(---MIKE---) wrote in message ...
Amber is a good sized cat and is a bit plump. Tiger is gigantic
(possible Maine Coon). He weighed in at 25 pounds at his last vet visit
in June. The vet said he should lose some weight. I am feeding one 5.5
ounce can of Wellness for the two cats in the morning and again in the
late afternoon. They get a small amount of dry Wellness at noon and
again at bedtime. Both cats are inside only and are not very active -
sleeping a lot. They appear to have lost some weight but are not skinny
by any means. Am I giving them enough to eat?


---MIKE---

Absent knowing exactly how much each cat is getting it's impossible to
tell, but it is possible to give you some guidlines.

Assuming Intact Cats
5kg (11 pounds) needs 334 kcals per day
7kg (15.4 pounds) needs 430 kcals per day
8kg (17.6 pounds) needs 476 kcals per day
9kg (19.8 pounds) needs 520 kcals per day
10kg (22 pounds) needs 562 kcals per day

Assuming Nuetered cats
5kg (11 pounds) needs 284 kcals per day
7kg (15.4 pounds) needs 366 kcals per day
8kg (17.6 pounds) needs 404 kcals per day
9kg (19.8 pounds) needs 442 kcals per day
10kg (22 pounds) needs 478 kcals per day

If you take the target weight and determine how many kcals you need to
feed the cat to acheive that target weight you can do the math and
work from there. Wellness web site probably give you the kcals per can
for the canned foods and kcals per kg for the dry foods.

All of this is of course subject highly to individual animals who may
be more or less active than other individual animals. The best test of
all is to look at the cats, feel for ribs, feel for fat deposition at
the base of the tail etc.