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Feeding a big boy

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Dilbertian · 01/10/2022 15:40

Does 550g of wet food per day sound about right for a 6.5kg 11yo neutered male cat? He is the right weight for his size.

I used to feed MrCat 3 pouches of wet food a day and as much Meowing Heads dry food as he could be bothered to dig out of the slow feeder. The wet food was a mixture of Felix 100g pouches and Waitrose 85g pouches, so about 285g/day. (Because he had dries ad lib, we weren't too bothered whether he had 1 Waitrose and 2 Felix or the other way around.)

Meowing Heads changed the recipes I think, because MrCat started puking it up. When I took away the dries he stopped puking.

So for the moment he is only having wet food. I'm not sure how much to give him. If I go by Waitrose's recommendation of 1 sachet per kg, he needs about 550g of wet food. Does that sound right?

Feeding a big boy
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Dilbertian · 02/10/2022 13:57

Any cat-whisperers around?

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YetAnotherSpartacus · 02/10/2022 15:17

Bumping for you.

He. is gorgeous.

I think we own the same blanket too!

Dilbertian · 02/10/2022 20:46

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