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?

whay all the s? we're just trying to help (and my last post was before i read your post saying she was never sick).

Here we give him 2 sachets a day. One in the morning around 6am when I get up and another about 7pm ish. He has biscuits with it too

what does she do if you give her say 5 sachets a day?

no it wasnt directed at you

what i meant was if she is eating all this food but never getting sick it is strange,
it wasnt a at you.

bodeniites

she constantly miaows till i feed her and follows me everywhere

lets not fall out talking about our lovely cats keep that for the AIBU threads lol

fair enough

does and of this ring any bells?

7 pouches is equivalent of almost 2 tins, which seems quite a lot. Normal amount is between 3/4 tin and 1 1/2 tins.
Why not give her a worm treatment and see if she eats less. Or ask your vet or vets nurse what they think? Maybe try giving her 6 pouches and see if she's bothered? If she continues to eat 7 pouches a day, she will eventually become a bit on the chunky side. And that's not good for the life expectancy or quality of life. Maybe she needs more exercise? Does she chase things (prob easier than getting her on wii fit)?

thankyou captain

i'll have a read of that now

kittymax

she's been wormed two weeks ago
no she doesn't chase anything infact she is quite withdrawn.

no she doesnt have any of those.
but she must have something wrong with her, if she is so hungry.

Was she skinny as a result of being under fed in her previous home, or was she being fed a normal amount of food and got skinny on that?

If she was being underfed then I would guess that she's just compensating now, and trying to build back up to her normal body weight. I would try graudually weaning her down, drop a sachet every three or four days. Also feed her at set times rather than 'demand feeding'. You should eventually be able to get her down to two meals of day, with a bowl of dry food left out for snacks.

If she was being fed a regular amount in her last home and got thin on that then it sounds like she may have health issues, and should probably see the vet.

the lady who had her before said it was due to her having kittens and she gave me a box of aldi dry food and said thats all she has she doesnt like wet food.

she has seen the vet a few times since i have had her firstly due to her been so skinny the vet said "she was fine" and and again a few weeks ago and he said she was fine.

did you mention her excessive appetite to the vet (i guess not, if you've only just found out she eats an unusually large amount).

no i just said she is a eating well and i couldnt see why the previous owner said she didnt like other types of food.

but i didnt at first think it was excessive, i just thought she was making up for lost time.

i'd go with the advice here to gradually cut down her food and see if she'll readjust to less. if she begins to lose weight or acts really annoying hungry all the time it's worth another trip to the vet.

is she friendly?

yes she's(no 2) fine but we have to go to her.
i dunno she(no 2) just seems not like a cat should i have another cat(no 1) also and she runs around,plays,loves fuss, sits on your lap but the 2nd cat doesnt do any of that.

i hate friendly cats i have one and he just bugs you something rotten, dribbles, sticks his claws in... i love haughty cats that sit on the sunny patch of the windowsill and look at you distainfully if they bother to look at you at all, they're proper cats

if you say so.