Thats what I have to do with all the ones here at our house. I might make extra and leave for the 22 yr old grandson, but the other 3 are always eating whatever they want at all hours of the day. No one ever cleans up after themselves so I just clean up until I have the area clean enough around my sewing machine and then I sew.....yeah..I wear my mp3 player with a downloaded story on it and can't hear the kitty shows on tv. Sometimes you just have to try and outsmart them.