How much do you feed your cat each day ??
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Mr Jasper has had his annual visit to the vets, and he is starting to put on weight !
Vet advised we cut his food back to one pouch (wet) per day, and when the weather is warmer and he is outside more often put it back up to two pouches per day.
He always has dry stuff to nibble on, but on one pouch a day he is asking for some more grub.
Whats the consensus on the correct amount to feed him without ending up with a 'Bagpuss' style tummy ??
We don't want him to get diabetes in later life.
Vet advised we cut his food back to one pouch (wet) per day, and when the weather is warmer and he is outside more often put it back up to two pouches per day.
He always has dry stuff to nibble on, but on one pouch a day he is asking for some more grub.
Whats the consensus on the correct amount to feed him without ending up with a 'Bagpuss' style tummy ??
We don't want him to get diabetes in later life.
steve2 said:
Caspar has 3 pouches a day but rarely finishes them, he is also on dental dry food as the vet wants him to lose a kilo but as he had 3 teeth out on Wednesday (£385. ouch) he can only have soft food for a week
Dental dry food is notorious for causing weight gain (well its notorious in veterinary circles!!) so I'll be stunned if you get him to lose weight esp if you also feed up to 3 sachets a day.WTF???!!!!??
Dexter eats 5 pouches a day!!!! Yes thats half a box of Felix kitten pouches every day. And he gets err between meal "supplements" of Tesco chewy sticks and any spare meaty bits off my plate in the evening.
He sits beside my dining chair staring at me like a soppy dog...
He's 9 1/2 months old now and weighs 6kg. You can count his ribs under his fur and he doesn't have even the slightest podge. Honest to God I don't know where he puts it all. He costs us an arm and a leg.
He is one greedy mofo! And yes he is perfectly healthy. When we got him at 3 months old the girl who's cat mothered them (I don't want to call her a breeder) said he and his brother were greedy wee s
tes from the off.
He won't even look at dried food, and he never gets the same flavour of pouch twice in the same day
Oh, and he's already pulled the curtains, the pole and the wall fixings down in one room
Dexter eats 5 pouches a day!!!! Yes thats half a box of Felix kitten pouches every day. And he gets err between meal "supplements" of Tesco chewy sticks and any spare meaty bits off my plate in the evening.
He sits beside my dining chair staring at me like a soppy dog...
He's 9 1/2 months old now and weighs 6kg. You can count his ribs under his fur and he doesn't have even the slightest podge. Honest to God I don't know where he puts it all. He costs us an arm and a leg.
He is one greedy mofo! And yes he is perfectly healthy. When we got him at 3 months old the girl who's cat mothered them (I don't want to call her a breeder) said he and his brother were greedy wee s
tes from the off.He won't even look at dried food, and he never gets the same flavour of pouch twice in the same day
Oh, and he's already pulled the curtains, the pole and the wall fixings down in one room
LMC said:
Thank you both Ace-T and BexVN
Yes he's a Maine Coon. Bex, I worry about him when he jumps off the table or the worktops. He lands with such a thud on the floor, I cringe when I think what that is doing to his shoulder joints
I have a female version almost 6kg (quite big for a girl) and she does the same Yes he's a Maine Coon. Bex, I worry about him when he jumps off the table or the worktops. He lands with such a thud on the floor, I cringe when I think what that is doing to his shoulder joints
.My friend breeds them. She currently has a 14mth old male who weighs in at 10kg and still growing.
I'd love a male Maine one day.
paulmurr said:
Ours gets half a tin of meat and 36g of hills science plan light. She's still a chubber.
How much does she weigh compared to what she should weigh. It's likely she should prob not get more than 20g of the Hills light, poss 25g max and half tin wet food. (though she may disagree!)Gassing Station | All Creatures Great & Small | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff