Summer feeding schedule

[Vivianne]

Don’t know if many of you are experiencing this year’s summer heat blast, but today we have excessive heat warnings in my neck of the woods. It’s terrible on my girls and since we don’t have air conditioning its hose and pool time to keep them cooled off.

I’ve also changed their eating times. I let them run and play in the cool hours of the morning before I give them their breakfast which is around 10am; then it’s inside and plopped in front of the many fans I have in the house till around 4 o’clock when my yard has many shaded areas for them to lay in. They don’t get their dinner until 8pm because they are so hot they don’t want to eat any earlier than that.

My question is if I am correct in doing this? I don’t want to feed them too late at night either. They get so lethargic and I hate changing their routine, but I want them comfortable too. Does anyone else do the same during the hot summer months?

[GenHannibal]

My guys get fed 9-10AM and between 8-9pm. They get some exercise in the am and pending on the weather, some exercise late in the afternoon. I've even cut back a little on their food intake.

So, no, I don't think you are doing the wrong thing in changing the time of feeding. Obviously they are telling you that they want to eat later, too.

[Miabella]

I've changed our schedule in the evenings. In the morning, we still go out for walks around 6:30 am, and then in for breakfast around 7:15 am.

We do have air conditioning, and I've been trying to walk them later in the evenings when it is cooler. I've moved their evening meal earlier, around 5:30 pm, since I like to give Ilsa at least 2 hours to digest before any heavy exercise. That way we can go out around 7:30- 8:00 pm for an hour or so.