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i think you already decided he probably needs more food. actually i don't know if this is too much trouble, but keep a chart (like on a hanging calendar) of how much you feed him and his weight. i think sometimes it's hard to go by whether or not a cat "acts" hungry because i know when i was working that at least one of my cats started eating out of boredom. the problem with kibble sometimes is that a cat will decide to prefer it and not eat the canned food. or it might be like someone with a healthy weight child asking a doctor, "but he's so hungry all the time. will it hurt to let him eat cheetos in between meals?" probably won't hurt him, but it's not very nutritious. i think kibble is primarily empty-calories.He acts so hungry. I bought the small bag of Earthborn Holistic Primitive today and thought I would give him about 1/3 cup for the day to snack on. He gets a 5.5 can of Earthborn Holistic wet per day. Split in to two meals. He is at a good weight now, but is constantly meowing when I get home.
my cats always had to wait 12 hours between feedings. they got a relatively large amount at once (either 1/2 of a 5.5 oz. can or a 3 oz. can each) though, and as long as it isn't raw, i think it's okay to leave food out 12 hours. i think they ate it long before that amount of time was up anyway. i have one cat that will eat food as long as it's out. i don't know why, he's just like that. he will bug me for awhile but if i don't do anything he gives up when he isn't really starving. if he's truly hungry, he jumps on me constantly.