How many calories should my indoor or outdoor cat or kitten eat?

The amount of calories is derived from a forumla that takes into account the current health status of your cat along with how active he is. Each food is formulated with a specific amount of calories. You can ask you vet to evaluate if his weight is appropriate right now or if he needs extra or restricted calories.

For an average healthy weight 0.5 kg kitten with an expect 4-5 kg adult weight the caloric intake should be about 150 calories. However, for every 0.5kg that the kitten gains the caloric intake increases by about 50 calories . So at 1 kg he should be offered about 200 calories, and at 1.5 kg he should be offered about 250 calories. Once he is an adult and has stopped growing the caloric intake usually decreases to about 250-300 per day. This is average. Some require more and some less. Best of luck and thank you for using Pet Coach.

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.

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! They are all adorable! The caloric need for a cat weighing about 12-14 pounds is about 250 calories per day based on the resting energy requirements. Good luck and have a good day!

Counting calories is not the proper way to calculate the amount of food needed, there is a recommended guideline on each dog food bag that you need to follow, everything is written on the food bag label.

Yes, you should definitely cut the food back. If she seems overly hungry when you cut the food back you may need to talk to your vet about putting her on a prescription weight loss diet. Prescription diets are low in calories (so they can eat more of it) and it is very filling (they are high in fiber). If she doesn't lose weight I would be very worried about her developing diabetes. Remember, you need to feed the amount of food recommended on the bag for their IDEAL weight. Ideally she should be between 10-12 pounds. The average indoor cat should have 20 calories per pound so you should only be feeding her 200-240 calories per day INCLUDING her treats.

Hello, the amount depends entirely on the brand of food they are eating, the adequate amount is written on the food label. some overweight cats with low activity level will need approximately 10-15% less or will need to be on a special low calorie diet.