Hi, I have recently adopted 2 new cats and am still trying to figure out feeding.
My 1st cat is about 5, good weight, very picky and only eats dry kibble, she absolutely won't touch wet food. She has always been a grazer, never eats too much and has stayed at a good weight. Cat's 2 & 3 are both about 1 year old.
#2 is a small plump female, and #3 is a male about 12 lbs from a farm, and gaining weight. These 2 are crazy for food. Whenever they hear me opening a package, any, could be a bag of flour, they go nuts thinking I'm putting out food for them. Last fall I switched to a vet recommended food, Royal Canin Calm, to see if it would help #1's anxiety, hasn't done anything except I think it's making the other 2 fat. Of course now the vet is recommending a royal canin weight loss formula, which isn't going to happen. So, I would like to transition everybody off that food to another "healthier" dry food, and hopefully get #2 & 3 stabilized now before they gain any more weight.
2 & 3 also love wet food so I will try to feed them a primarily wet food diet. I tried a couple of dehydrated and freeze dried foods but they did not like them. I would like to keep dry kibble around for them to graze on and also because I would like to prevent them from eating #1's food (I have tried to hide her food and I think it's working but you know how cats are). I feed them their wet food once a day around supper time. However even after eating, they go nuts when they here me putting out dry food.
My first question is, if I'm feeding them some wet and some dry, how much canned food do you recommend? Right now, for a 5.5 oz can, I'm feeding them each about 1/3 of it, and I'm adding to it because they really seem to love it.
Question 2, is there a good quality dry food you can recommend that I can try to transition them to. I would like them to graze on a good food and hopefully prevent them from getting diabetes, crystals etc. The cat foods they have loved are Royal canin calm http://www.chewy.com/cat/royal-canin-veterinary-diet-calm/dp/43683 and 1st choice finicky http://1stchoice.ca/en/products/showProduct-68.html which I can't get here. I have tried boreal, and core wellness indoor dry, but they don't like them.
One thing I have noticed is that #2 is puking less as she is eating more wet food. She was puking daily on dry only. #3 has had come soft bordering on diarrhoea stools and I hope a better food will help, and he has lots of gas. He's on a probiotic for now which is helping somewhat.
I appreciate any ideas you may have. thanks.
My 1st cat is about 5, good weight, very picky and only eats dry kibble, she absolutely won't touch wet food. She has always been a grazer, never eats too much and has stayed at a good weight. Cat's 2 & 3 are both about 1 year old.
#2 is a small plump female, and #3 is a male about 12 lbs from a farm, and gaining weight. These 2 are crazy for food. Whenever they hear me opening a package, any, could be a bag of flour, they go nuts thinking I'm putting out food for them. Last fall I switched to a vet recommended food, Royal Canin Calm, to see if it would help #1's anxiety, hasn't done anything except I think it's making the other 2 fat. Of course now the vet is recommending a royal canin weight loss formula, which isn't going to happen. So, I would like to transition everybody off that food to another "healthier" dry food, and hopefully get #2 & 3 stabilized now before they gain any more weight.
2 & 3 also love wet food so I will try to feed them a primarily wet food diet. I tried a couple of dehydrated and freeze dried foods but they did not like them. I would like to keep dry kibble around for them to graze on and also because I would like to prevent them from eating #1's food (I have tried to hide her food and I think it's working but you know how cats are). I feed them their wet food once a day around supper time. However even after eating, they go nuts when they here me putting out dry food.
My first question is, if I'm feeding them some wet and some dry, how much canned food do you recommend? Right now, for a 5.5 oz can, I'm feeding them each about 1/3 of it, and I'm adding to it because they really seem to love it.
Question 2, is there a good quality dry food you can recommend that I can try to transition them to. I would like them to graze on a good food and hopefully prevent them from getting diabetes, crystals etc. The cat foods they have loved are Royal canin calm http://www.chewy.com/cat/royal-canin-veterinary-diet-calm/dp/43683 and 1st choice finicky http://1stchoice.ca/en/products/showProduct-68.html which I can't get here. I have tried boreal, and core wellness indoor dry, but they don't like them.
One thing I have noticed is that #2 is puking less as she is eating more wet food. She was puking daily on dry only. #3 has had come soft bordering on diarrhoea stools and I hope a better food will help, and he has lots of gas. He's on a probiotic for now which is helping somewhat.
I appreciate any ideas you may have. thanks.