I have two 6.5 month old kittens, Link and Gir. They are both fixed. I have noticed Link (a male) has been gaining quite a bit of weight since he's been fixed... I don't want him to become overweight, so I think I might need to make a change to their eating habits. Gir only got fixed about two weeks ago, and I haven't noticed a change in her weight yet. She also tends to be more active than Link (she is quite a jumper
) and doesn't seem to be as interested in food as him either.
Right now, they are free fed Evo dry food, and about 3 times a day i give them Weruva wet food and leave it down until the next time i give them wet food. So, they essentially have both wet and dry food down 24/7...
I want to transition them to a set feeding schedule. Do you think feeding them only twice a day is okay? I would be able to feed them at 7:30 am and 6 pm.
Also, i would like to completely transition them off the dry food to only eating wet food.
In addition to this, I would like to change from feeding them Weruva (the price has jumped from $1.29/can to $1.77/can!!!!!). I was feeding them Weruva only because that is all they seemed to like. They definitely prefer the shredded meat styled canned food... I can't get them to even look at pate, they just try to bury it.
So, I know I am asking to make a lot of changes. Do you think this is feasible for me to do? I know I'll need to do everything slowly, i know it might take a month or more to do. I was thinking of doing it in two steps:
1. Get the cats used to eating on a schedule (feed them a combo of Evo dry and Weruva… slowly increase the amount of Weruva and decrease the amount of Evo until they are only eating Weruva.
2. Once they are eating only Weruva on a fixed schedule, transition them to different brands. Start with like 90% Weruva, 10% other, and then decrease Weruva and increase other food until we have them eating only the other brand(s) we choose.
Thanks for any help. Sorry about the long post!
Right now, they are free fed Evo dry food, and about 3 times a day i give them Weruva wet food and leave it down until the next time i give them wet food. So, they essentially have both wet and dry food down 24/7...
I want to transition them to a set feeding schedule. Do you think feeding them only twice a day is okay? I would be able to feed them at 7:30 am and 6 pm.
Also, i would like to completely transition them off the dry food to only eating wet food.
In addition to this, I would like to change from feeding them Weruva (the price has jumped from $1.29/can to $1.77/can!!!!!). I was feeding them Weruva only because that is all they seemed to like. They definitely prefer the shredded meat styled canned food... I can't get them to even look at pate, they just try to bury it.
So, I know I am asking to make a lot of changes. Do you think this is feasible for me to do? I know I'll need to do everything slowly, i know it might take a month or more to do. I was thinking of doing it in two steps:
1. Get the cats used to eating on a schedule (feed them a combo of Evo dry and Weruva… slowly increase the amount of Weruva and decrease the amount of Evo until they are only eating Weruva.
2. Once they are eating only Weruva on a fixed schedule, transition them to different brands. Start with like 90% Weruva, 10% other, and then decrease Weruva and increase other food until we have them eating only the other brand(s) we choose.
Thanks for any help. Sorry about the long post!