From: syearick@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Sid Yearick)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: How much food should a cat eat?
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:17:20 GMT
Reply-To: syearick@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Sid Yearick)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In rec.pets.cats, sw39+@andrew.cmu.edu (Susan R. Wagner) writes:
>I have been pondering this question for a while now and none of my
>quests for an answer have been sufficient.  I was wondering how much
>food a kitten/cat should be eating.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Here is some feeding information that I found in a book called "Cat Facts"
by Marcus Schneck & Jill Caravan.
I hope it helps, however if I feed my cats like this I would be afraid to
go to sleep at night.  All five are healthy and fit.  Kepurr is OVER weight
by three pounds, but maintains those 3 lbs.  I keep a big dog bowl full
of dry cat food next to their water bowl, and at night I divide a can of
ALPO cat food between them.  The three two yearolds get a little more then
the older two.  They also get extra when we eat.  Needless to say they are
spoiled..

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CAT Details               |        Food (ounces per cat)
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Age of Cat |  Weight of   |  Feeds per |   Dry     | Semi-moist | Canned
           |  Cat in LBS  |    day     |  Food     |    Food    |   Food
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Kitten
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10 weeks   |1 - 2 1/2     |     4      |1 - 2 1/2  |     1-3    |    3-7
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20 weeks   |2 1/2 - 4 1/2 |     3      |1 1/2-2 1/2| 1 3/4-2 1/2| 4 1/2-7
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30 weeks   |3 1/2 - 6     |     2      |1 1/2-2 1/2| 1 3/4-3    | 4 1/2-7 1/2
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40 weeks   |5 - 8 1/2     |     2      |1 1/2-3    | 2 - 3 1/2  | 5-8 1/2
===============================================================================
ADULT
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Active     |5 - 10        |     1-2    |1 1/2 - 3  | 1 1/2-3 1/2| 4 1/2 - 9
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Inactive   |5 - 10        |     1-2    |2 - 4      | 2 - 4 1/2  | 5 -10 1/2
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Gestation  |5 1/2 - 9     |     1-2    |2 1/2 - 4  | 3 - 4 1/2  | 7 - 11
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Lactation  |5 1/2 - 9     |     1-2    |5 1/2 - 10 | 6 - 11     | 15 1/2 - 28
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Neutered   |5 - 10        |     1      |2 - 2 1/2  | 2 - 3      |   8 1/2
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Old Cat    |5 - 10        |     3-4    |1 1/2-2 1/2| 2 - 3      |     7
(over 10)  |              |            |           |            |
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