RE: appropriate calorie in take for a kitty

[Hideyo Yamamoto]

Thank you so much, Belinda – wow that’s a lot of food, huh? The problem is that my baby Hannibal lost lots and lots of weight over the course of months for the past few months, and I should have done something sooner, but since he is feral, I did not want to stress him out by assist feeding.. anyway, he only weight a bit more than 6 lb – and he used to weigh 11, 12, or even 13 lb – because of his CRF condition and has not eaten much, his stomach must have shrunk a bit – it will be very difficult to give him a whole can of food a day.. I have been trying to syringe feed him with 6 cc syringe, but I did not realize that I need to give him that much food – he does eat on his own though .. just not enough for him to gain weight, I think.. but I will keep trying – thank you very much for your prompt response. Hannibal and I are so grateful!   Hannibal and Hideyo   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Belinda Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:13 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: appropriate calorie in take for a kitty         Hideyo,    On the Assisted Feeding list I'm on, they emphasis more than worrying about how many calories that you weight your kitty at least in the beginning and as long as he is maintaining his normal weight he is getting enough food.  Usually with AD they recommend starting with a can a day to start and once you know how his weight is doing you can go from there.  If he is at normal weight now and your just trying to maintain it and a can a day does that then that is enough.  If he loses weight or is below his normal weight on a can a day then you would want to increase it by about a 1/3 of a can at a time.  How old is Hannibal and what is his normal weight? Example Bailey weights normally between 10 and 11 pounds, but 10 is probably a normal weight for him, he was a bit chubby at 11.  He is maintaining a weight of about 9.8 and he is eating about 1 and 1/2 cans a day of ID, AD was too rich for him.  Calorie wise AD has about 20 more calories a can than ID. Here is the calorie content for ID: http://www.hillspet.com/zSkin_2/products/product_details.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441760593&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395204707&bmUID=1146694114677 Here is the calorie content for AD: http://www.hillspet.com/zSkin_2/products/product_details.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441760567&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395204707&bmUID=1146694200958 Here is their website with a product list of their prescription foods http://www.hillspet.com/zSkin_2/products/pd_product_list.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302037389&bmUID=1146694332598 --   Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ...   Be-Mi-Kitties http://bemikitties.com   Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com   FeLV Candlelight Service http://bemikitties.com/cls   HostDesign4U.com [affordable hosting & web design] http://HostDesign4U.com   ------------   BMK Designs [non-profit animals websites] http://bmk.bemikitties.com