How much food does my cat need daily? Can they only eat dry food?

Good question. Cats in general get about 1 cup of food daily per 10 lbs of body weight. However check your cat food label and you will often find a feeding amount guideline right on the package. So 1 cup= 1 can (~5.5oz). So for a 10 lb cat this is roughly 1/2 can + 1/2 cup.

Hello, depending on her lifestyle, indoor only cats should be fed atleast twice daily. This can be a variety of dry and wet food and should not exceed more than 1 cup of dry food per day or more than 1 can per day. There may be differences depending on how many calories each food contains so it is hard to determine this. Your kitten should be consuming around 201 Kcal per day. Hope this helps and best of luck.

The bags usually over estimate the amount of food animals need. I would recommend feeding about 75% of what's on the bag/instructions IF that's the only thing your cat is eating. If they are eating half wet and half dry, decrease the amount proportionally. Another (easier) approach, is to ask your veterinarian for a recommended calorie count for each cat. Most adult cats need about 200 calories per day and young, intact cats need anywhere from 2-3 times this amount.

As long as it's a cat food (and not a home cooked diet or dog food) that's perfectly fine. Cats need an amino acid called taurine that other animals don't need to eat directly, so it's very important that they are on a cat food. As far as amounts, that sounds a bit high - most cats need around 200 calories a day and most cat foods are closer to 400 calories a cup, so I'd recommend cutting back a bit and keep an eye on her body condition. https://www.wsava.org/WSAVA/media/PDF_old/Body-condition-score-chart-cats.pdf

Hi and thanks for posting! For Easel who is a spayed adult cat, she'll need about 220-250 calories a day to maintain her current weight and between 180-200 if she needs to lose weight. Every food can and product bag contain the calories per cup or calories per can on the label which you can use to adjust her cups per day accordingly. I hope this helps!

The 1/2 cup is the DAILY amount she should be fed, and then divide that into 3-4 feedings. Since she is only really eating once a day, you would be fine just putting 1/4 cup of kitten chow in her bowl twice a day so that there is always something fresh in the bowl.

I typically recommend feeding meals twice daily, although you could feed smaller meals more frequently during the day. Some people will hide bowls in different areas of the house with the day's kibble in them to simulate hunting for indoor cats - obvious this only works in single cat households.