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I just weighed Robin this evening, and he now weighs 14.3 pounds, 3/4 pound more than before he started on "indoor weight advantage" food.
The vet wants him at about 12 pounds. Right now he gets mostly dry Purina ONE hairball formula. I HAD him on their indoor advantage formula, and it left him massively unsatisfied, so last week I switched back to the hairball formula.
The bag says a 10 to 14 pound cat should get between 1/2-1 cup a day. I give him a teeny bit under 1/2 cup twice a day--just started this--I used to free feed him and I bet he was eating 1 1/2 cups a day, sometimes more sometimes less.
He's not a food a holic but I do give him a little people food occasionally, like cooked chicken. He also gets a can or two of Sheba or Purina Beyond a week, but he rarely eats more than a few tablespoons at a time.
I just need to know from someone with experience with heavy cats if I'm going about this okay. I don't play much with him because he does not seem to want to play very much anymore, [emoji]128533[/emoji]
Thanks.
As you can see, he does have a bit of the tummy, which shows when he lays down. Otherwise he doesn't seem too too bad.
I can't afford all canned--and he is SO hard to switch to new foods. He had been a feral fed people scraps and It literally me 2 or 3 months to get him switched off people food and onto cat food of any kind. If it smells strong or has a weird shape, he won't touch it.
The vet wants him at about 12 pounds. Right now he gets mostly dry Purina ONE hairball formula. I HAD him on their indoor advantage formula, and it left him massively unsatisfied, so last week I switched back to the hairball formula.
The bag says a 10 to 14 pound cat should get between 1/2-1 cup a day. I give him a teeny bit under 1/2 cup twice a day--just started this--I used to free feed him and I bet he was eating 1 1/2 cups a day, sometimes more sometimes less.
He's not a food a holic but I do give him a little people food occasionally, like cooked chicken. He also gets a can or two of Sheba or Purina Beyond a week, but he rarely eats more than a few tablespoons at a time.
I just need to know from someone with experience with heavy cats if I'm going about this okay. I don't play much with him because he does not seem to want to play very much anymore, [emoji]128533[/emoji]
Thanks.
As you can see, he does have a bit of the tummy, which shows when he lays down. Otherwise he doesn't seem too too bad.
I can't afford all canned--and he is SO hard to switch to new foods. He had been a feral fed people scraps and It literally me 2 or 3 months to get him switched off people food and onto cat food of any kind. If it smells strong or has a weird shape, he won't touch it.
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