Hi!
I need some help understanding how calories work and are calculated. My 12 year old neutered male weighed 14.75 pounds about a year ago. Two months ago at his senior visit he weighed 14.2. Today I weighed him and he is 13.8. All of his blood and urine results came back normal.
I switched his food about 6 months ago to Walk About Goat. There are zero fillers, and I have been thinking that the food switch is what contributed to the weight loss. The weight loss hasn’t been sudden and he shows absolutely no symptoms of having a health condition so that, in addition to his normal lab work, leads me to believe it’s the food switch that is causing the loss.
My question is whether it is a healthy loss (14.75 pounds seemed a little heavy) or if I should switch to a higher calorie food. His current food (which is complete and balanced) states the calorie content is 70kcal/100g. Could anyone explain this measurement to me? And in addition can anyone tell me what the recommended calorie intake should be for him (if you could put it in the measurement that is listed on the label, I found the recommended calorie intake for cats is around 240 calories per day but I don’t know how that translates to the numbers on the label).
Is 14.2 to 13.8 in two months too fast for that amount of weight loss? I’m sort of panicking. Thanks for any help.
I need some help understanding how calories work and are calculated. My 12 year old neutered male weighed 14.75 pounds about a year ago. Two months ago at his senior visit he weighed 14.2. Today I weighed him and he is 13.8. All of his blood and urine results came back normal.
I switched his food about 6 months ago to Walk About Goat. There are zero fillers, and I have been thinking that the food switch is what contributed to the weight loss. The weight loss hasn’t been sudden and he shows absolutely no symptoms of having a health condition so that, in addition to his normal lab work, leads me to believe it’s the food switch that is causing the loss.
My question is whether it is a healthy loss (14.75 pounds seemed a little heavy) or if I should switch to a higher calorie food. His current food (which is complete and balanced) states the calorie content is 70kcal/100g. Could anyone explain this measurement to me? And in addition can anyone tell me what the recommended calorie intake should be for him (if you could put it in the measurement that is listed on the label, I found the recommended calorie intake for cats is around 240 calories per day but I don’t know how that translates to the numbers on the label).
Is 14.2 to 13.8 in two months too fast for that amount of weight loss? I’m sort of panicking. Thanks for any help.