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Originally Posted by Christina Thoma
Giving her half the cooked chicken/raw egg yoke baby food and half just raw meat with instinct plus.
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That's awesome that you're feeding your cat fresh food. Are you eventually planning to move towards all raw? I'm a little concerned that the 50% cooked chicken portion isn't balanced.
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Originally Posted by Christina Thoma
My kitty is a little overweight. I've read to feed her the size of a mouse two times a day.
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Anyway possibility of feeding her more frequently? Cats typically eat several small meals a day, so if you can add a meal or two in there it might help her feel less hungry. Also, food amounts should be based on calories, not volume. Roughly 20-30 calories per lb per day. There are nutritional databases on the net that can help you figure out how many calories she's getting (like this one:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/). What you don't want to do is suddenly and drastically reduce a chubby cat's caloric intake, which can result in a very serious liver condition called hepatic lipidosis. Weight loss should be gradual. How much does she weigh and what would her ideal weight be? It could be that she needs a little more food than the 1/2 cup a day.
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Originally Posted by Christina Thoma
Have you ever heard of a walking cat jacket.
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I've heard great things about this one, although have never used it myself:
http://metpet.com/shopsite_sc/store/...ingjacket.html