I'm a new cat mom with a rescued cat from a friend's chicken farm. Since she was apparently used to eating chicken I looked for good quality wet food that was 100% chicken and found recommendations for Tiki Cat Puka Puka Luau Succulent Chicken which has only chicken and is grain free. My cat loves it and eats it all right away and I've been feeding her 2 cans a day. The can recommends 2 cans per 7 lbs and my cat is about 6.5 lbs (she's a tiny adult cat) and doesn't beg me for additional food so I feel like it's the right amount for her. She has been to the vet and she is perfectly healthy and the vets don't think there's a problem with her weight or amount of food she eats.
My biggest concern is that the nutrition label on the cans say there is approximately 0% fiber. She poops but not a lot (this is another concern I'll mention in a bit) and her poops look like regular poop, not too hard and not too wet. Should I be supplementing her meal with fiber? I heard pumpkin is good for this but from what I can tell the food she eats is "complete" so I would assume that it has everything she needs in it already.
About the poop, she poops around 1 every 2-3 days. My friends told me their cats poop every day. The difference is that they eat 100% dry food with occasional wet food and mine eats 100% wet food with occasional dry snacks. Should I be concerned about my cat not pooping every day? I watch her when she poops and there's no straining or stress she just doesn't seem to poop that much. She does pee a lot though but I imagine it's due to her food being extremely high in water.
About peeing, she pees a lot but I have never seen her drink water from her bowl. I read that wild cats don't really need to drink water and just gets it from their food so I mix in 1-2 cans of water into her meals which she drinks up completely. I hope that's good enough.
One last concern I found searching through these forms is about fat content. I've read some posts saying that more fat is good, and some posts saying less is better. According to catfooddb the food I give her is 27% fat and 68% protein if I understand it correctly. Is this enough or do I need to change it up?
I have taken my cat to the vet to get her vaccinated, chipped, and spayed. She is a lovely cat and learned to use a cat box really fast and her behavior hasn't changed so there's no red flags telling me to take her to the vet again.
My biggest concern is that the nutrition label on the cans say there is approximately 0% fiber. She poops but not a lot (this is another concern I'll mention in a bit) and her poops look like regular poop, not too hard and not too wet. Should I be supplementing her meal with fiber? I heard pumpkin is good for this but from what I can tell the food she eats is "complete" so I would assume that it has everything she needs in it already.
About the poop, she poops around 1 every 2-3 days. My friends told me their cats poop every day. The difference is that they eat 100% dry food with occasional wet food and mine eats 100% wet food with occasional dry snacks. Should I be concerned about my cat not pooping every day? I watch her when she poops and there's no straining or stress she just doesn't seem to poop that much. She does pee a lot though but I imagine it's due to her food being extremely high in water.
About peeing, she pees a lot but I have never seen her drink water from her bowl. I read that wild cats don't really need to drink water and just gets it from their food so I mix in 1-2 cans of water into her meals which she drinks up completely. I hope that's good enough.
One last concern I found searching through these forms is about fat content. I've read some posts saying that more fat is good, and some posts saying less is better. According to catfooddb the food I give her is 27% fat and 68% protein if I understand it correctly. Is this enough or do I need to change it up?
I have taken my cat to the vet to get her vaccinated, chipped, and spayed. She is a lovely cat and learned to use a cat box really fast and her behavior hasn't changed so there's no red flags telling me to take her to the vet again.