How Much to Feed Buffy?

On 7/10/2015 6:53 PM, jmcquown wrote:
On 7/10/2015 2:43 AM, MaryL wrote:
On 7/9/2015 7:10 PM, jmcquown wrote:
Buffy gets kibble AND canned food. I'm trying to lean more towards
canned food. That's where I don't know about how much per day. Believe
me, Buffy would let me know if she was hungry. The person who told me
she is timid didn't know the real Buffy.

Jill

I found a chart where I figured what my cats were eating every day "in
ounces." At that time, they were getting 2.75 ounces per cat twice a
day. They are now getting the same total amount every day, but I now
divide it into 3 meals instead of twice a day. They have maintained
their exact weight on that amount. Duffy weighs 7.4 pounds, Selina
weighs 10.2 pounds, and Nikki weighs 10.6 pounds. Keep in mind that this
is for cats that are fed exclusively on Wellness no-grains canned food
(no dry food and no other brand). I learned many years ago that they do
well on a smaller amount of Wellness than other brands. I seems to be
more "dense" per calorie, if that is a good description. They thrive on
that diet--beautiful, glossy fur, very active, happy. I do weigh them
every month to make sure they are maintaining their weight. Even though
they are active, I suspect that an outdoor cat might need more food than
an indoor cat.

MaryL

I don't know where I could buy Wellness. PetSmart in Beaufort is
probably still in business but it's way on the other side of town. I'd
prefer to have some other reason to make the drive. I ran into a woman
at the vet last year who *works* for PetSmart... she complained about
the long drive! Thanks for the info about quantities.

Jill

I can't buy it locally, either, so I order it online. I order from 3
different places. They don't charge a shipping fee if you order $49.00
in products. That means I order a couple of cases at a time and just
"stockpile" a little. The 3 places I order a amazon.com;
mrchewy.com; and petflow.com. This saves a trip to the store (if it
were available). Petfooddirect.com also sells it, but it is harder to
get free shipping from them.

Wellness is costly, but I soon discovered that it does not cost as much
as it first appeared because my cats do not need such large portions.
All of them have thrived on it. Holly(RB) soon had glossy black fur and
no longer had any dandruff. All of my other cats have done beautifully.
They do not even develop mats.

MaryL

On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 10:22:09 AM UTC-7, JJ wrote:
"Pit2nya" wrote in message
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On 7/1/2015 7:45 PM, MaryL wrote:
On 7/1/2015 5:09 PM, jmcquown wrote:
When I adopted Buffy on June 2nd the caretaker said she'd eat "just
about anything". She was feeding her dry food from a bin in the pantry
and a 9 Lives canned food.

Buffy is only the 2nd cat I've ever had. Persia had to eat prescription
food for most of her years. I had to dole it out when she gained
weight.

I've got some dry kibble for Buffy but I'm trying to feed her more
canned food than anything else.

The problem is I don't know how much to feed her. We all know cats will
act like they're starving to death even when they aren't.

Buffy is a tad plump so I don't want to overdo it. I do think I need to
divvy it up into morning and evening feedings, like I did for Persia.

So how much should I feed her? A can of Sheba (or Fancy Feast) is 3 OZ.
85g. Should she get a whole can a day, half in the morning half in
the evening?


That's what I do. Our two cats, Edgar and Agatha, saw their vet a few months
ago and were not overweight. They share a can of Fancy Feast in the morning,
and another in the evening, so each one gets half a can twice a day. During
the day there's free kibble in a dish.

This has been their diet for the past 4 years.

Jay
















There are larger cans of cat food. Friskies and 9 Lives (which I've
always felt were slightly inferior due to by-products being the first
ingredient). They weigh in at 5.5 OZ (156g) per can.

I've looked for feeding guidelines online but of course every site (and
every brand of cat food) suggest something different.

If you had an only cat and she was a little chubby, how much would you
feed her a day?

Note: I do play with her and she has toys. It's not as if she doesn't
get exercise. She's about to wear me out! G

Jill

I have 3 cats (Duffy, Selina and Nikki), and I feed them Wellness
no-grains canned food. They get one 5.5 oz can and one 12.5 oz can of
food every day. No kibble. It is generally suggested that cats get fed
twice a day (12-hour intervals, or as close to that as possible). That
would work well for Duffy and Nikki. However, I noticed shortly after I
adopted Selina that she would often vomit a few minutes after eating. My
theory was that she was eating too quickly because she had been rescued
from a parking lot. She was also pregnant at the time. I thought she
might have a fear of never getting enough food. So, I now feed the same
quantities of food listed above, but I now divide it into 3 meals every
day. That has worked well for all 3 cats. Free-feeding will work for
some cats, but many (just like people) will snack all day and gain
weight.

MaryL

I've been Free-feeding Pit2nya mostly a mix of indoor/hairball/lite dry
food and 1/3 small or 2/4 regular canned food. At her lat
shots-and-physical, including weigh-in, she had dropped about 12 ounces in
6 months. Our vet was concerned about the loss, and Pit2nya is due back
in to be weighed in 2 weeks from visit. So I added a normal regular
calorie dry food to the mix, figuring that should do it, but now she's
leaving some of her canned food, probably because she's getting more
calories from her dry food (cleaver cat).
We'll see.

She is a medium hair, won't let me brush her much either, so it's hard to
tell . . .she looks a bit "fluffy" to me.

Sylvia

We were back for a weighing yesterday, after 3 weeks, and she was up 4 ounces,
probably because I had deleted one of the "indoor slim" dry foods, and added a about 1/3 of normal-not-indoor, not hairball, or older cat, but plain old regular dry. That's the only difference. Sometimes she finishes the canned food, sometimes not, and never down to the bottom of the dry food. I think she does a good job of self regulating. I'll weigh her at home in another 3 weeks, and as long as she stays above 10 pounds, I won't be concerned.

Sylvia

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 7/9/2015 12:44 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
Ouch. That stung. Why did you say that? That was quite a nasty snide
remark when I am trying to help you.

I apologise. It bothers me because I love to watch the birds and I feed
them in the winter when there is less food available. I keep fresh water
available for them year round. I know Buffy would kill birds if she
could. So, predators aside, that's the other reason I won't let her out.
Different cultures, that's all.

Jill
So, I suggest 85g twice daily and see how it goes. If she puts on weight on
that, reduce it.
Boyfie get 200g day but he does go out.
Its maths. Eat more than you burn off, put on weight.

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 7/9/2015 6:36 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
.

She's not starving, but it's hard to
tell exactly how much to give her. Hence my question.

I think I'll give her half of a 3 oz can, twice a day. IOW, an entire
3
oz. can per day. I'll see how that goes.

Jill

It's not enough. she will starve on that. Boyfie gets 2 x 100g pouches
(about 4 oz) twice daily plus his sprinkles of dry.
You are frightening me now.


Thank you for your concern but she's not starving. I merely quoted the
sizes of the cans and guessed based on how I had to feed Persia. Don't
forget, Buffy is only the second cat I've ever had in my life.

Persia was on prescription dry food most of her life. She wouldn't eat
the wet r/x food and a can of Fancy Feast was just a treat once a week
until the end of her life.

I am trying to feed Buffy more wet food than dry kibble. It's a learning
curve. She doesn't walk around the house crying because she's hungry.
She doesn't even run to where the bowls are if I go into the bedroom.
Trust me, she's fine.

More often she's tossing toys around and acting all cute and getting me to
rub her belly. Or she's sitting on my lap purring and shoving my hands
away from the keyboard. All the while she's purring her pretty orange
head off. Then she goes and takes a nap in her kitty barrel.

Buffy gets kibble AND canned food. I'm trying to lean more towards canned
food. That's where I don't know about how much per day. Believe me,
Buffy would let me know if she was hungry. The person who told me she is
timid didn't know the real Buffy.

Jill
85g a day is not enough. She needs twice that. I leave it up to you. She's
your cat not mine.

On 7/12/2015 3:17 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 7/9/2015 6:36 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
.

She's not starving, but it's hard to
tell exactly how much to give her. Hence my question.

I think I'll give her half of a 3 oz can, twice a day. IOW, an entire
3
oz. can per day. I'll see how that goes.

Jill

It's not enough. she will starve on that. Boyfie gets 2 x 100g pouches
(about 4 oz) twice daily plus his sprinkles of dry.
You are frightening me now.


Thank you for your concern but she's not starving. I merely quoted the
sizes of the cans and guessed based on how I had to feed Persia. Don't
forget, Buffy is only the second cat I've ever had in my life.

Persia was on prescription dry food most of her life. She wouldn't eat
the wet r/x food and a can of Fancy Feast was just a treat once a week
until the end of her life.

I am trying to feed Buffy more wet food than dry kibble. It's a learning
curve. She doesn't walk around the house crying because she's hungry.
She doesn't even run to where the bowls are if I go into the bedroom.
Trust me, she's fine.

More often she's tossing toys around and acting all cute and getting me to
rub her belly. Or she's sitting on my lap purring and shoving my hands
away from the keyboard. All the while she's purring her pretty orange
head off. Then she goes and takes a nap in her kitty barrel.

Buffy gets kibble AND canned food. I'm trying to lean more towards canned
food. That's where I don't know about how much per day. Believe me,
Buffy would let me know if she was hungry. The person who told me she is
timid didn't know the real Buffy.

Jill
85g a day is not enough. She needs twice that. I leave it up to you. She's
your cat not mine.


Thanks for the concern but you're right, she's not your cat. She's
sitting in my lap at the moment and she's quite the plump little cutie.
Obviously she's getting enough to eat.

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 7/12/2015 3:17 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 7/9/2015 6:36 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
.

She's not starving, but it's hard to
tell exactly how much to give her. Hence my question.

I think I'll give her half of a 3 oz can, twice a day. IOW, an
entire
3
oz. can per day. I'll see how that goes.

Jill

It's not enough. she will starve on that. Boyfie gets 2 x 100g
pouches
(about 4 oz) twice daily plus his sprinkles of dry.
You are frightening me now.


Thank you for your concern but she's not starving. I merely quoted the
sizes of the cans and guessed based on how I had to feed Persia. Don't
forget, Buffy is only the second cat I've ever had in my life.

Persia was on prescription dry food most of her life. She wouldn't eat
the wet r/x food and a can of Fancy Feast was just a treat once a week
until the end of her life.

I am trying to feed Buffy more wet food than dry kibble. It's a
learning
curve. She doesn't walk around the house crying because she's hungry.
She doesn't even run to where the bowls are if I go into the bedroom.
Trust me, she's fine.

More often she's tossing toys around and acting all cute and getting me
to
rub her belly. Or she's sitting on my lap purring and shoving my hands
away from the keyboard. All the while she's purring her pretty orange
head off. Then she goes and takes a nap in her kitty barrel.

Buffy gets kibble AND canned food. I'm trying to lean more towards
canned
food. That's where I don't know about how much per day. Believe me,
Buffy would let me know if she was hungry. The person who told me she
is
timid didn't know the real Buffy.

Jill
85g a day is not enough. She needs twice that. I leave it up to you.
She's
your cat not mine.


Thanks for the concern but you're right, she's not your cat. She's
sitting in my lap at the moment and she's quite the plump little cutie.
Obviously she's getting enough to eat.

Jill

I'm out of this now. You are mad if you think Buffie can survive on 85g
food/ day. Boyfie gets 100g twice daily plus 10pm sprinkles.
By giving Buffy only 85g daily you are starving her. But it's up to you.
Your cat.
You ask for help, I give it but you take no notice. Let me say it again.
85g daily is not enough.

No cat csn suve on
"The Other Guy" wrote in message
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On Thu, 9 Jul 2015 23:36:56 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

.

She's not starving, but it's hard to
tell exactly how much to give her. Hence my question.

I think I'll give her half of a 3 oz can, twice a day. IOW, an entire
3
oz. can per day. I'll see how that goes.

Jill

It's not enough. she will starve on that. Boyfie gets 2 x 100g pouches
(about 4 oz) twice daily plus his sprinkles of dry.
You are frightening me now.

GLyN is an average sized cat (little over 10 pounds), and he gets a 5.5
ounce can of wet food a day, plus as much dry food as he wants.

He is sleek and healthy, and VERY active.

No cat does well on one 85g food daily which is what I am trying to point
out to Jill.

On 7/12/2015 5:29 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 7/12/2015 3:17 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 7/9/2015 6:36 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
.

She's not starving, but it's hard to
tell exactly how much to give her. Hence my question.

I think I'll give her half of a 3 oz can, twice a day. IOW, an
entire
3
oz. can per day. I'll see how that goes.

Jill

It's not enough. she will starve on that. Boyfie gets 2 x 100g
pouches
(about 4 oz) twice daily plus his sprinkles of dry.
You are frightening me now.


Thank you for your concern but she's not starving. I merely quoted the
sizes of the cans and guessed based on how I had to feed Persia. Don't
forget, Buffy is only the second cat I've ever had in my life.

Persia was on prescription dry food most of her life. She wouldn't eat
the wet r/x food and a can of Fancy Feast was just a treat once a week
until the end of her life.

I am trying to feed Buffy more wet food than dry kibble. It's a
learning
curve. She doesn't walk around the house crying because she's hungry.
She doesn't even run to where the bowls are if I go into the bedroom.
Trust me, she's fine.

More often she's tossing toys around and acting all cute and getting me
to
rub her belly. Or she's sitting on my lap purring and shoving my hands
away from the keyboard. All the while she's purring her pretty orange
head off. Then she goes and takes a nap in her kitty barrel.

Buffy gets kibble AND canned food. I'm trying to lean more towards
canned
food. That's where I don't know about how much per day. Believe me,
Buffy would let me know if she was hungry. The person who told me she
is
timid didn't know the real Buffy.

Jill
85g a day is not enough. She needs twice that. I leave it up to you.
She's
your cat not mine.


Thanks for the concern but you're right, she's not your cat. She's
sitting in my lap at the moment and she's quite the plump little cutie.
Obviously she's getting enough to eat.

Jill

I'm out of this now. You are mad if you think Buffie can survive on 85g
food/ day. Boyfie gets 100g twice daily plus 10pm sprinkles.
By giving Buffy only 85g daily you are starving her. But it's up to you.
Your cat.
You ask for help, I give it but you take no notice. Let me say it again.
85g daily is not enough.


Whatever! God, now I know why I find you irritating. It's your way or
no way. Okay, forget the measurements. Trust me, I'm not starving my cat.

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 7/9/2015 12:44 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
Ouch. That stung. Why did you say that? That was quite a nasty snide
remark when I am trying to help you.

I apologise. It bothers me because I love to watch the birds and I feed
them in the winter when there is less food available. I keep fresh water
available for them year round. I know Buffy would kill birds if she
could. So, predators aside, that's the other reason I won't let her out.
Different cultures, that's all.

Jill

I don't like Boyfriend killng birds, but occasionally he does. He always
brings them home and puts them on the doorstep. If he can get inside wth
them he puts them them where I am likely to tread on them, near the kettle.

"MaryL" wrote in message
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On 7/9/2015 7:10 PM, jmcquown wrote:
On 7/9/2015 6:36 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
.

She's not starving, but it's hard to
tell exactly how much to give her. Hence my question.

I think I'll give her half of a 3 oz can, twice a day. IOW, an
entire 3
oz. can per day. I'll see how that goes.

Jill

It's not enough. she will starve on that. Boyfie gets 2 x 100g pouches
(about 4 oz) twice daily plus his sprinkles of dry.
You are frightening me now.


Thank you for your concern but she's not starving. I merely quoted the
sizes of the cans and guessed based on how I had to feed Persia. Don't
forget, Buffy is only the second cat I've ever had in my life.

Persia was on prescription dry food most of her life. She wouldn't eat
the wet r/x food and a can of Fancy Feast was just a treat once a week
until the end of her life.

I am trying to feed Buffy more wet food than dry kibble. It's a
learning curve. She doesn't walk around the house crying because she's
hungry. She doesn't even run to where the bowls are if I go into the
bedroom. Trust me, she's fine.

More often she's tossing toys around and acting all cute and getting me
to rub her belly. Or she's sitting on my lap purring and shoving my
hands away from the keyboard. All the while she's purring her pretty
orange head off. Then she goes and takes a nap in her kitty barrel.

Buffy gets kibble AND canned food. I'm trying to lean more towards
canned food. That's where I don't know about how much per day. Believe
me, Buffy would let me know if she was hungry. The person who told me
she is timid didn't know the real Buffy.

Jill

I found a chart where I figured what my cats were eating every day "in
ounces." At that time, they were getting 2.75 ounces per cat twice a day.
They are now getting the same total amount every day, but I now divide it
into 3 meals instead of twice a day. They have maintained their exact
weight on that amount. Duffy weighs 7.4 pounds, Selina weighs 10.2
pounds, and Nikki weighs 10.6 pounds. Keep in mind that this is for cats
that are fed exclusively on Wellness no-grains canned food (no dry food
and no other brand). I learned many years ago that they do well on a
smaller amount of Wellness than other brands. I seems to be more "dense"
per calorie, if that is a good description. They thrive on that
diet--beautiful, glossy fur, very active, happy. I do weigh them every
month to make sure they are maintaining their weight. Even though they
are active, I suspect that an outdoor cat might need more food than an
indoor cat.

MaryL

Yes, they do. Boyfie gets 2 x 100g pouches daily that's about 4 oz each
time plus his sprinkles at 10 pm and he maintains a perfect weight. Might
be too much for an indoor cat.