Whats the best diet food for a cat?

Question

I'm thinking about trying this because ive heard its really good

http://www.royalcanin.us/products/default.aspx

(my link doesn't work unless you click cat,1-10years,none,overweight)

its called light 37 light royal canin

here is what it says if u dont want to follow directions when u click the link.

Cat Food for Adult Indoor Cats from 1 to 10 Years of Age Who Are Prone to Obesity

By its nature, some cats have a greater tendency to become overweight than others. Maintaining health means preventing obesity. Weight control is also desirable for aesthetic reasons. The graceful and muscular feline body type is beautiful in its natural form. A sedentary life leads to intestinal laziness, resulting in foul stool odors

Answer 1

Royal Canin is a good product. However are you sure your cat is overweight? If you are then try feeding your cat regular dry food that you have measured out and nothing else but water. Try to get it to play more with you. Get a 'cat dancer' which is a toy on a string attachedto stick and you dangle in front of the cat. They love this and will do it for hours.You can find the amounts needed on the side of your cat

food box.

Answer 2

Cats are all different, just like humans and other animals.

A large built big boned cat will weigh more than a small boned petite cat.

I have big and tall built cats that are a muscular and healthy 19 pounds... and on the other end of the scale I have a teeny tiny boned cat who weighs in at a meer 7 pounds yet she is very healthy too. Based on their individual body structure I could never compare them.

It's best to assess your cats weight by it's body condition and not compared to other cats.

Here's a chart to help you do that...

http://www.purina.com/cats/health/BodyCo...

Once you determine if your cat is overweight, you need to be aware that there is NO such thing as dry "diet" food for cats. Dry foods are filled with carbs that make your cat fat. You can't make a dry food without carbs, so there are no dry diet foods.

The proper amount to feed per cat/per day should be about 5.5 ounces of wet (high quality grain free canned or Raw Meat/Bones/Organ) food.

The calories in that amount of food are sufficient for most "normal" sized cats. Of course a highly energetic cat will need more food to keep it healthy, and a lazy cat will need less food to keep it from getting obese. But 5.5 ounces of wet food per day is a good place to start.

Here is a fantastic site that will help you help your cat lose weight!

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

Answer 3

Royal Canin is a poor quality food. You don't want anything with fillers, corn, and by-products in it.

Plenty of good, high quality foods have weight management formulas.

Examples of low quality foods to avoid: Anything you can find in a grocery store will be low end, Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, Whiskas, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Meow Mix.

Examples of high quality foods to look for: Innova, Wellness, Solid Gold, Felidae, Fromm, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature's Variety, Nature's Logic.