Hi everyone. Me and Cron looked into this and can tell you it's complicated. Hunger is updated by the cron and it's supposed to update every hour, on the hour. That's also when pets in the resort are supposed to be updated to be happy and full.

What's happening beyond that is still a bit foggy to me (I'm new here) but I wanted to at least say, your concerns are heard and it's on my list :)

I agree that there should be more clarity/transparency about how hunger works, and I'll keep that in mind when I do get to addressing this.