to binge from, they will slowly find and eat their food.[/quote]

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