How many cans of food does he need to have per cycle according to his weight?
I'm going to tag
@JaxBenji and
@Butters & Lyla to help with your food questions.
I am reading more. I had found that 6 tablespoons is in a 3oz can but now I find something else...
But too, I have to keep in mind that Mouzer is hungrier than when he was in remission, so I do not think I can stick to the normal food requirements for him.
I dont want to deny him food.
I just found this on the normal cat...
But this is calling 2 tablespoons as to be more than a half of a 3oz can, so now I do not know what to think about reading how that 6 tablespoons is in three ounces... And going by what is below, Mouzer is a 20 pound cat, so he will eat a 3 ounce can in one sitting as a normal meal, and he does do that for what he seems to consider are his normal meal times hahahaa
I sought to find what is in 3ounce cans for tablespoons because you had once asked about how many were in what he ate, so I have been counting a 3oz can as 6 tablespoons, going by what I found. But then here this one is saying approx 4 tablespoons is in a 3ounce can. I am accustomed to just saying he ate 3oz or he ate half a can, half of 3 ounces.... But I was trying to put it in spoons for you hahahaa
And this is what I just found that is saying 2 tablespoons is more than half of 3oz.
2 tablespoons
A
cat's stomach is designed to only hold about 2
tablespoons of food on average. This means feeding an average size
cat more than half a can of wet food (that is 3 oz) in once sitting is too
much. The average size
cat which is 7 to 10 pounds
should be
eating no more than 1.5oz of food in a single sitting.
So now, I have to go back through the spreadsheet and figure how much he ate through the days with considering that 2tbsp is more than 1.5oz and I do not know how much more, so all I know to do is call 2tbsp as 1.5oz and 4tbsp as 3oz and Mouzer being 20 pounds, he needs at least 4tbsp, 3oz, for a meal and he is hungrier due to diabetes, so even more food.
*****EDIT: I just did Mouzer's food based on that 4tbsp is a 3oz can, so throughout yesterday, he ate a little over 10tbsp, which is two and a half, 3oz cans ... And he is a 20 pound cat with diabetes, so needing to eat no less than what is required but most likely more, because he is diabetic hungry. Normal requirement for 20 pounds would be 6 ounces, 8 tablespoons daily. So, Mouzer's eating 10tbsp in a day is not as bad as I thought for his running hungrier.
Yesterday, Mouzer ate one and a half 3ounce cans total for the am cycle, which is 4.5 ounces for the am cycle - 6 tablespoons.
A normal 20 pound cat would need 3ounces for one cycle, so he only ate 1.5 ounces more than if he did not have diabetes.
So, to keep him hungry, I would need to figure how much to give at main meal and spread the rest over the cycle, with a total spread of 6 tablespoons for the cycle, And sometimes Mouzer is ravishing in hunger, so I only know to oblige him at that time.
You have my brain working hahaha
Tomorrow, IF I can leave the canned food out, not refrigerated, I am going to try
2tbsp at AMPS
1tbsp at +2
1tbsp at +4
1tbsp at +7
1tbsp at +10
Is canned food good for a time out on the counter with a lid, room temperature?
Because I cannot afford all of the kitties to eat up the fancy feast leftovers from Mouzer's ever tiny snack meal

And Mouzer will not eat it if I put it in the fridge, not at all, not even if warmed up.