How much wet and dry food should I feed my kitten and adult cats?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Maine Coon | Male | unneutered | 5 months and 17 days old | 9 lbs
Hi, I have an almost 6mo old MCkitten. He eats about 4x 100g pouch a day. He refuse to eat dry food and the past few days he trying to eat my other cat's food as well. Could you please tell me what's an appropriate amount to feed a kitten and also adult cats? I think I did overfeed my now adult cats. On the box the guidelines are quite misleading here. They say that 4 pounch in 2 meals but they never say whether that's if they eat only wet food or that amount should be given beside dry food.
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Published on February 24th, 2018
The bags usually over estimate the amount of food animals need. I would recommend feeding about 75% of what's on the bag/instructions IF that's the only thing your cat is eating. If they are eating half wet and half dry, decrease the amount proportionally. Another (easier) approach, is to ask your veterinarian for a recommended calorie count for each cat. Most adult cats need about 200 calories per day and young, intact cats need anywhere from 2-3 times this amount.
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Published on January 26th, 2018
Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! For a cat of about 11 pounds of body weight, the daily calories should equate to about 280 calories per day. I recommend twice a day feedings and you will have to take a look at the calories per can / cup with the current food you are feeding and measure it out equally so that you are feeding 280 calories worth per day. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further.
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