Wet and Dry food.

Hello,

I have a quick question, I just recently adopted my cat from the Humane Society and he weighs about 21 lbs. He currently is free fed 1 cup of Purina Healthy weight cat food per day. But as I'm doing more research I am wanting to switch him to a mix of Blue freedom indoor grain free dry food and grain free wet food.  The question is how much of each should I be feeding him per day? I want him to lose weight, but no so fast that it's unhealthy.

Let me know your opinions please and thanks!

Do you want feed half and half or 1/4 of wet food and 3/4 dry or 1/4 of dry food and 3/4 of wet?

I would feed 1/2 and 1/2 and gradually move to all wet which will help weight loss. 6 to 9 oz of wet and no dry would be a good goal

Alexis Latimer said:

 
 I want him to lose weight, but no so fast that it's unhealthy.

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This is something you should work with your vet on -- as a rapid weight loss is not only unhealthy, but can be deadly. Ideally you want to switch to timed feeding, which is what you're planning to do, and then very gradually reduce the amount everyday. Numbers will vary in each cat, which is why it's so important to work with your vet. 

Cats are not satisfied on the grain based diets and so will eat more. Give the diets that advertise grain free.

-Fats are not a bad thing. If fed in proportion and fats are the one of the things which the cats feel full.

-fiber help[s to promote more efficient digestion and utilization of calories.

-We have seen that cats are lose weight on high calorie canned food.

-Cats can even lose their weight on dry food diet.