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I feed my cat Fussie Cat's black label premium canned food, and each can contains 49 kcals. Initially I fed her one can a day split into two meals, and a bit of dry food at night. She was gaining weight noticeably and the vet said her gums had inflammation possibly caused by the dry food, so I switched to feeding her 1.5 cans of Fussie Cat a day. This means she's eating 73.5 kcals/day.
When I first switched, she was around 4kg/8.8 lbs (she had weighed more before, but I cut her dry food down first and she lost a bit of weight). Now her weight is steady around 3.6 kg/8 lbs. She no longer looks chubby, but she's not skinny either. Her ribs, spine, and base of her tail have a smooth layer of fat.
But she is noticeably more hungry around feeding time and finishes her food quickly. She is still active and playful and can go for about half an hour straight of vigorous play (when I have the time for it).
I'm just confused because whenever I look this up, the recommended calorie intake for a cat of her weight is 180+ kcal/day. On Fussie Cat's website this is also the recommended intake.
So I'm just wondering: how is this possible? Sometimes I wonder whether Fussie Cat is mislabeled, but that seems so unlikely. Does anyone else have cats that eat much less than the recommended calorie intake, yet are doing fine? Or should I feed her more anyway...?
Edit: My cat was a stray when she was adopted so I don't know exactly how old she is, but I know she was still a teenage kitten within the last two or three years according to what her feeders told me. She is spayed.
When I first switched, she was around 4kg/8.8 lbs (she had weighed more before, but I cut her dry food down first and she lost a bit of weight). Now her weight is steady around 3.6 kg/8 lbs. She no longer looks chubby, but she's not skinny either. Her ribs, spine, and base of her tail have a smooth layer of fat.
But she is noticeably more hungry around feeding time and finishes her food quickly. She is still active and playful and can go for about half an hour straight of vigorous play (when I have the time for it).
I'm just confused because whenever I look this up, the recommended calorie intake for a cat of her weight is 180+ kcal/day. On Fussie Cat's website this is also the recommended intake.
So I'm just wondering: how is this possible? Sometimes I wonder whether Fussie Cat is mislabeled, but that seems so unlikely. Does anyone else have cats that eat much less than the recommended calorie intake, yet are doing fine? Or should I feed her more anyway...?
Edit: My cat was a stray when she was adopted so I don't know exactly how old she is, but I know she was still a teenage kitten within the last two or three years according to what her feeders told me. She is spayed.
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