Haiku's Eating Habits

I have written about Haiku's poor eating habits, and the need to find an alternate kidney care food.  Some days, she eats that food, some days, not so much.  I have taken to feeding her on the kitchen counter, because feeding her on the floor, Taki stands there, staring, intimidating her to leave her food and then Taki eats it.  Taki can jump on the kitchen counter, but rarely does, at least when I am around. I do not know what happens when I am at work.

Tonight, I fed Haiku a couple of times.  I am trying to feed Haiku every time she asks to eat, and if she will not eat the kidney care food, I give her treats to eat.  Tonight, she ate in the kitchen a couple of times. My sense is that she cannot eat too much at once, and when she eats, it makes her very thirsty, because she sits at the water bowl a long time, sometimes drinking, sometimes just looking at the water.  I used to feed Haiku on her chair in the computer room, but have avoided doing that because Taki intimidates her to stop eating, and then eats her food.  Tonight, after feeding Haiku a couple of times on the counter, we were in the computer room, and Haiku began crying.  She did not get up with me when I went to the kitchen to get her dish, so I brought it to her, and she ate again, but this time on her chair.  Of course, when she was done, Taki came looking for the food dish, which I moved back to the kitchen.