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My kitty is 12 pounds (actually 11.8) and the vet would like to see her down to 10 pounds. I measure her food so that she's getting four meals each day of approximately 40 calories per meal (so 160 per day.) I was giving her a small serving dry food to tide her over between meals, but stopped that about a week ago. So now it's just wet food, about 40 calories each meal with occasional dry dental treats.
Just this week, we started switching from Wellness Grain Free poultry canned food to Wellness GF mixed with Wellness Core and Dave's 95% meat. She is psyched and loves this new food. She cleans her plate at almost every meal. (Eventually, I'll be phasing out the regular Wellness, but I don't want to switch her too quickly.)
The problem is - she always seems hungry! Meow ,meow, meow. Am I giving her too little? (I thought the rule of thumb for a dieting cat was 15 calories for every pound of ideal weight and I'm actually doing 16.) Could her individual metabolism require more? Or is she just pushing my buttons? I try to distract her with play time and hugs and that helps a little, but before long, she's back to her meow-fest.
Also, could cats require more calories in the morning? That's when she seems to be the hungriest.
Thanks so much!
Just this week, we started switching from Wellness Grain Free poultry canned food to Wellness GF mixed with Wellness Core and Dave's 95% meat. She is psyched and loves this new food. She cleans her plate at almost every meal. (Eventually, I'll be phasing out the regular Wellness, but I don't want to switch her too quickly.)
The problem is - she always seems hungry! Meow ,meow, meow. Am I giving her too little? (I thought the rule of thumb for a dieting cat was 15 calories for every pound of ideal weight and I'm actually doing 16.) Could her individual metabolism require more? Or is she just pushing my buttons? I try to distract her with play time and hugs and that helps a little, but before long, she's back to her meow-fest.
Also, could cats require more calories in the morning? That's when she seems to be the hungriest.
Thanks so much!