Anyone else's cats have a problem with standard time?

[KansDem]

I don't know what it is with our felines but they haven't grasped that meal time is an hour later! We keep a bowl of dry food for them to snack on and feed them the good stuff at 6am and 6pm. But with turning the clocks back an hour, they want fed at 5am!

Their routine is to jump up in bed between my wife and me, nuzzle between our faces, then start their motors. They can get rather loud! I suppose this will go on for another few days, maybe a week or so, until they wise up.

Anyone else experiencing this situation?

[NV Whino]

1. It is a well known fact that kitties don't wear wristwatches

And thereby refute any time change.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. They respond to light. When it starts getting light in the morning

they figure it's time to eat; they don't know or care what the clock says. So when dawn comes, feed the cats.

[KansDem]

4. "They respond to light"

I've tried making them wear little sunglasses but then they started wanting little berets too. I thought "What's next? Little trumpets and saxophones? Maybe a little set of bongos?" So I gave up on the idea. I told them if they wanted to be "cool cats" they'll just have to wait until winter.

Guess I'll just have to listen for their little motors and respond accordingly.

[GoCubsGo]

3. Yes.

Mine is permanently on Daylight Savings Time. We have a similar routine. However, in our case, she is not after food. She awaits her daily bolt out the door when I go to get the paper. In the summer, she'll snoop and eat grass. Now, she just noses around on the porch until she realizes how cold it is. Then she heads to the door to be let back in where it's warm.

[hunter]

5. I have problems with time changes myself.

Thus I don't change my routines according to the clock and our dogs don't see much difference.

I wake up at dawn and go to sleep about 16 hours later.

[lastlib]

6. We had Daylight Savings Time, Standard Time, and Inky Time in my house!

[csziggy]

7. Horses can't tell time, either

They still want to be fed at the same time they were getting their fee. And they are a lot louder when they insist on getting their way than cats are!

[UTUSN]

8. My dogs, too. They go by light time and dark time, undisrupted by clock time. nt

[nolabear]

9. No but the dogs are driving us a little bonkers.

The older our Tucker gets, the pushier he gets, and now at about 4 pm he wants his damn supper NOW!

[politicat]

10. Ours just has Early Bird Special issues, year round.

She's almost 22, and like a lot of seniors, she's pretty convinced that a 6 pm supper is decadently late.

Falling back in the winter actually helps, because breakfast is a dawn thing for her. In June, she starts yelling for food around 4 am, when the birds get going. Now, she's hitting 5:30-6.

But she still wants supper at 4:30.

(Yes, she has dry food for snackies. And gets elevensies. At her age, any calorie or water she takes is fine.)