So, if WindSparrow happens by...
How much canned cat food should I be feeding my cat? He's a 20 pounder, a little overweight, and I recently switched him to wet food, which made him very very happy.
But the dry food had a rough feeding chart on it, and the canned food does not (even though it's the same manufacturer). I'm worried I'm not feeding him enough. I started with the intent of giving him a mix of canned and dry, and he's more or less stopped eating the dry kibble unless he has to. I'm fine with letting him eat all canned, but how much?
I've done an
enormous
of googling, but all I've found (even on the manufacturer's web site) is suggestions to use the (*nonexistent*) feeding chart as a guide, and that each cat needs to be addressed individually.
I've also found several sites that informed me that the prescription food I've been feeding him is pretty much garbage as far as cat food goes (by-products, too much ash, too much bad grain).
Some of those sites have suggested that the "need" for prescription food is pretty much BS. So, I'm even willing to switch him to something else completely (poor guy), but I've also seen sites on the interwebs that say you can live on nothing but air and sunshine (SO NOT KIDDING), so I know things on the 'Net need to be taken with a grain of salt.
HELP!
Why did I click? WHY did I click!?
:headdesk:
I should know better, I know! But I am weak and curious.
Sean, I think a rough estimate is about an ounce of wet food per pound of cat.
Hil, I don't know if this is an actual answer, but I vaguely remember a sermon in my youth in which a young man comes to Jesus and asks how he should live, and Jesus asks him if he is following the commandments, and he says yes, and then there's some stuff about giving up all his belongings, but my point is, according to my priest at the time, that passage signifies that commandments needed to be followed. And there were specific things saying you don't have to, for example, ritually wash your hands before eating. So maybe it's that sort of reasoning gradually accumulating over time into "Do this, don't do that".
I have less info on the proper amount of wet food to give a cat. Which is kind of impressivein a way, because that is hardly any info to be less than.
Sean, I'm here. How about I email you? Profile addy good?
Sean, I think a rough estimate is about an ounce of wet food per pound of cat.
That seems like a rather lot, especially if one is trying to cut back on cat weight.
Harvey and Sammie are doing quite well on high quality wet food of about 4-5 ounces per day. Sammie is about 10 1/2 lbs, and Harvey is about 11 1/2 lbs.
Backflung momentarily, Andi.
I have found all manner of nutty nutrition advice on the web. Breatharianism surprises me not.
