Always available food
Free-feed means to leave food constantly available rather than offering meals at set times.
The term appears most often in pet care: We free-feed the cats, so there's always kibble in the bowl.
The practice suits some animals but can lead to overeating in others.
Also used as a noun for the feeding method itself.
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Always available food
Free-feed means to leave food constantly available rather than offering meals at set times.
The term appears most often in pet care: We free-feed the cats, so there's always kibble in the bowl.
The practice suits some animals but can lead to overeating in others.
Also used as a noun for the feeding method itself.
1. livestock — pasture, Grazing ground for livestock; grazing (Feeding on pasture); cattle (Domesticated bovines kept commercially); hay (Dried feed crop); trough · fodder · silage · poultry · swine · sheep · goats · hogs · herd · ranching
feeding control methodfree-feed ≠ portion-control Regulating serving sizes; ration · scheduled feeding · hand-feed · demand feeding
portion controlfree-feed ≠ portion-controlled Measured serving sizes
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