Hello FDMB,
We're struggling to find the right diet for our boy, Matty. A 12 year old British Shorthair currently at 4kg but had been as high as 6.5kg before his diabetic diagnosis.
He had been on kibble his whole life and we've successfully transitioned away from it and are now on a combination of wet food and home cooked meat.
The wet food is gastro specific, and we are slowly phasing that out too as his gastro issues are resolving, and aim to be on pure home cooked food as a of a few days from now.
We add a cat specific supplement to his cooked food called Felini Complete.
He is under weight at 4kg, so we would like him to get back to a healthier weight, targeting 6.5kg.
What we're struggling with:
1. What daily caloric intake should Matty be on?
2. What is the correct caloric fat ratio?
We've read a number of contradicting things online that have left us confused.
We fear we are under feeding him fat resulting in gluconeogenesis.
Our current home cook food mix is at follows:
60% chicken breast + 40% chicken thigh which to our understanding is roughly 18% fat. (With an added full dose of Felini Complete)
We've read that this is fat ratio is too low and should be closer to 35-40%.
We would greatly appreciate if somebody could shed some light on this, thank you
We're struggling to find the right diet for our boy, Matty. A 12 year old British Shorthair currently at 4kg but had been as high as 6.5kg before his diabetic diagnosis.
He had been on kibble his whole life and we've successfully transitioned away from it and are now on a combination of wet food and home cooked meat.
The wet food is gastro specific, and we are slowly phasing that out too as his gastro issues are resolving, and aim to be on pure home cooked food as a of a few days from now.
We add a cat specific supplement to his cooked food called Felini Complete.
He is under weight at 4kg, so we would like him to get back to a healthier weight, targeting 6.5kg.
What we're struggling with:
1. What daily caloric intake should Matty be on?
2. What is the correct caloric fat ratio?
We've read a number of contradicting things online that have left us confused.
We fear we are under feeding him fat resulting in gluconeogenesis.
Our current home cook food mix is at follows:
60% chicken breast + 40% chicken thigh which to our understanding is roughly 18% fat. (With an added full dose of Felini Complete)
We've read that this is fat ratio is too low and should be closer to 35-40%.
We would greatly appreciate if somebody could shed some light on this, thank you
Poor boy! We've increased his food and he is doing much much better, a lot more calm now.