How much should I feed my 7 year old, 6 LB Siamese indoor cat, how often?
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 at
4:42 pm
How much dry cat food, and how often should I feed my indoor Siamese cat. She is almost 7 years old, and she weights about 6 LBS, I usually feed her only dry cat food.
She has always threw up undigested food. She doesn’t look over weight. But I am wondering if I am overfeeding her.
The bag of cat food I am feeding her says 1/2 – 3/4 cup for her weight class. Is this once per day????!!!!
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Try taking her to the vet; she sounds as she may be sick.
Also, you should feed no more than 50% of the cat’s diet in dry food… the best diet is all canned food; but it’s essential to feed no more than 50% dry food.
If the vets say nothing is wrong, maybe this brand just isn’t working out for her? Try one of the following formulas, they are all great:
Wellness Indoor Health Cat Food
Dry- http://wellnesspetfood.com/cat_wellness_dry_indoor_health.html
Wellness Canned Food
Canned- http://wellnesspetfood.com/cat_wellness_can_index.html
Chicken Soup For The Cat Lover’s Soul Senior Cat Food
Dry- http://chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com/products/cats/dry_food/senior_cat_hairball_formula/
Chicken Soup For The Cat Lover’s Soul Light Cat Food
Dry- http://chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com/products/cats/dry_food/adult_cat_light_formula/
Canned- http://chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com/products/cats/canned_food/adult_cat_light_formula/
Also, check out these pet food rating and ingredient definition sites. The first one rates your pet food. It’s for dog food, actually, but most good dog food companies also manufacture great cat food. The higher rating is better, the lower rating is worst. Link to DogFoodAnalysis.com> http://www.Dogfoodanalysis.com/
The second one, DogFoodProject.com, gives you information on ingredients and product recalls. There are tons of diet topics and links. I love this site; it’s very informative. Again, this site is for dogs, but gives a lot of info that applies to cats. Link to the site> http://www.Dogfoodproject.com/
And yes, 1/2 – 3/4 cup per day. However, that’s just a guideline- you may have to adjust it.
Best of luck!!
I always placed the dry food out in the morning for my cats and left it out all day. My cats nibble at it when they are hungry. I usually put out what the bag recommends. I rarely ever feed moist food because my cats get diarrhea from it. My previous cat lived to be almost 17 which is a good long life for a cat and my current cat is 8 and very healthy. The thrown up food could be because she has a hairball that isn’t coming up correctly, or she doesn’t tolerate what you are currently feeding her. You can get cat treats that help with hairballs.
my cat is 17 and he is an indoor cat and I feed him canned food and a little dry food twice a day. Once in the morning and once at night. He is 10 lbs and vet says he is healthy. Actually I sprinkle his canned food with a little dry on top and he loves it. Talk to your vet and see if he recommends canned food for your cat. Good luck.
I have a Himalayan, which is a cross breed between Siamese and Persian. I leave dry food out for her to munch on and I feed her canned food (small cans) twice a day.
She’s a little slip of a thing…she weighs about 6 1/2 pounds and I think 2 pounds of that is fur.
My cat is 17 and she eats a low residue, senior cat food. Because she has digestive problems, giving her food spaced out helps her get the nutrition she needs at her age.
Your cat is about average weight. It looks like she weighs about what my cat weighs and she’s not overweight.
EMT
don’t follow the directions on the bag, they always recommend that you feed more than you actually need to so that they can make more money. Take her for a check up at the vet and while your there you should ask your vet what amount of food you should be feeding her, all cats are different so asking someone who knows more about this kind of thing would really be best. I let my cats have free range of their dry food, if your cat will over eat then don’t try this option though.
Mutt was right on, I’ve used those links when dealing with my own feeding problems. Dry food may lead to kidney problems, but wet food requires an active approach to dental care and may cause bleeding… from you.
For dry feeding, by nature a cat will stop eating when full. If you don’t believe me try to find evidence of a cat vomiting then eating more immediately after. Dogs will vomit and keep going without breaking stride, but cats have kept a more independent survival instinct. If she is throwing up whole kibble consider getting her teeth checked.