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So I recently started feeding Storm canned cat food. Which she LOVES
She is starting to level out (growing wise) & she looks more and more like a cat every day (vs. the kitten look, lol I know she's a cat) and she's started gaining weight. She's by no means fat at all but I want to keep her trim. (I've learned so much from this board, and realized how MANY mistakes I made with my last two cats) She'll be a year in Aprilish (DOB unknown). She's about 6-7lbs right now at 9-10 months. So by my calculations (since she is very active & growing) I would say she needs about 210 cal/day (7lb x 30 cal/day).
Before the switch she was getting 1 1/3c TOTW per day (2/3c AM, 2/3c PM). Which works out to 520 calories per day. Hence the weight gain. Per the bags guidelines she should only be getting 2/3c or 260 calories. Now I'm feeding her 2\\3c TOTW AM and 1/2 a 5.5oz can of GF Wellness + probably an ounce of water to fill her up more in the PM. Which equals 300.5-319 calories per day depending on the flavor fed, which is still over the 'recommended' amount. She seems fine in the AM but by 2-3 hours after her PM feeding she's begging and running to her bowl every time we go into the kitchen. If we don't go near the kitchen she's fine. Maybe she just is optimistic that if she begs she'll get some more yummy wet food?
Before the switch she was getting 1 1/3c TOTW per day (2/3c AM, 2/3c PM). Which works out to 520 calories per day. Hence the weight gain. Per the bags guidelines she should only be getting 2/3c or 260 calories. Now I'm feeding her 2\\3c TOTW AM and 1/2 a 5.5oz can of GF Wellness + probably an ounce of water to fill her up more in the PM. Which equals 300.5-319 calories per day depending on the flavor fed, which is still over the 'recommended' amount. She seems fine in the AM but by 2-3 hours after her PM feeding she's begging and running to her bowl every time we go into the kitchen. If we don't go near the kitchen she's fine. Maybe she just is optimistic that if she begs she'll get some more yummy wet food?