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I've posted before about wanting to transition my cats to an all wet food diet. I've accomplished that! Both my kitties eat their wet food all up... but they always seem to be hungry and I feel like I'm starving them. My mom is always making comments about how hungry they are and how I need to go back to the dry/wet food combo.
I don't have weights on my cats as they won't let me weigh them. My male is about 2 and I want to say he's somewhere around 10 lbs. My female is about 1.5 and she's lighter. Maybe 6 or 7 lbs. They're eating Fancy Feast classic pate's. That's all I can get them to eat. This is what their feeding schedule:
6am - Split one 3oz can
10-11am - Split one 3oz can
4-5pm - Split one 3oz can
9-10pm - Each get one 3oz can
My cats like to nibble. I've done a lot of experimenting with food amounts and this is what works best for them. During the day they won't eat more than half a can each and the full can keeps them going through the night because that's when they like to play.
What makes me think they're always hungry? They're always crying for food and they never did that when they ate the dry/wet food mix. If I get up from where I sit, they run to the kitchen for food. If I'm trying to cook, they pester me constantly for food. Nobody can go anywhere near the kitchen without the cats jumping up on the table and begging for food and that NEVER happened before with the wet/dry food mix.
Are they hungry or are they just trying to get more wet food? They really do seem like they're starving. Like I said before, they never acted like this before the switch to an all wet food diet and I'm starting to doubt it.
I don't have weights on my cats as they won't let me weigh them. My male is about 2 and I want to say he's somewhere around 10 lbs. My female is about 1.5 and she's lighter. Maybe 6 or 7 lbs. They're eating Fancy Feast classic pate's. That's all I can get them to eat. This is what their feeding schedule:
6am - Split one 3oz can
10-11am - Split one 3oz can
4-5pm - Split one 3oz can
9-10pm - Each get one 3oz can
My cats like to nibble. I've done a lot of experimenting with food amounts and this is what works best for them. During the day they won't eat more than half a can each and the full can keeps them going through the night because that's when they like to play.
What makes me think they're always hungry? They're always crying for food and they never did that when they ate the dry/wet food mix. If I get up from where I sit, they run to the kitchen for food. If I'm trying to cook, they pester me constantly for food. Nobody can go anywhere near the kitchen without the cats jumping up on the table and begging for food and that NEVER happened before with the wet/dry food mix.
Are they hungry or are they just trying to get more wet food? They really do seem like they're starving. Like I said before, they never acted like this before the switch to an all wet food diet and I'm starting to doubt it.