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To help limit your cats competing for resources, you can:Provide dry food for ‘grazing’ throughout the day or divide wet food into several smaller meals to avoid competition at set mealtimes. Have several different feeding station areas around the home to avoid conflict and make sure all your cats can eat alone if they would like.Position food and water bowls to make sure your cats use them facing in any direction, i.e. leaving sufficient space between the bowl and the wall.Place water bowls throughout the home, located away from food.Make sure all cats have plenty of options for high resting places (e.g. on top of cupboards), beds and hiding places (e.g. under beds or in wardrobes).Provide scratching posts near entrances, beds and feeding bowls so that your cats can make territorial marks with their claws in important places. For more information see our advice sheet: My cat’s scratching the furniture – what should I do?Provide indoor litter trays (1 litter tray per cat + 1 extra in different locations) even if your cats have access outside, just in case one cat is being blocked from leaving the house by another. For more information, refer to advice sheet: A guide to litter trays and toileting.Provide two separate entry and exit points to your home if you can, i.e. cat flaps, doors or windows, to avoid the risk of blocking.

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