That's so weird about Sally. Yes, Bobbie is also a tortie. The vet said give her 6 months to lose some weight, if she isn't losing, bring her back in for blood tests to see if there is an underlying issue. Well fortunately she has been losing weight, it's just slooooowly.
Tiger is such a pain to feed. He's most resistant to the scheduled feedings. He won't just eat everything in front of him all at once. He prefers to eat little bits all day long, which I'm trying to break his habit of- cause he takes advantage and begs for little handfuls 10 times a day. So I would try to take it away, but as soon as I go into his room to remove it, he comes running back wanting to eat it. It's like he wants you to sit there with him and pet him while he eats (which is not happening. Sure, I give him a little pat after I put it in his dish but I'm not babysitting him- he's a big boy! As I try to tell him with no success...). So I've started shutting him in the laundry room for about 15mins to try and make him eat. But even then, I check on him and he's sitting by the door with his food half left and when I walk over to the dish to remove it, he comes back and eats again. A few times I have just plain removed his food when he's eaten barely half of it- but I don't like doing that- I worry about him losing weight in his old age, and lets face it, I'm a push over. And then he just whines and whines the rest of the day cause he's hungry. So I just keep trying. Leave him there for 15mins, when I check on him I send him back to his dish and make him eat again. He's getting a tad better- little less is left behind now so atleast I only have to put him back once (I literally plop him infront of his dish ). Ah....animals. Just like children. But I guess it is harder for him as he's always been fed free choice until this past June- so 13 years of his life.