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She’s about 1.7 years old. I’m not exactly sure of her age bc she was feral when the adoption center took her in and guessed her age to be 1. Since I adopted her, it’s been 8 ish months I’m assuming her age to be 1.7 ish. She is a smaller cat than the average. I would guess her to be about 7-9 lbs.
I’ve been feeding her one Fancy Feast can per day, splitting the can in half for breakfast and dinner. I also add a couple of tablespoons of Rachael Ray Nutrish dry food on top of the fancy feast. Upon my realization that i may be underfeeding her, I read the calorie count on the can and it says 71/can. The kibble is about 350 per cup.
Based on this, I feed her about ~90 kcal/ day. Which I realized is less than what she should be getting per day. I also feed her treats throughout the day, but not always.
Despite the low calorie count, she seems healthy. She poops frequently and she does not look skinny at all. If anything, since I adopted her, she’s gained some weight!
But I’m not really sure and perusing the web gave me little information.
Since she seems healthy and not overweight (I do not want to overfeed my cat bc obesity is bad for health), should I continue feeding her that way? Or should I increase her wet food to 2 cans per day, and split a can for breakfast and dinner, in addition to the kibble. Or should I increase the kibble to like 5 tablespoons (half a cup is about 350kcal, which is too much) and keep the wet food the same?
Thank you for any info! I’ve attached photos of her below for reference.
I’ve been feeding her one Fancy Feast can per day, splitting the can in half for breakfast and dinner. I also add a couple of tablespoons of Rachael Ray Nutrish dry food on top of the fancy feast. Upon my realization that i may be underfeeding her, I read the calorie count on the can and it says 71/can. The kibble is about 350 per cup.
Based on this, I feed her about ~90 kcal/ day. Which I realized is less than what she should be getting per day. I also feed her treats throughout the day, but not always.
Despite the low calorie count, she seems healthy. She poops frequently and she does not look skinny at all. If anything, since I adopted her, she’s gained some weight!
But I’m not really sure and perusing the web gave me little information.
Since she seems healthy and not overweight (I do not want to overfeed my cat bc obesity is bad for health), should I continue feeding her that way? Or should I increase her wet food to 2 cans per day, and split a can for breakfast and dinner, in addition to the kibble. Or should I increase the kibble to like 5 tablespoons (half a cup is about 350kcal, which is too much) and keep the wet food the same?
Thank you for any info! I’ve attached photos of her below for reference.
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