My 4 year old former feral female is 13.5 pounds and should be 10 according to the vet. She was eating approx 228-235 calories a day - 1/2 level cup Indoor chicken nutro dry, one portion of Sheba chicken or turkey pate and some dental greenies. She doesn't always finish the wet food so hard to say exact calorie wise. She had blood work in late Dec/early January and again last week before a dental and vet said everything was good. After her January visit we switched her dry to Iams Weight and cut back on her food portions so she was getting at most 190 calories. Well last week the vet reweighed her and she had only lost a couple of ounces in 3 months and that was after fasting for anesthesia (which she hadn't done before her previous bloodwork a few months ago). She is extremely picky when it comes to wet food. I have tried the expensive brands and she refuses to eat them. She won't eat anything but pate I add water to to make runny. It's a struggle to even get her to eat the Sheba some times. I know for certain she isn't getting food elsewhere so I can't understand why she isn't losing weight. I am nervous about dropping her calories down further. I would love for her to eat all or mostly wet but she just doesn't like it much and I have been trying to get her to eat it since I adopted her three years ago. At the least I would like her on a higher quality dry but they are all so caloric and I don't think a tiny portion would satiate her. My vet recommends the prescription diet dry and no wet, but I would rather avoid that if possible.