- Joined
- Mar 11, 2020
- Messages
- 15
- Purraise
- 7
Hello everyone. I am new here and I would like to see if there is anyone that can help me a bit with my cat's diet. I have a kitty named Snowball that is exactly 14 pounds. She is very overweight and the vet said that she needs to be at around 10 pounds. I have had her on Hill's Science Diet Weight Management food for the past year. The package has directions for feeding based upon weight management and weight loss. I have been feeding her the amount for weight loss which is 2/3 cup of food a day. I would measure it and divide it up during the day. The vet said that I was feeding her way too much and that she should only eat 1/3 cup if she is going to eat dry food. The package says that feeding 1/3 cup would get the cat to a desired weight of 4 pounds! I tried taking her down gradually by just giving her 1/2 cup at first and she acts like she is starving. When I put the food down, she devours it immediately and then she will just sit and stare at her bowl all day.
I have tried wet food. I know it is the best for her but she won't eat it. I have tried every variety of Fancy Feast that is out there and she won't eat any of them (the vet said that we had to stick with the pate versions). She will eat the Sheba perfect portions but I would have to feed her 4 of them a day, making it a lot more costly for me and even though she likes them, she never eats the whole container. I have tried other brands in the past and failed with all of them as well. She will lick a bit around the edges and not eat the rest of it. I hate to just go off to work and not leave her any food as she really hasn't ate anything. I simply cannot keep buying cans and cans of wet food to try and then just toss in the trash with her not getting anything to eat.
She really needs to lose weight. I am just at a loss for what to do. Do I just keep giving her the wet food and have her not eat it and offer her nothing else? She literally "covers it up" like she is in the litterbox when I give it to her. Do I go down to 1/3 cup of food and just ignore her when she sits at the bowl and seems hungry? I thought about doing the Sheba food a couple of times a day and just giving her a little bit of dry food in between but the vet said to never mix the wet food with the dry food--she can only eat one or the other. I just don't know what to do. If anyone can offer any advice or help me in any way, then I would be so very grateful.
I have tried wet food. I know it is the best for her but she won't eat it. I have tried every variety of Fancy Feast that is out there and she won't eat any of them (the vet said that we had to stick with the pate versions). She will eat the Sheba perfect portions but I would have to feed her 4 of them a day, making it a lot more costly for me and even though she likes them, she never eats the whole container. I have tried other brands in the past and failed with all of them as well. She will lick a bit around the edges and not eat the rest of it. I hate to just go off to work and not leave her any food as she really hasn't ate anything. I simply cannot keep buying cans and cans of wet food to try and then just toss in the trash with her not getting anything to eat.
She really needs to lose weight. I am just at a loss for what to do. Do I just keep giving her the wet food and have her not eat it and offer her nothing else? She literally "covers it up" like she is in the litterbox when I give it to her. Do I go down to 1/3 cup of food and just ignore her when she sits at the bowl and seems hungry? I thought about doing the Sheba food a couple of times a day and just giving her a little bit of dry food in between but the vet said to never mix the wet food with the dry food--she can only eat one or the other. I just don't know what to do. If anyone can offer any advice or help me in any way, then I would be so very grateful.