How often should I feed my 2 cats?

Question

I feed them two times a day. Dry food. One is almost 2 years old the other is a year. They both get a cup each a day(as the recommended dosage) They act like they are starving all the time! Every time we walk by the kitchen they freak out for food. Should I be giving in to this? Or is there an better way to deal with it? It drives me crazy!

Answer 1

We have 3 cats. Have had them for a long time.  We just bought a self-supplying feeder and keep it full of food.  They go and eat when they want to.  They eat little meals throughout the day.  It works great and we don't have to worry about feeding them.  You only have to remember to keep the food bin filled.  Also, make sure you always keep fresh water available for them.  This also allows you to leave them for a couple days if you go away for a weekend or something.  If you keep their food filled, water fresh, and their litter box clean - they pretty much take care of themselves.

All we feed our cats is dry food.  They get a treat every now and then of soft food or tuna juice or something, but the dry food is best - it keeps their teeth cleaner, their gums healthier, etc, and provides them with the nutrition they need. We use generic food from a large store known all over (starts with a "W").  They are very healthy.

Answer 2

i think u should feed them 3 times a day

as they get older they get hungrier and then get desperate and tired

try giving then meat food once in a while...

Answer 3

what you are feeding them is fine i feed my cats that much and they always meow when im in the kitchen try petting then when they start to meow maybe the want aattention

Answer 4

THANK GOD....A CAT IS NOT A DOG.

I PUT TWO  BIG BOWLS OF TWO TYPES OF DRY FOOD OUT. THIS GIVES THEM THE CHOICE OF FLAVORS AND THEY CAN FEED AS THEY WISH.

MY CATS ALSO LIKE WET FOOD. I PUT TWO CANS OUT UPON DEMAND.....( YES.....  CATS DO  DEMAND...) I GO THROUGH SIX CANS ( 4 OZ EACH)

A DAY.

I HAVE TEN CATS AND IT IS MAXX THAT HOWLS WHEN THE GROUP WANTS CANS OPENED.

BY THE WAY....AN EMPTY BOWL IS A CRISES TO A CAT. KEEPING LARGE BOWLS FILLED SO THAT THEY CAT EAT AS THEY WISH WILL STOP YOUR PROBLEMS.

GIVE YOUR KITTS KISSES FOR ME !!!!!  

Answer 5

You are reading the recommended amount, how about the labels?

The questions you should be asking  is what not how much.

The answer should be species appropriate food.





Nutrition since there are so many bad things out there is very important to your cat’s health

Contrary to what you may have heard; dry foods are not a great thing to feed a cat.

Please read the label on what you are feeding? What are the ingredients? Do you know what they mean? Is the first ingrediant a muscle meat like chicken or meal or other things?

http://www.catinfo.org/#Learn_How_To_Rea...

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04...

Dry foods are the number 1 cause of diabetes in cats as well as being a huge contributing factor to kidney disease, obesity, crystals, u.t.i’s and a host of other problems. Food allergies are very common when feeding dry foods. Rashes, scabs behind the tail and on the chin are all symptoms

The problems associated with Dry food is that they are loaded with grains and carbohydrates which many cats (carnivores) cannot process.  Also, Most of the moisture a cat needs is suppose to be in the food but in

Dry, 95% of it is zapped out of dry foods in the processing. Another thing, most use horrible ingredients and don't use a muscle meat as the primary ingredient and use vegetable based protein versus animal. Not good for an animal that has to eat meat to survive.

http://www.catinfo.org/#My_Cat_is_Doing_...

You want to pick a canned food w/o gravy (gravy=carbs) that uses a muscle meat as the first ingredient and doesn't have corn at least in the first 3 ingredients if at all.    The best food for cats does not contain any grains at all.

Fancy feast is a middle grade food with 9lives, friskies  whiskas lower grade canned and wellness and merrick upper grade human quality foods. I would rather feed a middle grade canned food then the top of the line dry food.

Also, dry food is not proven to be better for teeth. Does a hard pretzel clean your teeth or do pieces of it get stuck? http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bp...

Please read about cat nutrition.

                               http://www.newdestiny.us/nutritionbasics...

                               http://www.catinfo.org/feline_obesity.ht...

      http://maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.ht...

Vetinarian diets  The reason your vet thinks so highly of the pet food they sell probably has more to do with money than nutrition. In vet school, the only classes offered on nutrition usually last a few weeks, and are taught by representatives from the pet food companies. Vet students may also receive free food for their own dogs and cats at home. They could get an Iams notebook, a Purina purse and some free pizza.  http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04...

Answer 6

maybe a tad more.

are you still hungry when you eat the serving size. most likely YES!

my 2 cats do that too.

but we keep full bowls 24/7 then at night they get soft food.

but we cannot change anything or they will bug us until we go insane.

its funnny if they see the botom of their bowl they dont shutup.

but they are never starving.