Thursday, October 2, 2008

The Care and Feeding of a 12 year old slightly-overweight cat...

As always, Gesso needs to lose weight. She's like a supermodel. always trying the latest fad diet.

The only thing that has worked in the past was Purina DM at 1 wet can per day. (That's 194 kcal.) She hates it. I hate it. It's gross, and I have a hunch that it makes her poo smell bad. It also seems to generate more vomit that other foods. It's fired.

We're trying to find something better.

We've had her on Sensible Choice Reduced Calorie at 1/2 cup dry per day. (That's 177 kcal.) Magically, she gains weight on this. Keep in mind, though, that she doesn't like to finish wet food, and she always craves more dry food. Also, there is that whole moisture content / protein content / gluten content mumbo jumbo. Who knows.

Her are some option's we're considering...

Dry...

Sensible Choice Reduced Calorie (Here for comparison mostly)
3646 kcal/kg
354 kcal/cup

Royal Canin Indoor Mature 27.
3856 kcal / kilogram
283 kcal/cup (??)

Natural Balance Reduced Calorie
3,215 kcal / kilogram
312 - 319 - kcal/cup (est)

Felidae Platinum
3,534 kcal / kilogram
351 kcal / cup

Nutro Max Cat Senior
3590 kcal/kg

Nutro Max Cat Weight Control
?? Unknown ??

Wet ...

Nutro Lite Wet
895 kcal/kg
156g in a can
140 kcal in a 156g can

Felidae Wet
1095 kcal/kg
172 kcal/can

Purina DM (Here for comparison only.)
1243 kcal/kg
194 kcal/can

Evo Chicken and Turkey Wet
504.8 kcal / big can of 374g
210 kcal in a 156g can

I have to say, I like the ingredient lists on Felidae and Natural Balance the best. Evo is nice too, but the calories are just too high.

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