silly question about cat's

[thesunshinesbrightly]

I was wondering if anyone's cat eats pouches mine has 7 pouches or 1 1/2 tins plus dried food, she is been really greedy i think, but what are your views?

[differentID]

7 pouches a day?
Flippin' hell!

that's way to much. Can she actually walk?

[Hassled]

1 each a day here. And dried stuff is always topped up. 7 is seriously over-doing it.

[choufleur]

Two cats. Two pouches a day plus a bowl of dry food each a day.

[LadyGlencoraPalliser]

I think 3-4 pouches a day is what they recommend if they are not getting dried food as well.
Ours get two pouches a day and some dried food.

[captainmillenniumflint]

is she fat? ours is tiny but is sick a lot so he eats loads - about 4-5 pouches. before he started being sick he had 2 pouches plus biscuits.

[bodeniites]

5 cats they get dry cat food all the time i just fill it up every time it gets empty no mess no hassle does make them very thirsty though

[thesunshinesbrightly]

really? omg i didnt realise

[bodeniites]

captainmilleniumflint thts why we started on the dry food because on of our cas semmed to be sick a lot we use Purina one and shes hardly ever sick now

[thesunshinesbrightly]

yes she can walk, i rehomed her recently and she was very skinny.

[ingles2]

I was feeding 1 pouch and 1 bowl of dry food a day for quite a large cat and there was always dry food left in the bowl.
7 pouches is way too much. Is the cat fat?

[differentID]

try weaning her on to dried if you can. I find the litter tray isn't as bad on dried food

[FabBakerGirlIsBack]

That is way too much.

Even if you follow the guidelines - which say 4 - that is a lot but seven??

Why so much?

Mine has 2 a day with a few biscuits at bed time.

[mumhadenough]

Mine has 2 pouches a day, used to be 3 but she's 12 now and seems to have slowed down a lot. She also has a bowl of whiskas complete (when I remember to buy it that is!).

[thesunshinesbrightly]

mine is never sick

I thought it was alot.

She always seems hungry and because she was skinny when i had her, i suppose i have give into her.

[captainmillenniumflint]

in that case she may be being sick outside where you can't see ours has a reaction to flea bites which makes him over-groom and all the hair makes him sick, we have to keep him topped up with those things you squirt on the back of their neck.

could possibly be a thyroid issue too.

[bodeniites]

maybe she has worms? that can make them really hungry fleas can cause problems too sorry not trying to be rude my cats have had all these problems

[ingles2]

I always fed my cats just dried food but the last one had a terrible flea allergy.
My cat fanatic friend told me that giving a little wet food would really help and improve her skin and fur. I was sceptical but tried and it really worked!
might be worth keeping it on some wet if it was a bit of a scraggy rehome cat.

[thesunshinesbrightly]

she was on dried food before i rehomed her and she was very skinny(could see her bones)

[thesunshinesbrightly]

no she's a house cat

[LadyGlencoraPalliser]

Is she still skinny? Could she have a thyroid problem? Might be worth having a vet check her over.

[thesunshinesbrightly]

she's been wormed 2 weeks ago, i'm finding this very strange.

well i say she's a house cat she is now, she got out before and stayed away for weeks.

But she is eating all this food and not getting sick.

[muggglewump]

That's a lot of food, too much.

My cat eats 2/3 of a tin, given over two meals with the same amount of dried food mixed in. (so 1/3 mixed with dry twice a day, first thing and at teatime)
She won't eat plain dried, and plain wet doesn't seem to fill her.

She's an outdoor cat, as in she never comes in the house if that makes a difference.

[thesunshinesbrightly]

Been to the vet and he says she is fine, no she's not skinny anymore.

[pippel]

just dried food she has irritable bowel syndrome and its triggered by meat

cats dont you love them

[thesunshinesbrightly]

so strange, i'm glad i done this thread, least i know now, thankyou all.

maybe it is a thyroid promblem.