My cat Sunnie is now on Lantus, and his symptoms have subsided. I'm feeding him Friskies pate canned food and some Fancy Feast. He weighs 12 pounds and our vet recommended that I feed him up to 11 oz. per day, which seems like a lot of food to me. Is this amount typical for diabetic cats?
Amount of canned food?
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dirtybirdsoaps
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Chris & China posted this when I asked this question 
The general formula is [13.6 X optimal lean body weight in pounds] + 70, so if your cat's best weight is 12lbs, it'd be [13.6 X 12 pounds] + 70 = 233 calories.
The number of calories per can of cat food is in the last column of this Food Chart. Most are either 3oz cans or 5.5oz cans
Cat Info is a wonderful site with all kinds of information on feeding, transitioning from dry to wet and just about anything else you'd ever want to know about feline nutrition
An unregulated diabetic cat will need to eat more than a regulated cat because without insulin, they can't get the nutrition out of the food they're eating. They're literally starving despite eating large amounts of food. As they become more regulated, they will eat less and less food (well..they SHOULD..we all know some of our kitties are just plain gluttons :lol:
The general formula is [13.6 X optimal lean body weight in pounds] + 70, so if your cat's best weight is 12lbs, it'd be [13.6 X 12 pounds] + 70 = 233 calories.
The number of calories per can of cat food is in the last column of this Food Chart. Most are either 3oz cans or 5.5oz cans
Cat Info is a wonderful site with all kinds of information on feeding, transitioning from dry to wet and just about anything else you'd ever want to know about feline nutrition
An unregulated diabetic cat will need to eat more than a regulated cat because without insulin, they can't get the nutrition out of the food they're eating. They're literally starving despite eating large amounts of food. As they become more regulated, they will eat less and less food (well..they SHOULD..we all know some of our kitties are just plain gluttons :lol:
Larry and Kitties
Member Since 2009
That seems a little high but may be right until the BGs are regulated. The real test is to weigh the cats. If you want the cat to gain weight feed more, to lose feed a little less.
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