I have not been here in ages! I am mom to 2 boys Magoo and Amos. Hope everyone is well. I need some help. My guys are now 5 and I had noticed Magoo in particular was getting thin. My cat sitter friend noticed it and advised me to feed them more and that they seemed hungry. I had been cutting back on their dry food snack as Amos I thought had been looking chunky. For reference, I had been feeding them:
each cat 1/4 of a 5.5 oz can in the a.m. and p.m. (so each was getting half a 5.5. oz can per day) AND a small handful of crunchies in the afternoon.
They had always maintained about 10 pounds each give or take, but when I weighed Amos her was 9.8 and Magoo was down to 8.8 🙁 I feel awful, like I have been starving them! Magoo def. needs to bulk up.
So today I began giving each cat 1/2 can of food twice per day, and I will give a small amount of crunchy still because they love that as a treat. My concern is that in each bowl 1/2 can looks like a HUGE amount for little tummies, and I am wondering if this is too much food to feed at a time, or is it ok and often done?
I do not want them to get sick off eating too much at once, so any reassurance that eating 1/2 can each am and then again pm is ok/normal would soothe me.
Also, I do not want the opposite prob to happen and they get overweight, so I hope a little crunchy is still ok. They will be miserable w/o this treat, esp. Magoo, it is his crack.
Also, could I have damaged them by not feeding them enough this whole time? It always seemed enough until recently. I feel guilty. I plan on weighing them weekly now until the situation is stable.
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