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how much should my cat be eating? What does kcalories mean and about how much food is that?

todd

My cat has had some issues with flutd and wasn't didn't eat for about a week. He had a torn urethral so he had a surgery to put a cystotomy tube in place. He no longer has the cystotomy and has been fine. They recommended that he eat about 466 kcalories. What does kcalories mean and about how much food is that? He used to eat ALOT I was feeding him 1/2 can in am and 1/2 in the pm and dry all day. (food he was eating merrick before grain, Weruva Cans and prowl) Now he eats four small meals with no dry. Small meals as in not even a whole 5.5 can a day. I stopped feeding him the RX stuff cause he ate even less of that he now eats halo and i give him vitamin c, Kindi biotic because he has had two bladder infections. I am just concerned that he is not eating enough.

• Experienced Advisor Mark Nunez says:

  September 26th, 2008 at 11:12 AM

  If your cat has FLUTD, prescription diets are going to be your best bet at preveting future problems?  Is your cat losing weight?  Kcalorie is very confusing and difficult to explain.  I strongly recommed that all cats eat only canned food.  Cats are carnivors, thier bodies are designed to process fat and protein, not carbs.  Dry food is loaded with carbs.  Carbs in cats are causing obesity, diabeties, and megacolon.  Cats will appear to eat less when on canned food only because it satisfies their appetite better than dry food does.  As long as he is not losing weight, I wouldn't be concerned.  A good rule of thumb is one 5.5 oz can per 10 lbs of cat.

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