hm she definitely is overfed if she's not going for them it's a tricky thing... if you just want the pet, ok, fine, but i think aside from when you are getting them fixed from illnesses and such like, when you might want to feed them more, if you want them to be mousers they have to be a bit hunrgy i'm using the excess food for this one right now to get him used to the idea that i might be his main food source and to not spend so much time out getting ticks and possibly getting injured in fights with other cats, and if he's gonna be a ship's cat he needs to be a mouser if we are dwelling in a place where the varmints can get on board anyway, they are such great company, it never feels like it's without some stipulations from their side