how much food should i feed my 11 lb cat?
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That's a question best answered by a professional, though recommendations range between 24 to 35 calories a day per pound, to keep cats at a normal, healthy weight.
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If your cat is overweight, you will want to feed for 2 pounds less, or 40 fewer calories a day, and readjust every time your cat loses a pound, until you hit a healthy weight, and then maintain.
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Feed your kitten at least 4 times a day, giving it 1/3 to ¾ cup per feeding. Its tummy is still too small to contain the much-needed amounts of food that will give it the right amounts of nutrients if fed as frequently as adult cats.
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One 5.5 ounce can a day is standard for an adult cat, but kittens can often eat twice that without blinking. You can, in fact, feed her as much as she wants of canned or raw foods until she's between eight to twelve months.
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On average, you should feed your cat between 3 and 5 pouches of food each day. The exact number really depends on its age, size, and how much exercise it gets.
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According to the chart, you should feed your kitten 327 kcal/day.
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If the cat owner is feeding a good quality dry food, that has a good quality protein, then the indoor cat needs only approximately 1/3 to 1/2 cup of food each day. Most high quality foods have approximately 500 calories per 8 ounce cup of food.
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You should find out how much food to feed your kitten by weighing him at least twice a week. If he is underweight, make sure to give him an additional two ounces of food each day. Give your kitten a full two ounces each time you notice him becoming hungry. Like adult cats, kittens should eat about once a day.
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At four to six months of age, your kitten's daily requirement for energy is about 100 to 130 kilocalories per kilogram of body weight, closer to that of an adult cat (70 to 80 kcal/kg body weight), as growth of body tissues slows down.
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The average indoor cat should have 20 calories per pound to maintain weight. The average outdoor only cat should have 35 calories per pound to maintain weight. Indoor/outdoor cats are somewhere in between. o If your indoor cat weighs 10 pounds, then they should be eating approximately 200 calories per day.
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Adult food (From one year to seven years) A healthy and active adult cat requires around 240 calories per day, which can be obtained from a mixture of both dry and wet foods.
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Take notes! The general rule of thumb for the amount to feed adult cats, either in raw or canned food, is to feed 2 to 4% of the cat's ideal body weight per day. For an inactive and/or older cat, the 2% amount might be good and for a very active and/or younger cat, 4% might be closer to what's needed.
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a. Dry food only for an adult cat: 1/4 cup AM and PM. You can divide this into feedings of 1/8 cup 4 times a day. If your cat is already "fat" (let's be honest), start at 1/2 cup dry per day and in a month decrease to 1/8 cup 3 times a day.
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(NEVER give them cow's milk and keep them on the same formula.) Kittens should eat 2 tablespoons or 30 ccs of formula per 4 ounces of body weight within a 24 hour period. Feed kittens less than 2 weeks of age at least every 2 hours. Kittens 2 to 4 weeks of age should eat every 3-4 hours.
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There are many variables that will influence the amount of food your cat will eat. Typically, 10 pound adult cats will consume between 2.5-3.5 oz twice per day, with 3oz meals, twice per day being most typical.
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At one-year-old, a kitten is considered an adult cat and can gradually transition over to a complete and balanced adult cat diet. A healthy and active adult cat requires around 240 calories per day, which can be obtained from a mixture of both dry and wet foods.
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Most senior cats will have about the same caloric needs as an adult cat—roughly 280 to 360 daily calories depending on the normal lean weight—as long as they are healthy.