Ok, so I am transitioning my kitty to a wet food only diet and I am still trying to figure out how much to feed him and how often.
If your cat is a strictly indoor cat with a healthy active day, as what others mentioned, 200 - 250 calories day is needed. If very active cat, maybe 300 calories.Ok, so I am transitioning my kitty to a wet food only diet and I am still trying to figure out how much to feed him and how often.
Hi mariya ! How old is he? What food are you feeding him? A lot of this has to do with their age and their activity level.
Feeby is 15+ yo, weighs around 15.5 pounds, is very sedentary, and is on urinary care prescription food (almost exclusively canned at this point). She eats about 250 calories per day and maintains that weight. So, she can sustain her weight on about 16 calories per pound (the 'base line' for an adult cat is generally 20-25 calories per pound of weight). An older cat at 13 pounds, if using Feeby's guide would be able to sustain on about 200 calories per day, so 150 calories seems a tad bit low. Dry food is higher in carbohydrates, so that might explain some of the difference. Do you feed him other foods you are not counting calories for (e.g.; human food bites)?
Do you weigh him often? Does he have regular senior vet check ups?