How to Feed an Adult Cat

Between the ages of 6 months to 1 year, a cat needs from 600 to 700 daily calories to maintain his level of energy of growth; later, a normal adult only needs approximately 450 daily calories. This is equivalent to a big tin (500 g.) of daily food for cats, divided in two meals. The tinned food has the advantage of being available in a wide scale of flavors, but there are many owners to whom they cannot stand the smell, specially in hot time. It can find also many complete dry meals for cats. You may put this one only once a day, in order that they served themselves, but the success of this depends on the capacity of the cat to regulate his appetite.

It is necessary to give the complete dry meal in minor quantities than the canned food; read the labels carefully and the instructions. This type of food occurs exposing under different formulae: for big cats, for cats of much weight and for old animals. Another advantage of the dry food is its texture. As the cats use the teeth to crush more than to chew, most of them prefer the food with an a bit heavy texture. The dry food helps to prevent him to forming deposit (a brown crust) in the teeth).

There is no difference between the breeds of cats in size and an average adult must weigh between 3.5 and 5.5 kg. If our cat is fed well and is active, this weight is easy to support.

If we weigh him regularly, we will be able to see if there is an important increase or decrease of weight. The obesity forces to working more the joints and the heart. If our cat weighs too much over 7 kg - ask the veterinarian if it is necessary to put him to diet. On the contrary, the loss of weight when the cat has good appetite can be a symptom of disease, and in this case it will be necessary to consult always to the veterinarian.