How much Nutro dry a day?

I am in the process of switching Marlee to adult food (Nutro Natural Complete Care). The bag says for a cat between 5 and 10 lbs feed from 1/3 - 2/3 a cup a day. Thats a big difference, and I'm wondering what amount Marlee should be getting. She is right around 9 lbs I believe. She gets some of the Nutro wet canned also. Any ideas? I just want to make sure she does not become overweight. I figure it'll be much easier to start her on a correct amount then have to put her on a diet later.

That's a tough one. The 2/3 cup is presumably for an unneutered, outdoor cat, so I'd stick closer to 1/3 for her. When I feed Nutro, I give Jamie (almost 14 lbs.) 1/4 cup (30 g.) of it in the morning, and then canned in the evening. If he were just getting dry, he'd get 1/2 cup (60 g.) of Nutro a day for "maintenance".

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Zoey eats Natural choice and she eats about 1/2 cup with about 1/4 teaspoon wet

Sadie & Dexter both eat Nutro N C Complete Care Weight Maintenance --- dry, free feed and 1 pouch split in the AM.

I have found that for my indoor adults...
a smaller amount than the manufacturer's recommendation is needed.

Skittles was getting 3oz wet in morning and free feed all the kibble...

The vast majority of cats will do well if they are allowed to free feed. I would recommend starting with about 1/2 cup a day and see where that leads.

I guess you're talking about Complete Choice. Well - I feed Sukiey a 1/2 cup of Complete Choice Lamb and a 1/2 cup of Purina One chicken and rice each day. It seems to be satisfactory to her.

Try free feeding for a couple days and measure the amount they eat per day. You can then assess the difference it deviates from the recomended value.

Coming off a raw diet, I feed various dry feed, Nutro being one of them, in slow rotations because certain feeds lack certain nutrients. Nutro is a good food however it lacks the proper protein; carnivores prefer majority protein from animals rather than plant proteins.