Hello,
My male, Timothy, is about 50% transitioned to raw. He is a big cat, currently weighing 13.6 lbs. My vet thinks he ought to lose a pound or two and I tend to agree. (In fact the middle-age weight creep I observed in him is one of the reasons I switched to raw.) But I'm confused about what is an appropriate portion size for him on raw. Do I need to reduce it to help him lose weight or will that happen on its own once he's eating 100% raw?
His little sis is different. Eliza took to raw immediately and I am so overjoyed to see my formerly super fastidious girl eating with such gusto that I feel I might be in danger of over feeding her on this new diet. I currently am trying to keep each of them on about 3/4 cup a day, fed in 3 meals. Can a cat get fat on raw? They're so different in size, should I be giving them different size portions?
If it makes any difference, they're about 4 1/2 yrs. old and entirely indoor.
Thank you in advance for your advice!
My male, Timothy, is about 50% transitioned to raw. He is a big cat, currently weighing 13.6 lbs. My vet thinks he ought to lose a pound or two and I tend to agree. (In fact the middle-age weight creep I observed in him is one of the reasons I switched to raw.) But I'm confused about what is an appropriate portion size for him on raw. Do I need to reduce it to help him lose weight or will that happen on its own once he's eating 100% raw?
His little sis is different. Eliza took to raw immediately and I am so overjoyed to see my formerly super fastidious girl eating with such gusto that I feel I might be in danger of over feeding her on this new diet. I currently am trying to keep each of them on about 3/4 cup a day, fed in 3 meals. Can a cat get fat on raw? They're so different in size, should I be giving them different size portions?
If it makes any difference, they're about 4 1/2 yrs. old and entirely indoor.
Thank you in advance for your advice!