Go Back   Pet forum for dogs cats and humans - Pets.ca > Discussion Groups - mainly cats and dogs > Dog food forum > Cat food forum

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old July 18th, 2019, 01:04 PM
Khari's Avatar
Khari Khari is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Posts: 198
4 Month Old Kitten - How much to feed

Hi

We took Libby home at roughly 3 months old. She came to us eating soft and dry food. We now have her off dry completely and started to introduce raw into her diet along side the soft.

My question is how much should I be feeding her? Is there some sort of calculation? or rule of thumb for kittens? We feed her between 4-6 times a day. And she is getting roughly 7 to 7.5oz total a day. But she is seeming to us like she is still really hungry.

Any input would be greatly appreciated
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old July 19th, 2019, 11:21 AM
Reg's Avatar
Reg Reg is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Thunder Bay, ON
Posts: 462
Hello Khari:

Glad to hear that you are transitioning your kitty to raw food. You have picked the best time in her life - this is the time that they learn what's good for them.

Are you making your own food or buying it? There is a rule of thumb on how much to feed per day. This is strictly for species appropriate food. One to four per cent of the body weight is recommended for daily feeding. This number is divided by the number of feedings per day.

Are you mixing the wet food with the raw food, and if so, the "rule of thumb" will not apply. The rule of thumb is strictly for raw food.

Basically how the rule of thumb works is: it's a guide on how much food to put down per meal. It's governed by the weight of the cat and by the cat's activity.This works for both kittens and full grown cats.

A senior cat will be somewhere in the neighbourhood of 2 percent of it's body weight for daily allowance. And a kitten will be somewhere between 3 and maybe 4 percent of it's body weight.

Example: our cat weighed 10 1/4 pounds. and she wasn't overly active. I converted the weight into kilos - 4.649 - times 2.25 % which gave me
104 gms of food per day, which I divided by the number of feedings for the day. This was 5 years ago when she was 6 years. Now she's 11 years and her consumption rate per meal has dropped to 37 to 39 gms per meal and she's fed twice a day. And that takes into consideration that she receives treats ------- when I started this, she was not getting the treats.

This might be of interest to you when you transition her completely to raw. This basically gives you an idea of where to start. You'll have to tweek it to suit the individual but it makes it handy to have some idea of freezing rations of food.

For instance, I try to freeze 2 days rations at a time.

Any further questions just let us know, and keep us informed of your progress.............by the way, what is kitty's name?
__________________
Animals are such agreeable Friends.
They ask no Questions. They pass no Criticisms.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old August 4th, 2019, 11:41 PM
growler~GateKeeper's Avatar
growler~GateKeeper growler~GateKeeper is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 17,568
I agree with Reg on the raw food calculations.

How much does Libby currently weigh?

Has she had a fecal exam or been dewormed?

The amount to feed is somewhat subjective, if she's still hungry and not gaining weight personally I would increase the food per serving in small increments. The volume can always be adjusted up or down once she gets to an ideal body weight for her age, activity level and current weight.

Several pictures are in order
__________________
Avoid biting when a simple growl will do

The Spirit Lives As Long As Someone Who Lives Remembers You - Navaho Saying
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old October 26th, 2021, 02:23 AM
stanley21 stanley21 is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 2
Cool Kitty

It is best to give the cat food or milk, give it water so that it has enough to drink and let it outside if you live in the city.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Forum Terms of Use

  • All Bulletin Board Posts are for personal/non-commercial use only.
  • Self-promotion and/or promotion in general is prohibited.
  • Debate is healthy but profane and deliberately rude posts will be deleted.
  • Posters not following the rules will be banned at the Admins' discretion.
  • Read the Full Forum Rules

Forum Details

  • Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8
    Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
    vBulletin Optimisation by vB Optimise (Reduced on this page: MySQL 0%).
  • All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:06 AM.