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Hi all,
Recently, I have been looking for new brand to add into Loki's rotation and somehow, I came up with tons of problems that I would love to have the answers
Loki has been eating Primal frozen raw (pork, turkey, beef & salmon. Going to try duck and rabbit soon), Nature Variety wet (lamb. He get sick of chicken and duck), and Dr Elsey's dry as treat. Per meal, I usually mix 1 nugget of frozen raw and half can of 3oz wet. I feed him like this twice a day and his kcal intake is around 180 to 190 kcal.
I am afraid of him getting tired of this "2 brands, raw and wet mixture" everyday, even though I rotate the protein sources every month or every 2 months. I have been looking for wet food that void agar-agar, any kinds of gum, no carb, and high in calories. It's so hard to find a new brand that meet all of my requirement. A lot of people recommend Wellness, Lotus, Wevura but those all contain some sort of ingredients that I don't like
After days of research, I found one! Tiki Cat After Dark !! But sadly the kcal per can is not that great, roughly 65kcal/can and it only comes with 2.8oz can. With that being sad, I have to feed him 2 2.8oz cans and 2 nuggets of frozen raw daily which suddenly bump up his kcal intake to more than 220 per day. He is not very active so I am afraid that he will become overweight. My first question is: Is it okay to feed him 180kcal/day in a month and then the next month will be 220kcal+? Will gaining/losing weight on a monthly basic okay for him? I know that losing weight fast in cat is extremely dangerous and that worries me.
Second question: Can i put an opened can in the fridge for 2 days? I am planning on getting 5.5oz can instead of 3oz because it's cheaper. However, the problem is based on my feeding guideline, he is going to finish the 5.5oz can in 2 days (a quarter can per meal, 2 times a day along with his frozen raw nugget) which I have to put it in the fridge with an air tight zip lop. Many saying that putting opened can in a fridge more than 24hours is bad and the kitten may don't want to eat it because it's not that fresh anymore. What is your opinion on this matter?
Last but not least, if you have any suggestion regarding of wet food that meets all of the requirement that I mentioned above, or an alternative to Primal frozen raw, please help me out I appreciate all of your input and sorry for the super long post.
Here is a picture of Loki saying thank you for help him and me out
Recently, I have been looking for new brand to add into Loki's rotation and somehow, I came up with tons of problems that I would love to have the answers
Loki has been eating Primal frozen raw (pork, turkey, beef & salmon. Going to try duck and rabbit soon), Nature Variety wet (lamb. He get sick of chicken and duck), and Dr Elsey's dry as treat. Per meal, I usually mix 1 nugget of frozen raw and half can of 3oz wet. I feed him like this twice a day and his kcal intake is around 180 to 190 kcal.
I am afraid of him getting tired of this "2 brands, raw and wet mixture" everyday, even though I rotate the protein sources every month or every 2 months. I have been looking for wet food that void agar-agar, any kinds of gum, no carb, and high in calories. It's so hard to find a new brand that meet all of my requirement. A lot of people recommend Wellness, Lotus, Wevura but those all contain some sort of ingredients that I don't like
After days of research, I found one! Tiki Cat After Dark !! But sadly the kcal per can is not that great, roughly 65kcal/can and it only comes with 2.8oz can. With that being sad, I have to feed him 2 2.8oz cans and 2 nuggets of frozen raw daily which suddenly bump up his kcal intake to more than 220 per day. He is not very active so I am afraid that he will become overweight. My first question is: Is it okay to feed him 180kcal/day in a month and then the next month will be 220kcal+? Will gaining/losing weight on a monthly basic okay for him? I know that losing weight fast in cat is extremely dangerous and that worries me.
Second question: Can i put an opened can in the fridge for 2 days? I am planning on getting 5.5oz can instead of 3oz because it's cheaper. However, the problem is based on my feeding guideline, he is going to finish the 5.5oz can in 2 days (a quarter can per meal, 2 times a day along with his frozen raw nugget) which I have to put it in the fridge with an air tight zip lop. Many saying that putting opened can in a fridge more than 24hours is bad and the kitten may don't want to eat it because it's not that fresh anymore. What is your opinion on this matter?
Last but not least, if you have any suggestion regarding of wet food that meets all of the requirement that I mentioned above, or an alternative to Primal frozen raw, please help me out I appreciate all of your input and sorry for the super long post.
Here is a picture of Loki saying thank you for help him and me out