3/9 Phoebe numbers still little better today

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Good day, Phoebe is 230 this am. She has been off hc dry food since 3/4/2025. Jack and Phoebe in the Morning get 3/4 patty vital essentials raw rabbit, FD rabbit 1/4 pattie, and a Tablespoon of YA Zero Mature, dry. her and Jack get FF at night. They split a 3.5 can, FD rabbit 1/4 vital essentials pattie, and about tablespoon of YA Zero Mature. I also have 2 small bowls--about 1/4 Cup each of the YA Zero Mature out all day. One bowl gets fortiflora sprinkled on it and one is plain. I have the FF appetizers-only salmon right now that I have Phoebe and jack share. (1.1 oz) (testing to see if Jack is allergic to salmon.) It all doesn't seem to be much. Any thoughts?

Tigger, Snickers, and Momma Kitty share a 5.5 oz of Friskies moist can twice a day. Tigger gets 3/4 Vital essential raw rabbit in AM with her canned food. Momma kitty and Snickers get 1/4 patty Vital essentials FD rabbit and about a Tblsp of the YA Zero Mature dry. In the evening it is the Friskies 3 way split again and FD Vital essentials 1/4 pattie. They too have access to another 2 bowls that have 1/4 Cup of the plain YA Zero Mature and another 1/4 Cup of YA Zero Mature with Fortiflora sprinkled on top. The dry is for snacking especially when I am gone.
Am i feeding enough with the removal of the HC dry food? Any suggestions?

Phoebe weighs 10.2 pounds today
 
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It’s all about the number of calories in each food. Figure out how many you were feeding and then how many calories in the food you are now feeding. Do you have a digital baby scale? It was the best investment for me for older cats and then for kittens. I weigh my cats at least weekly. I have a Salter scale. There are many available from Amazon for $50 or less
 
I have a digital scale. She is about the same weight she was 2 years ago. Calculating calories will take more math. I took the hc dry food away--I haven't replaced it other than increasing the Zero mature amount available to them.
 
Just go by the scale. Much easier. Weigh weekly and adjust the amount of food as needed. Is she at her ideal weight?
 
tiffmaxee said:
Just go by the scale. Much easier. Weigh weekly and adjust the amount of food as needed. Is she at her ideal weight?
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looking at her with those scoring pictures, I would say she is ideal maybe a snorch over ideal.
I thinking weighing is a great idea-what is the loss over what time to say I need to increase her food amounts?
 
My two current cats are foodies so I weigh them and try to keep them within a few ounces as I want to take the chance of them becoming overweight which is a way toward fd off the table. So I increase or decrease their food slightly depending on their weight each week. I find that easiest for me.
 
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