What amount of food is okay?

[busyxbee]

How much should my 12 week old kitten be eating? I have been feeding him a 100g whiskers kitten food pouch over the course of the day (3 times a day) mixed with a little bit of dry food each time? We also leave a little bit of dry food for him to nibble on over night

Ha! I wish. - our 3 kittens demolish half a cereal bowl of dry food and at least two pouches each per day. They are still a bit too light to be spayed at 16 weeks. Too much zooming around!

Ours had 400g of kitten food a day.

Kittens are like babies, just feed them till they shut up making noise.

I think that sounds like not quite enough but all cats are different. Does he clear his plate or leave some?

The box should have a feeding guide on per age group. I'd probably split the dry and wet food, feeding each separately, and leave a bowl of dry out constantly.

@busyxbee also if you can feed it something else, you'll do your cat a favour. Whiskas has 4% meat products, the rest is... (just check the content).

Feed something that has more meat (60-80%) like Applaws, Lilly's Kitchen, Orijen...

Cats are hunters so they should hunt-eat-rest. I'd feed 2-3x a day while small, then 2x a day when over 6 months. Permanent access to food is making cats fat so unless there is a medical need, I'd limit access to food to feeding times. Water all the time of course.

whiskas doesn't have only 4% meat products. It has 4% named meat, there is still a larger amount of meat that isn't from a particular source. Still isn't the best brand and others have higher named meat content.
One 100g pouch doesn't sound very much. Are they asking for more food?

I think its advised to feed dry and wet separately, not mixed. I'd agree with feeding a better quality food too. All manufacturers will have a feeding guide and advise online or over the phone.

I think its advised to feed dry and wet separately, not mixed. I'd agree with feeding a better quality food too. All manufacturers will have a feeding guide and advise online or over the phone.
Also worth checking that you're feeding a complete feed, some meat products are complementary so need to be fed alongside complete foods.

It doesn't sound like enough food. The box should tell you how much to feed him 🐾

Our 4 month old kitten is given one and a half to two pouches a day plus two handfuls of dry food and a tablespoon of chopped chicken a day. Sometimes she eats it all sometimes she doesn't - I think she's trying to negotiate the ratio of chopped chicken up because she always eats all of that.