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How much canned food should my CRF cat eat per day?

post #1 of 3
9/7/10 at 6:43pm
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Hi,

I finally got Jasmine to the point where she will eat the Prescription K/D canned food. I had not tried keeping the moist separate from the dry before (using two bowls). I put about a spoonful of moist into a bowl tonight and she munched it right down.

Now the question is, how much should I give her? She has been dropping weight (a few ounces each week) for some time now, and so I am very much interested in having her get some of that weight back. She had her 2nd sub-Q treatment tonight, which went really well. The vets and techs are optimistic that, if she takes to a renal diet, her BUN and creatinine levels will both improve to possibly even normal levels - since they are not all that bad at this point anyway - especially the BUN at 38, with normal phosphorus levels.

Jasmine has never been a real big eater - about a 1/2 cup of dry food per day at the very most. And she doesn't like 'left-overs'. If food sits in her bowl for 2 days, it might as well be pitched.

So - I'm wondering if about a half can per day would be enough? Or probably even less? Or let her eat as much as she'll take??? She's currently at 7.9 lbs (dropped from 7.11 a few weeks ago..and was over 8 lbs for many years). So perhaps a bit of extra feeding wouldn't entirely be a bad thing at this point? I'm determined to see that scale at 8 lbs. within the near future.......

Thanks for any advice.

Keith
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post #2 of 3
9/7/10 at 7:45pm
The general rule of thumb is 1/2 oz. to 1 oz of canned food per pound of body weight. Since it's important for CRF kitties to keep the weight on, I'd go with the 1 oz/pound unless you're also feeding her dry. If you're also feeding dry, I'd go with the 1/2 oz per pound.
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post #3 of 3
9/7/10 at 10:02pm
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Originally Posted by stephanietx View Post
The general rule of thumb is 1/2 oz. to 1 oz of canned food per pound of body weight. Since it's important for CRF kitties to keep the weight on, I'd go with the 1 oz/pound unless you're also feeding her dry. If you're also feeding dry, I'd go with the 1/2 oz per pound.
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