How much does your cat eat daily?

[gobster]

Hi All

My cat is a proper greedy bugger, even as a kitten he’d stalk the other cats bowl ready to pounce on anything left

He may be a little fatter than he should be but if he’s hungry he gets quite vocal and quite bitey

So just curious what the norm is for everyone else?

Do you also keep food available all the time or only feed at meal times?

[hugoagogo]

Chipmunks!!

[Rudgie47]

Mine has about 3 pouches, dried biscuits down all the time and 3 cat chews. Hes about 6-7KG.
We have had cats that have brought home rabbits before and a friends Tom killed a Magpie so its not that unusual.The prey instinct in some of them is that strong they will have a go at anything.

[Kenworthington]

Right now He looks like he’s eaten all the (mince) pies here.

[Kursk]

Ours eats about 2-3 chipmunks

[sweatylemon]

4 cats
Each one has 3 pouches. Breakfast, lunch& dinner.
Also a daily small handful of Lilly's kitchen crunchies
Cost is huge. Easily £30.00 a week.

[Kenworthington]

Ahhahahaa weezol he’d be able to catch some pigeons in flight that’s for sure. He’s very quick on his toe (beans)

[Weezol]

Ken He looks the sort that would have two margarines on the go without a flicker of conscience.

[SokokeCat]

5 cats ranging from 18 months to 20yrs and varying sizes 4kgs to 7kgs.
One tin every morning and one tin every evening between them. Royal Canin biscuits on offer all day and night.
One cat adds an extra mouse or bird in per day to his diet.
The old boy gets a bit of tuna with his meds in.

[Lonecatwithkitten]

They each get 20g of urinary stress for breakfast and 1 pouch for tea. They are both perfect weight. I am a pet food nazi all my pets have their food carefully measured every day.

[Kenworthington]

@Weezol Colin is much more badass than his name would suggest. He’s currently sporting a hole in his face from some vicious fight he prob instigated. Here he is looking like butter wouldn’t melt

[EachandEveryone]

Is purina good then?

[Weezol]

Colin is a brilliant name for a cat.

[Kenworthington]

Colin has
2-3wet pouches a day
Several bowls of ‘biscuits’
He’s 6.8 kg of pure hanger if he doesn’t get enough food.

[Fluffycloudland77]

6kg boy cat, 4.5 pouches of gourmet a day plus a bit of whatever meat Dh had that night.

Which is why he now eats with a cat perched on the table in front of him.

[Taffeta]

1-2 85g pouches per day
Hills Science Plan active cat and handful of Dental one always available - eats about 1/3 bowl a day

Fluffy slim cat. Brings in blackbirds, rabbits, mice, robins and once a beautiful greenfinch 😢. Doesn’t eat them and they’re usually unharmed.

[BewareOfTheToddler]

I think it's like kids: fussy at home but totally different at nursery . Ours is a fussy git and has carefully trained us to only buy one particular type of Felix. But we caught her eating kolbasa sausage or something similar when she went whining to our neighbours about how underfed she was...

[Thehogfather]

thesecond my rabbit eater is average size, but has brought home big rabbits/ birds. Occasionally they are too big to get under the gate and too heavy for under the fence and she comes for assistance. She also has huge country rats but they aren't her first choice to eat, and she hunts to eat, not like a pet for fun iyswim. It's because she was a rural feral imo, I've known plenty of very brave, proficient hunters and farm cats but never anything that hunts like she does.

[EachandEveryone]

I do t think two pouches a day for a great big cat is a lot does he have dry on top? I suppose if he’s not complaining. I’m probably over feeding mine.

[Finderscrispy]

beware that’s funny.

He’s a cheeky thing so wouldn’t rule out your example, but he’s such a fusspot over food brands, won’t touch whiskas and such like. Can’t imagine how he’s found someone (place) to cater to his food demands. so although a possibility, it just seems unlikely.

I’m sure the vet thinks I’m telling fibs when I explain what I’m feeding him - He’s got bit of arthritis from being in car accident before I got him, so really could do with losing weight to take pressure of his joints. So he really does need to lose a bit of weight.

[gobster]

This has been a fascinating read thank you everyone! Sounds like my fatty doesn’t eat a huge amount more that some others but definitely some food for thought there! 😃

[harrietm87]

Mine is about 5kg and has 2 pouches a day. He is always trying to steal food so I've wondered if it isn't enough, but he's not skinny so think it's probably just his character.

[Weedsnseeds1]

80g of Arden Grange dry food in two sittings. Plus a Lik-e-liks ( used to be a few Dreamies or a cat salami, the ruination caused by the chicken flavour sludge is a WHOLE other story).
Plus whatever he slaughters.
Just shy of 7 Kg. Not fat, just huge.

[TheSecondOfHerName]

These cats that are snacking on rabbits and magpies:
Huge cats? Or tiny rabbits?

Our last cat brought back the occasional field mouse, but a rabbit is another matter.

Our current cat (not yet allowed out) isn't much bigger than a rabbit herself. Although a lot feistier.

[ilovewelshrarebit123]

My cat is on a prescription diet of dry food for urinary stress. She has 40g in the morning and 40g in the evening.

She's put 1kg on since starting it so I've had to change to the diet version, but she's still a little plump 😆

She also drinks a lot of water every day, but seems quite happy on this food. I know she'd eat more if I put it down, but the vet said 80g so that's what she's getting.

[BewareOfTheToddler]

Ooh, he might be a Six Dinner Sid! We had one who used to break into our old house and eat our cat's food until we finally thwarted him with a microchip cat flap. He was of Maine Coon proportions but surprisingly stealthy. Once I got on the local Facebook group, it turned out he was doing the same thing along about four streets, and his owner was mortified