What brand of cat food is best for overweight cats?
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I have 2 cats. They are both overweight. We feed them Purina Naturals or something like that. We want the best, dry cat food designed specifically for overweight cats. They are adults, 5 and 9 years old. We feed them 1/3 of a cup twice a day, once in the morning, and once at night. We give them snacks throughout the day as well. I think we are feeding them too much. What do you think?
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I have 2 cats. They are both overweight. We feed them Purina Naturals or something like that. We want the best, dry cat food designed specifically for overweight cats. They are adults, 5 and 9 years old. We feed them 1/3 of a cup twice a day, once in the morning, and once at night. We give them snacks throughout the day as well. I think we are feeding them too much. What do you think?
•How much food do they need each day?
•And how many times to they need to be fed that amount?
January 18th, 2009 at 11:39 am
hills science or reduce the amount of food given and plenty of exercise my adult tom plays fetch and my queen plays with a fishing toy made by whiskas and the kitten is too young to be over weight and inactive.
the amount of food for one cat
2xpouches and 70-80g of dry food or 400g of tinned food/pouches.
or 80-100g dried food.
for three cats i feed dry food once a day usually as i am going to bed a double bowl at 11pm and they eat this throughout the following day plus they get four to six pouches of food sometimes eight depending on if the dried food has gone. they don’t get a top of dried food till we go to bed.
January 19th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
a pretty nice site from IAMs… and I think that last one is wrong. Family member had a cat who was too -thin- and the vet begged them to put her on wet food because it’s soaked in gravy and that sort of thing and has more calories… obviously I’m no vet though.. .but that site might help, hope it does.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:14 pm
You want to try and find a food that contains no more than 10% crude fat. The 9 year old should be on a senior diet, again crude fat an issue. Snacks and treats, including all people food are very caloric. Animals do not metabolize calories the same. I guarantee that if you cut out 80% of the treats and 10% max on the crude fat of their food, in time, they will lose weight. It takes a while for them to lose, 5 pounds could take as long as 6 months. Try Purina Indoor Cat formula for the 5 year old and maybe Purina Senior for the 9 year old. Good Luck !!! P.S. Amount of food depends on activity level, I think you could get away with the 1/3 cup twice daily, absolutely no wet food, bad for the teeth and it makes them fat.
January 24th, 2009 at 1:55 am
I am a fan of Science Diet, though many people are not. I like the variety available. Since cats are grazers, I feed my guys about 1/4 of a cup each twice a day, sometimes less depending on the amount of running around they do. I use the “less active” formula, and sometimes the light, and sometimes the sensitive stomach formula, which is nice for their coats.
Weigh your cats, and look at them. Do their bellies graze the floor when they are standing? When they are sitting with their backs to you do they present a very triangular shape? Then they can afford to lose a bit of weight. Remember that different kinds of cats have different needs, and a Maine Coon cat might weigh 18 pounds and be healthy, while a Siamese cat might weigh 6 pounds and be healthy. I have 2 longhairs, and the himalayan weighs 12.5 pounds and could lose, and the persian weighs 8.5 and could gain, and they eat the same amount!
January 27th, 2009 at 10:17 am
stop feeding your cats until they’re skinny
,haha! JK
i really don’t know the answer