How much raw should I feed?

[tylerwaugh]

You can easily find menus for feeding cats raw but I haven't found an actual amount to feed or a weight to amount or anything, can someone help? This is one of the things keeping me from changing to raw idk how much to feed

 

[vball91]

As with commercial cat foods, how much a cat needs is very individual. For raw, the general guideline is 2-4% of body weight, depending on age, level of activity, etc. Kittens eat more of course; I have heard as much as 9% of current weight. Have you looked at the top of this forum for the stickied threads on helpful resources for raw and cooked cat food? There's a lot of great information there.

 

[ldg]

How much does your cat eat now? As vball pointed out, the amount to feed is usually determined as a percentage of bodyweight. There are several raw sites with feeding calculators on them: Nature's Variety is one. You can use that feeding calculator to get a rough idea of how much you'd need to feed.

http://www.naturesvariety.com/feedguide

Just choose "Instinct Raw" as the food, and fill in the rest. It will give you a good estimate.

But basically, if you're feeding canned now, just assume it will most likely be less. My larger cats ate one 5.5 ounce can a day. On raw, those same cats eat anywhere from 3.6 ounces of food a day to 4.2 ounces of food a day. Yes, there can be THAT much of a difference. !!!!!

When transitioning, it's best to weigh your cat weekly, and adjust the amount of food you're feeding based on whether kitty is gaining or losing.

 

[tylerwaugh]

Okay thanks