Feeding the right balance of food...

[doombuggy]

I took in another homeless cat about 2 weeks ago. His foster mom was giving him dry (blue Buffalo Basic) and 1 can of fancy feast a day. I am trying to get him off the kitty crack and trying to figure out what he should get to eat per day. Right now, he gets about 2 oz in the am and pm, plus 1/4 before I leave for work and before bed. He is about 11ls at last weight.

What are your thoughts? I have been feeding him fancy feast, friskies, wellness, tiki cat and Cats in the kitchen.

 

[BJM]

How old?
Is he underweight, overweight, or just right?

I put down 4 of the 13 oz Friskies pates morning and night for 15 cats - an average of 3.4 oz per cat per meal. Weights on my cats rance from abou 7 lbs to 13 lbs. Most of the cats are at a good weight.

 

[doombuggy]

In January when he was at the Humane Society of Tampa he was listed as 1 year 7 months old and 10.5 lbs. I'd say he's more like 11 lbs at this point, maybe a little more.

 

[Shawna & Davidson (GA)]

read the label and adjust from there............my cats 11 & 16 lbs eat less then what the label says and they graze all day, but always see food left over that I toss out. They seem happy on less of the FF and Friskies

 

[KPassa]

I also free-feed. Mikey (~14 pounds) and Henry (~9 pounds) are both less than 2 years old and go through about 2-4 of the 5.5oz cans of Friskies SD a day. Even though Henry is smaller than Mikey, he's much more active so they end up eating the same amount; some days a little more, some days a little less. I weigh them weekly to make sure they're not gaining or losing weight and just leave out the food all day for them, replenishing as they empty the bowls.

 

[Wendy&Tiggy(GA)]

Heres the math

Required calories per day = [13.6 X ideal weight in lbs] + 70


Start there and weigh him once every couple of weeks and adjust accordingly.