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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1/4 cup of dry food in the morning and a 3 oz. can of wet food at night should be adequate, right? I usually give the dry food at about 9-10am and the wet food at around 8-9pm. Sometimes she meows when I go into the kitchen and I can't tell if she's just trying to get food for the sake of getting food or if she's actually hungry? [/quote

The current thinking -based on several vets I've talked to- is more wet food and less dry. This is esp true for male cats who need lots of moisture in their diets to prevent urinary issues.

Cats are not mean to graze on dry food all day and it causes all sorts of issue, obesity being the most obvious (of course, some cats are not obese but allowing the grazing allows more for that to happen). It was recommended to us -after our two male cats started to get tubby- that we cut way back on the dry food.

So we give a small amount of dry food in the am in one of those "you have to work to get it" dishes. This slows them down and they get full faster. They get a dinner of canned food, a couple tablespoons each, at dinner. Then a small bit of dry food overnight. They've lost weight this way. [/quote]

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