Correct amount of food for our cats?

rivertherb

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I was reading the back of a can of Tiki Cat yesterday and saw it said to feed something like 2 3 oz. cans a day. Then I also saw on here someone saying to feed 1 oz. per pound that your cat is. We have a 7.7 lb 2 year old cat and an 8.3 lb 9 month old cat, how much should we be feeding them? The 9 month old's diet is predominantly wet food (Tiki cat and Weruva) twice a day, trying to introduce a little raw to her as well. She also gets 1/8 (2 Tbs) of dry Orijen a day. Our 2 year old's diet is predominantly dry Orijen, we give her wet food when we give the 9 month old wet food but she will only lick the gravy and leave the meat behind, and she will only do that with fish, she won't go near any other type wet food.
 

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In my experience, the amount the pet food company's say to feed is WAY too much
.  Normally, one  5.5oz can of wet food is good for an adult cat, but you need to be aware that the amount of calories can vary vastly, so if you are feeding a very low cal food, you would need to increase that.  For instance, I think Soulistic cans are less then 100 calories for a 5.5oz can, while Hounds and Gatos are around 240 cals per can! 

Here, maybe this article will help you out:

http://www.thecatsite.com/a/how-much-food-should-i-feed-my-cat
 

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Yes, calories per ounce really do vary a lot!

The other factor that makes it hard to speak generally about cans and calories is cat activity. @rivertherb, your cats are pretty young so they're probably very active and probably eat a ton, particularly the kitten. Meaning you might need to feed them more than the typical cats in their weight classes. Our two-year-old cats are about the same size as yours and they seem to consistently eat more than the "recommended" typical calorie intakes for their weights... but they're very active. FWIW, I don't track their calories. It's enough just to figure out what to feed them!
They're also pretty good at self-regulating.
 
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