The diet MUST start TODAY.

[littleraven7726]

That's great news!

Sending vibes for continued healthy weight loss.

 

[sbd45]

Originally Posted by greenvillegal

Amadeus is down to 22 pounds now. that's 3 pounds in just over a month. I know that's a little much. He lost the most pounds the first week, then slowed to a couple ounces a week so it seems to have evened out now. He's frisky, extra playful, and I can just tell how much happier he already is. And that makes ME happy!!!

I am glad for you and Amadeus. I have one that needs to diet also, and started her on canned Friskies, but I am going to switch to the wellness as it is a better food. Is pouch food as good? What I would like to ask you is did you feed yours one can a day? I have been feeding mine a 5.5 can a day, she is 16 lbs and should be about 12. Thanks

 

[sharky]

Originally Posted by sbd45

I am glad for you and Amadeus. I have one that needs to diet also, and started her on canned Friskies, but I am going to switch to the wellness as it is a better food. Is pouch food as good? What I would like to ask you is did you feed yours one can a day? I have been feeding mine a 5.5 can a day, she is 16 lbs and should be about 12. Thanks

realize wellness is about 4-6 times the price of friskies ( yes way better food)... the pouches run about 2to 3 time s the price of cans ( ie 5.5 oz can is 1.09-1.25 and a 2.5 to 3 oz pouch is 99cent to 1.25 )

You technically should be feeding double what you are

 

[sbd45]

Hi,
I had bought a bag of Wellness weight control also. I give one can of wet: 1/2 in morning the other 1/2 at 5, then around 9 or 10PM, I give about a 1/4 cup of the dry. Is that alright? She was on Vet perscription O.M. and didn't
loose hardly anything and also looked like she hated it. The reason I asked about the pouch food is that she loves the gravy ones. I have another cat and she likes the wet and also the gravy ones, she doesn't have a problem with her weight. Thanks for taking your time to answer, I just am not sure of how much to feed them safely, so they don't gain.

 

[greenvillegal]

I haven't tried the pouches. I do the grain free canned foods. It is more expensive but you definitely get what you pay for.

Sharky I am only feeding Amadeus about 6 ounces/day (a little over a 12.5 can between 3 cats, but 2 of them are very petite). Should I be feeding more if he is losing at a healthy rate? I don't want to underfeed him and I thought I was almost feeding too much.

 

[jman_in_mn]

so the Wellness dry food is recommended for weight loss?

My 2 guys (13 & 14.5 lbs) are 11 months old and I've started to transition them to majority wet food (they're liking the Wellness) for weight loss but I wanted to find a good dry food to complement (an alternative to the Chicken Soup dry that they've been given)

 

[greenvillegal]

I am sure the Wellness dry food is good. I only feed wet and I find that it's great. Don't know if it's the high quality food or the fact that it's wet, but there's a lot less poo and when they do poo it does not smell AT ALL.

sorry I am not more help, Sharky is kinda the expert.

 

[sharky]

not an expert per say just research too much

IMHO wet food should be tried for wt loss... much of the more recent studies and data points to this plus a bit of old common sense wet food per oz has about 40% less calories than dry but is more filling ...

IMHO I would add another 6 oz a day and see if the wt loss continue s and the cats still eat it all

 

[Asteria]

Congratulations on your kitty's weight loss! I'm so glad to know that he's seeming happier.