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So we just took our cat April to the vet to get her updated on shots and for a general wellness check. The vet told us that she's supposed to be 10lbs but is currently 12lbs and advised us to be more careful with how much we feed her, but it's not a major cause for concern yet. As long as we don't go over 12lbs at least.
The problem is that our other cat Annie is the same weight but overall a smaller and younger cat than April. Neither of them (at least to me) look necessarily overweight when looking at them from the top down but I'm of course going to listen to our vet. She said as an example if we feed them 1 cup a day to make it 3/5 cup but we don't even feed them 1/2 cup of dry food a day if we stick to what we usually give them. I also have sometimes fed Annie more than April as she seems hungrier than usual but doesn't visually look like she's putting on any weight.
I currently feed them both Purina One Indoor Dry cat food twice a day (using the measuring cups we have, it's 2tbsp in the morning, 1/4cup at night) and in the afternoon I feed them 1/4 cup wet Friskies food each just to make sure they have moisture in their diet and because we can't afford to have them on a wet food only diet. Is this too much food? Should I lower the amount of one and keep the other the same? I apologise for asking this but I'm struggling to figure it all out because I'm worried I'm inevitably leading my cats to be overweight. I also saw they make gravies/soups and was wondering if that's better (calorie wise) to give them, although I do think they drink enough water.
I am guilty of sometimes giving them snacks throughout the day when they butter me up, but I'm absolutely going to stop with that. Both me and my husband are also guilty of not playing with them as much as we should because of our work schedules and the fact we have to separate them when we want to play with them as one won't play if the other is already playing, which can be a pain and sometimes they don't get completely into the play because they're distracted by the other one at the door.
The problem is that our other cat Annie is the same weight but overall a smaller and younger cat than April. Neither of them (at least to me) look necessarily overweight when looking at them from the top down but I'm of course going to listen to our vet. She said as an example if we feed them 1 cup a day to make it 3/5 cup but we don't even feed them 1/2 cup of dry food a day if we stick to what we usually give them. I also have sometimes fed Annie more than April as she seems hungrier than usual but doesn't visually look like she's putting on any weight.
I currently feed them both Purina One Indoor Dry cat food twice a day (using the measuring cups we have, it's 2tbsp in the morning, 1/4cup at night) and in the afternoon I feed them 1/4 cup wet Friskies food each just to make sure they have moisture in their diet and because we can't afford to have them on a wet food only diet. Is this too much food? Should I lower the amount of one and keep the other the same? I apologise for asking this but I'm struggling to figure it all out because I'm worried I'm inevitably leading my cats to be overweight. I also saw they make gravies/soups and was wondering if that's better (calorie wise) to give them, although I do think they drink enough water.
I am guilty of sometimes giving them snacks throughout the day when they butter me up, but I'm absolutely going to stop with that. Both me and my husband are also guilty of not playing with them as much as we should because of our work schedules and the fact we have to separate them when we want to play with them as one won't play if the other is already playing, which can be a pain and sometimes they don't get completely into the play because they're distracted by the other one at the door.