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Hello everyone! And Happy New Year's Eve!!!! May this year be better than last, yes (and isn't THAT setting a low bar)?
As the subject says, I'm ringing in 2021 by changing my kitties' food! I haven't chosen what kind of food yet, though a friend gave me a bit to try them on, see what they like. So I'm finding my smaller cat to be a bit pickier. She turns her nose up at anything that's been in the fridge, even though I cover any leftovers with tinfoil or a lid for the can.
Honestly, I think I would say blurgh to stone-cold leftover food, too. Is there anything I can do to possibly engage her appetite when it comes to these leftovers (and I don't like serving my bigger kitty cold food, either, but if I get it out, they want it "Nyow, momma, nyow nyow nyow!!!!")?
Also, I'm having absolute OCD when it comes to trying to get serving portions exactly right. I know around how many calories I need to be feeding my cats, it's just trying to figure out how many scoops of food that is that's really making my head explode!
So Sammy is around 18lbs, I believe (8.2kg), and I'd like him to lose some weight, so I'm calculating for a 15lb (6.8kg) cat. Molly is 10lbs (4.5kg). They're both indoor only. So Sammy needs 300 calories a day, Molly 200. Now each meal I open a can, and I'm like... "Okay, what're 100 calories of this? How do other people figure this out?! Oh no, my babies are hungry, I'll wing it for now..."
I need to figure this out before it drives me insane, though! Help! (And sorry for how wordy my posts always get. >_> I'm a blabbermouth. "Talking" things out just helps me understand a bit better.)
As the subject says, I'm ringing in 2021 by changing my kitties' food! I haven't chosen what kind of food yet, though a friend gave me a bit to try them on, see what they like. So I'm finding my smaller cat to be a bit pickier. She turns her nose up at anything that's been in the fridge, even though I cover any leftovers with tinfoil or a lid for the can.
Honestly, I think I would say blurgh to stone-cold leftover food, too. Is there anything I can do to possibly engage her appetite when it comes to these leftovers (and I don't like serving my bigger kitty cold food, either, but if I get it out, they want it "Nyow, momma, nyow nyow nyow!!!!")?
Also, I'm having absolute OCD when it comes to trying to get serving portions exactly right. I know around how many calories I need to be feeding my cats, it's just trying to figure out how many scoops of food that is that's really making my head explode!
So Sammy is around 18lbs, I believe (8.2kg), and I'd like him to lose some weight, so I'm calculating for a 15lb (6.8kg) cat. Molly is 10lbs (4.5kg). They're both indoor only. So Sammy needs 300 calories a day, Molly 200. Now each meal I open a can, and I'm like... "Okay, what're 100 calories of this? How do other people figure this out?! Oh no, my babies are hungry, I'll wing it for now..."
I need to figure this out before it drives me insane, though! Help! (And sorry for how wordy my posts always get. >_> I'm a blabbermouth. "Talking" things out just helps me understand a bit better.)