ok, first off, hello all! To spare any of you who aren't interested in a page of details, here's my question:
My 7 year old calico girl weighs 7 pounds. She eats only canned food. According to the food (small cans), it says most cats should eat 1 can per 3 lbs body weight per day. so that would be roughly 2 cans. She eats a little more than half of that. in the morning, she is served a whole can of which she eats about 55% to 75% (varies) and the same thing in the evening.
ok, here are the details of the situation:
She used to be an only cat. I was free feeding her with dry food only. she didn't seem to pig out too much so I figured that was ok. Then, we adopted a little boy kitten and I decided that we should not free feed either of them. At the same time, I read a big article on the advantages of canned food over dry food on catinfo.org.
So, I decided to feed both of them canned food only. my 7 year old girl cat initially lost a fair amount of her chunkiness (I suppose just from eating less).
Anyhow, she's weighing about 7 pounds at present and she seems healthy. she doesn't look skinny or sick or anything. I'm just concerened that she doesn't eat enough. I've tried feeding her in a separate room from the boy, and still, she eats a little over half the can, then walks away.
I've tried at least 15 different brands/flavors. I give her only the one she seemed to like the most. as an experiment, I fed her dry food to see if she'd go grazy on it and pig out but she didn't hardly even touch it. totally not interested.
So as far as a time line, she's been on canned food twice daily for about 6 months, the time we've had the new boy (he's about 8 months now).
Any ideas?
My 7 year old calico girl weighs 7 pounds. She eats only canned food. According to the food (small cans), it says most cats should eat 1 can per 3 lbs body weight per day. so that would be roughly 2 cans. She eats a little more than half of that. in the morning, she is served a whole can of which she eats about 55% to 75% (varies) and the same thing in the evening.
ok, here are the details of the situation:
She used to be an only cat. I was free feeding her with dry food only. she didn't seem to pig out too much so I figured that was ok. Then, we adopted a little boy kitten and I decided that we should not free feed either of them. At the same time, I read a big article on the advantages of canned food over dry food on catinfo.org.
So, I decided to feed both of them canned food only. my 7 year old girl cat initially lost a fair amount of her chunkiness (I suppose just from eating less).
Anyhow, she's weighing about 7 pounds at present and she seems healthy. she doesn't look skinny or sick or anything. I'm just concerened that she doesn't eat enough. I've tried feeding her in a separate room from the boy, and still, she eats a little over half the can, then walks away.
I've tried at least 15 different brands/flavors. I give her only the one she seemed to like the most. as an experiment, I fed her dry food to see if she'd go grazy on it and pig out but she didn't hardly even touch it. totally not interested.
So as far as a time line, she's been on canned food twice daily for about 6 months, the time we've had the new boy (he's about 8 months now).
Any ideas?