Now that I've discovered my husband has been feeding kitty about 100 cals worth of dry kibble at night to keep her quiet, which explains her gaining a whole 1.5 pounds in the last few months, I'm back on the serious path for helping kitty lose weight.
Millie has primarily been fed wet food for the past three years to help her lose weight. She is currently 11 and not very active. She is up to 17 pounds
The dry food was supposed to be used just for little treats! I plan to put a measuring cup of an acceptable amount of dry food out each day. Then hubby and me can pull from that.
I know the equation for calculating caloric needs for kitty. I know she must diet slowly.
I have calories for the wet food Millie will get most of the time. I'm missing two pieces of information and thought you guys could help fill in the blanks.
One wet food is the Tiki (Chicken, and Chicken and egg). I know these are low fat.
The other wet food is Hound and Gatos Chicken, and some Lamb. She likes the Chicken and only sometimes likes the Lamb.
Question #1: I cannot find information about whether these are high fat. Are they?
Question #2: Some articles on weight-loss say feeding high protein with high fat will still help kitty lose weight. Other articles say that high protein is good but high fat will not help kitty lose weight. What do you guys say?
Thanks for your help!
Millie has primarily been fed wet food for the past three years to help her lose weight. She is currently 11 and not very active. She is up to 17 pounds
The dry food was supposed to be used just for little treats! I plan to put a measuring cup of an acceptable amount of dry food out each day. Then hubby and me can pull from that.
I know the equation for calculating caloric needs for kitty. I know she must diet slowly.
I have calories for the wet food Millie will get most of the time. I'm missing two pieces of information and thought you guys could help fill in the blanks.
One wet food is the Tiki (Chicken, and Chicken and egg). I know these are low fat.
The other wet food is Hound and Gatos Chicken, and some Lamb. She likes the Chicken and only sometimes likes the Lamb.
Question #1: I cannot find information about whether these are high fat. Are they?
Question #2: Some articles on weight-loss say feeding high protein with high fat will still help kitty lose weight. Other articles say that high protein is good but high fat will not help kitty lose weight. What do you guys say?
Thanks for your help!