How do you figure out how much to feed if you're feeding both wet and dry food. Especially when one of your cats needs to lose weight. I'm getting a headache trying to figure it out.
Thanks!Originally Posted by sharky
lol... here is a pain killer..
How much do the kitties weigh?
what portions of wet and dry? ie 50/50 ?
those are great guides for those individual foods NOT for a general ... though it may give a general idea if one is feeding a like type foodOriginally Posted by Kody's Mom
Both of these are pretty good feeding guides:
http://www.naturesvariety.com/feedguide
http://www.natureslogic.com/feeding/cat.htm
On the second one make sure your % levels equal up to 100%--when the link comes up it is 300% total.
My eyes are not too good thus I see a BIG cat who may be perfect wt or a few lbs overOriginally Posted by Misty8723
Hmm. I've always had problems figuring that out, because he's a kind of a solid cat (if that makes sense). Even when he was younger and smaller you couldn't really feel this ribs very good.
Can you tell from this picture, its fairly recent?
Yes I would say roughly about 3 oz. I have 3 ounce cans and I give them each about 1/3 of it 3 x a day.Originally Posted by sharky
Okay roughly ... I am going to say he should be 20 lbs( mostly cause the figures are easier) a 20lb cat would need 300-600 calories a day ... I would say start with 300 ..
Orijen dry has 440 a cup so if you are giving roughly 1/12 cup of it so 40 calories from it
cal natural is 419 a cup.. so about .18 cups so roughly 70 calories
so roughly 110 calories from dry... add another 30 for the treats so dry food calories = roughly 140
Okay so For a Day he gets 3 oz of wet?
Dry food is very frequently loaded with corn which means sugar and carbs.Originally Posted by Misty8723
How do you figure out how much to feed if you're feeding both wet and dry food. Especially when one of your cats needs to lose weight. I'm getting a headache trying to figure it out.