Anyone feed their cat Innova Evo Dry?...

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i was wondering what the suggested daily servings were... for example: 1/4 cup per day for a 5 lb cat.

it would be great if someone could help me out. i'm looking into purchasing it, and i'm curious.

thanks


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6-19wks\t5-7m\t7-9m\t9-11m\tAdult
4lbs\t7/8 \t½ \t3/8 \t¼\t¼
6lbs\t1 ¼\t¾\t5/8\t½\t3/8
8lbs\t\t7/8\t¾\t5/8\t½
10lbs\t\t1 1/8\t7/8\t¾\t5/8
12lbs\t\t\t1 1/8\t7/8\t¾
14lbs\t\t\t1 ¼\t1\t7/8

Crappy table, but it will have to do. M = Months and the measurements are in cups. For 8lbs-14lbs more them over accordingly to the correct months. For example: 14lbs at 7-9 months would have 1 1/4 cups of Innova Evo.
 

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I've found their feeding guidelines for EVO to be very generous. I find most cats don't need as much as they suggest.

The easiest thing would be to find out how many calories your cat needs to eat in a day, and break it down that way. EVO has 612 k/cals per cup.
 

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I bought a small bag of Evo to try, but after reading about the high ash content being bad I decided to get some of the TimberWolf Serengeti that someone else had recommended. I also have a bag of Nature's Variety Raw Instinct Grain Freethat is quite highly recommended.
I believe all of those foods have feeding guidelines on the bags, but I did see that the companies tend to have their guidelines on the high side.

I guess asking here from those experienced is the best thing to do.
 
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right now i feed my kittens (16wks) Natural Balance Ultra Premium Dry. i free feed and they dont need much. but i calculated it out and by the time they weigh 10lbs it'll cost me $126.12 if i follow the feeding guidlines.
i want them to get good for food at least a year, then i'll drop my standard a little. the quality and price of these cat foods scare me.


Kuuyku,

thanks for the chart. i was unable to find it anywhere. and i searched lots. * hugs *

vanillasugar,

I've found their feeding guidelines for EVO to be very generous. I find most cats don't need as much as they suggest.
seems like that to me also. they state their product has 50% protein, so i thought the serving size would reflect this and be accordingly smaller.


reddicequeen,

* hugs remy *

tru,

I bought a small bag of Evo to try, but after reading about the high ash content being bad I decided to get some of the TimberWolf Serengeti that someone else had recommended.
thank you for telling me that.
 

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Evo is great if kitty handles it ... Yes the ash is high and I HIGHLY recommend at least 50 % wet when feeding evo dry... As for the Natures prarie I asked and all replys were you can find better
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Here is some basic math.

EVO has 612 calories per cup.

1/2 cup EVO has 306 calories per cup
1/3 cup EVO has 229.5 calories per cup
1/4 cup EVO has 153 calories per cup
1/8 cup EVO has 76.5 calories per cup.

So I'm estimating that if you have an average size cat you would need to feed about 1/3 of a cup, maybe more or less depending on the activity level of your cat. And if you feed canned food you can reduce the dry portions to 1/4 of a cup to an 1/8 of a cup, depending on how much wet food your cat eats. Hope this helps.

I'm not switching to EVO. I just switched them to Innova but am going to mix that with California Natural until the Innova is eaten(they can enjoy a nice Innova and California Natural trail mix) because I am having fears of my cats getting too fat in spite of the logical calculations. I always think, what if I have to rely on a pet sitter one day or what if I were to be gone for an extended period of time. I don't always know how much wet food my Spotty is eating or if Rosie ate from his bowl. Spotty doesn't always eat all his wet food. That's why I'm switching to a moderate calorie dry food.

I'm looking for some better quality wet foods. My cats don't like the canned EVO or the canned Natural Balance or canned Nutro.
They like Iams turkey and giblets because the newer one is soupy, swimming in broth. I'm going to try a sample of the canned Instinctive Choice from www.healthypetnet.com. They'll send me a dry food sample too, so I'll just use that as a treat.
 

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If your cat eats scheduled meals, I would recommend adding warm water to EVO. Your cat has to drink 4 times as much to "flush out" the amount of extra ash and protein.
 

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I, too, recommend that your cat's diet consist of at least 50% wet, at the minimum.

Both of my girlies eat Innova Lite canned now. Evo is too high in protein for Sierra to have, but Serenity will occasionally get a can as a treat, and she tears right into it! She thinks it's terrific!
 
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