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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: betsy on December 09, 2007, 10:48:29 AM
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Thomas eats about half a tin of food each day - hes still settling in , but ive been told that an adult cat should eat a tin a day?... He also has them biscuits that are good for his teeth (he eats alot of them)...
Just curious to know how much everyone elses eats.? ;)
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It depends on the food and the amount of biscuits you give. If you imagine biscuits are just the wet food buy dry (so concentrated) so lots of that will probably compensate for small amounts of wet food.
You will see how much to feed a cat by weight (usually) on the back of the bags.
Careful with fat/oil contents with some foods. Too much will produce a more rotund cat (like mine :-[ ). You just need to balance it out.
What are you feeding him?
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The amounts on the tin are slightly high - and if he eats biscuits, he needs less wet food. The dental biscuits are higher in fat, so if he eats lots of them, you might want to monitor his wet food, it is a lot harder to get cats to lose weight.
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I actually find it hard to keep track in my house cos what the cats don't eat, the dog does, so sometimes i am serving food at five minute intervals and at others they are happy with just a few pouches a day supplemented with dry. What are the biscuits that are good for their teeth? And what size tins are we discussing... You should also make sure that the food you are providing is a full, balanced diet - there are a lot of treat foods out there that do not contain the full dietary requirements of a cat ...
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That is absolutely fine dont worry. My cats have one tin per day and there are three of them or four if count next door
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It depends on the food and the amount of biscuits you give. If you imagine biscuits are just the wet food buy dry, so lots of that will probably compensate for small amounts of dry food.
You will see how much to feed a cat by weight (usually) on the back of the bags.
Careful with fat/oil contents with some foods. Too much will produce a more rotund cat (like mine :-[ ). You just need to balance it out.
What are you feeding him?
Hes on whiskers with jelly .. in chicken, duck ,etc.... just a bit worried that hes not eating enough.. as he quite a big cat!
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I'm not familiar with the tins more the pouches. My mum feeds her cat the Felix tins and its one tin a day in three servings as her cat is a bit of a glutton. Just have a look at the content at the back of the tins. If he's a big cat already, is this big cat/fat cat or big cat/muscle cat? If the former you may want to consider the food he's eating as these tend to be higher in fat (slightly) but if he's active it should balance out.
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Whiskas do state a tin per day, but that is if it is their only food. i know their pouches state to reduce by one pouch for every 20g of dry you give them.
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I'm not familiar with the tins more the pouches. My mum feeds her cat the Felix tins and its one tin a day in three servings as her cat is a bit of a glutton. Just have a look at the content at the back of the tins. If he's a big cat already, is this big cat/fat cat or big cat/muscle cat? If the former you may want to consider the food he's eating as these tend to be higher in fat (slightly) but if he's active it should balance out.
Ok thank you - id say hes more a big cat/big boned cat - hes not doing much exercise at the moment - cause he cant go out for a few more weeks (until he knows us better and his surroundings).. so i guess he will eat more when he does more exercise? :-:
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I have to say that I have never known a cat in a a caring household to starve - they are not backward in letting you know their needs :Luv: - the only time i have found it necessary to regulate food is when a cat is still eating for Britain but is getting less exercise. :rofl:
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Yes, just careful he doesn't glutton his food. Feed him at intervals so that he doesn't eat his whole morning meal in one and then is inactive through the rest of the day. I'm lucky that Lexy paces herself well, she will eat throughout the day so I could leave the food out all day if I wanted. She's an indoor cat and pretty sedentary (unless its a bird and moving she won't move! :evillaugh: ) so I watch her food as much as I can.
Once he's out and exercising you will find that the regular food he eats will be fine, he will exercise it off and probably eat other stuff outside to compliment. Look forward to the odd mouse on your kitchen floor :-:
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I have to say that I have never known a cat in a a caring household to starve - they are not backward in letting you know their needs :Luv: - the only time i have found it necessary to regulate food is when a cat is still eating for Britain but is getting less exercise. :rofl:
Jo this morning Lexy was doing the wake up cat routine again.. but meerkat style and hitting my arm HARD to let me know it was time for food! yep...they never starve! :evillaugh:
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Smidgen just bites me through the duvet - mind he is much better at sleeping in these dark mornings
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Yes, just careful he doesn't glutton his food. Feed him at intervals so that he doesn't eat his whole morning meal in one and then is inactive through the rest of the day. I'm lucky that Lexy paces herself well, she will eat throughout the day so I could leave the food out all day if I wanted. She's an indoor cat and pretty sedentary (unless its a bird and moving she won't move! :evillaugh: ) so I watch her food as much as I can.
Once he's out and exercising you will find that the regular food he eats will be fine, he will exercise it off and probably eat other stuff outside to compliment. Look forward to the odd mouse on your kitchen floor :-:
Thanks ! yes im so looking forward to him bringing home some pressies !!!.... another thing is he doesnt eat all his food in one go.. he eats little and often. is that ok ? Sorry if im sounding daft - hes my first cat . so im learning. :-:
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cats generally do eat little and often, although they dont always in multi-cat households (depends on if they know someone is going to come and finish their food off otherwise!!)
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The only cat who does not have access to free feed is Minimopsica due to health issues,she can no longer eat dry food and eats exactly 3 pouches of Whiskas in jelly per day,however she is only a small cat.
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Yes that's fine, if he paces himself that's great, not a problem at all.
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Yes that's fine, if he paces himself that's great, not a problem at all.
Thank you ! im off to give him a cuddle. Bye for now. :)
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Jaffa eats 3 100g pouches a day. He weights 4.8kg, is 10 years old and an indoor cat.
Mosi eats 150g wet food (1/2 pouch 3 times a day) with about 10g dry sprinkled on top of each meal. I don't know his weight but it is probably between 4kg and 4.5kg and he's nearly 2. Also an indoor cat.
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I don't know exactly how much they eat as they just have a big bowl of dry food down at all times but I'd guess that as well as a 100g pouch of wet food between them each day they probably eat at least 200g of dry a day between them working on how long a bag of food lasts them although it varies depending on which food they are eating, time of the year etc.
Bilbo's 2 and spends most of his time outside in the cat run and Boopy is 1 and spends most of her time indoors.
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Misty averages 1 pouch a day out of 2 ( a lot of wastage sometimes He'll eat more specially if I give him chicken ;D
He's never been greedy, but sometimes I'd wish He's eat more :(
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Blip has two pouches (we are switching to Natures Menu following Suzannes recommendation and Blip loves it but she still has the occasional Gourmet Pearl) plus a small amount of dry food - about 15g per day. She is nine years old and weighs 4.6kg: she is a long, well-built and very athletic cat.
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Mine have 2 pouches per day plus free dry food....1 of mine wont eat the dry so he gets approx 3-4 pouches a day....I wouldnt class any of mine as overweight as they do excercise a lot...I have 2 flights of stairs which they love to run up and down ;)
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My lot get 160g a day with a small amount of dry and are all at the good weight & need no more stage except Taz who has anxiety issues. They also get raw meat extras, tinned fish and cooked scraps. :fish: :cook:
The premium brands are often higher in fat.
If he starts to put on too much weight cut his biscuits down as these are a common cause of obese cats.
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Very difficult to know in a house with three cats - I put down food whenever someone is crying with hunger in the kitchen :rofl: I would guess-timate they're eating three pouches a day each - we don't have dry because Bertie has struvite crystals. I don't worry too much as long as they're all at the right weight - Minnie is 8lb, Bella is 5lb (which is the most the vet thinks she will achieve, having being malnourished as a kitten so she's now almost 3 years old but hasn't grown since 10 months), and Bertie is 19lb but he's a big ginger monster ...
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Well my kitten Rameses has dry jwb down all day and the one pouch but my adult cats have two pouches a day and a handfull of jwb,Grwndi is overweight but its because of the steroids he's on so I have to keep an eye an his weight thats why I limit the dry :)
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Maxy boy has a Whiskas pouch for breakfast, a Natures Menu pouch for dinner in the evening, and a small bowl of dental biscuits left down at all times.
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Hiya,
The boys get a pouch of wet food each in the mornings (usually Felix but sometimes Whiskas), fresh biscuits during the day and again at night and another pouch of wet food in the evening. Suzie as she's 17 and quite inactive gets biscuits day and night and a pouch wet food late evening. Between them they get through 35 pouches of wet food and about 2 largeish boxes of biscuits a week.
Cheers
Leigh
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My boys get a pouch of wet food each when I get up, then I leave a bowl of biscuits down for the day before I go to work. When I get back, its another pouch each and a top up if they're out of biscuits. There's always a small bit left in their bowls so I know they're getting enough.
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That's the same food regime as my lot Carl and they always leave a little too, that's a sign of good manners ;D ;D
Cheers mate,
Leigh
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With mine it's like saying how long is a piece of string :evillaugh:
None of them finish a meal but are always ready for another :Crazy:
Unless I weighed the leftovers, there is no way of telling :-:
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Riley is 4.5kg neutered adult male indoor cat. He gets 2 100g pouches of wet food and a treat ball filled with dry food (amounts to about a handful of dry food) every day. He also gets a handful of turkey (cooked or raw) chopped into small cubes that I throw for him to chase, or hide in little boxes or balls of paper for him to figure out. He also gets about 3 chicken wings a week.
He is a very long, tall, lean cat, and his weight has stayed stable ever since he reached his adult size. He can be quite lazy, but chasing Skye around keeps him fit!
Skye is on a similar amount, except one of her two pouches is kitten food - we are using up the surplus from before she was neutered. Once this runs out, she will be on the same as Riley.
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That's the same food regime as my lot Carl and they always leave a little too, that's a sign of good manners ;D ;D
Cheers mate,
Leigh
Indeed Leigh, manners maketh the mog :evillaugh:
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Indeed Leigh, manners maketh the mog :evillaugh:
:rofl: :rofl: Carl, they give me a dirty look as if to say "what poor manners he's got" when I scoff all my grub ;D
I bought a "The Mogfather" T.shirt at the cat show on Saturday which is appropriate for us moggie blokes ;D
Cheers
Leigh
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Hiya,
The boys get a pouch of wet food each in the mornings (usually Felix but sometimes Whiskas), fresh biscuits during the day and again at night and another pouch of wet food in the evening. Suzie as she's 17 and quite inactive gets biscuits day and night and a pouch wet food late evening. Between them they get through 35 pouches of wet food and about 2 largeish boxes of biscuits a week.
Cheers
Leigh
Wow thats a lot of pouches,wouldn't you be better off buying them tins? I'm thinking of going back to tins now I am back upto 3 cats :)
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Gwen....I have 8 cats and they wont entertain tinned food....what used to happen before pouches? The cats know u know :sneaky:
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Mine older ones have only been on pouches a year so hopefully they will go back to tins,if not then I think I'll have to starve inorder to get plenty of pouches,see I am the ultimate cat slave :evillaugh:
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Hiya,
I tried tins but this only works if they all like the same thing and they each have different tastes and I think that the pouches are better quality, also I don't have transport and tins are pretty heavy.
Cheers
Leigh
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also I don't have transport and tins are pretty heavy.
Well, tin hauling may be an excellent plan B just in case this doesn't work out for you, Alfie and Frankie
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php?topic=8515.0 (http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php?topic=8515.0) :evillaugh: :evillaugh: :evillaugh:
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Mine get through 31.5 pouches per week and I only have the 2 of them. I do use tins sometimes but quite often that's small tins (eg applaws) so more expensive rather than less! You can't get many tins these days, and not in the brands I feed. Thank god for bozita in the cartons and animonda in the tins though - helps keep the cost down.
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I must underfeed mine, dont think we get through anywhere near 30 pouches a week - they are older, inactive cats though!! I do have over 100 pouches in at the moment, shall see how long it takes us to get through them!!
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You can definately overfeed a cat Des, but underfeed them :shify: do you really think that any age cat would let you get away with that :evillaugh:
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Tiger was the only one that really pestered for more, so Molly must be happy with what she gets, she rarely asks for more.
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The first thing I have to go in the morning when I get up,even before going to the loo is put some biscuits down for the cats,they just get under feet so much when its feeding time and boy do they know the time too,3pm they are sitting about meowing and 9pm too,its official,cats are pests :evillaugh: :shify:
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OO Gwen I admire your pelvic floor muscles....mine follow me in the toilet :evillaugh:
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OO Gwen I admire your pelvic floor muscles....mine follow me in the toilet :evillaugh:
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I think Jaffa thinks he's underfed. He'd eat twice as much given the chance.
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:rofl: :rofl: Even though I don't have a pelvic floor (or ceiling) :) I still have to get the boys their wet food before answering any call of nature in the morning because they make so much noise expressing their hunger in no uncertain terms ;D ;D
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With mine it's like saying how long is a piece of string :evillaugh: None of them finish a meal but are always ready for another :Crazy: Unless I weighed the leftovers, there is no way of telling :-:
Yup that's our house too. They always seem to be eating but must be very slow as it doesn't seem to go that fast. :doh: Just realised Mark, like Freddie, Clapton is a little challenged in the teeth department ain't he? Coincidence?
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My Smudge is missing at the moment but it sounds like I'm not the only one who runs downstairs crossed legged to put some food out for the cat! He always has a bowl of Go Cat biscuits - fill it up when going down. As soon as his dish is empty I put some more tuna in (sometimes 3 small tins a day) or 3 pouches of Tesco's own make or Wilkinson's own make - I've tried him with everything else.
My 1st cat, Tibby lived to be 26 yrs old and all she would eat was pilchards in tomato sauce - 1 large tin a day.
Mary :yawn: :catluv:
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I am definitely cruel, mine have to wait until I have showered before I feed anyone. It's quite easy at the moment as they all eat upstairs.
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I get up, feed Mig, answer my own call of nature and brush my teeth (this morning Memphis tried walking around the bath but slipped and fell in, his face was PRICELESS :rofl: :rofl: ), then I make my way downstairs.
He follows and Meows and makes his unique sqeaky sounds. I let Molly out for her wee. I get her brekkie ready, sort out Memphis' half pouch .. at this point they are sat next to each other looking very patient. I put Molly's food down then get followed by my squeaky boy who gets his breakfast ... then all is right in the world.
What he eats does vary, at 4.5 months he gets between 1.5 - 2 pouches a day (half a pouch a meal). It's more like 1.5 these days over three meals. Then I just leave a small amount of JWB for the day (which he devours) and he's growing like a weed :shocked:
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My lot have to wait for loo trip but they all come with me to make sure no time is wasted. They rather that then being wee'd on :rofl: