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Is her diet suitable?I have a few worries about my housemates cat, she is gorgeous and loving, but i am wandering if her diet is suitable or not. She is 10 years old i believe, seems quite flabby, she lives out in our conservatory and has free roam of the area, so she never really gets any absolute 'warmth' as such as she doesnt come in the house. A few years ago she had an operation, an abortion i believe. She is currently on Go-Cat adult. Should she be on a more suitable diet, and what can people reccomend? Should she be on senior, or a kidney care diet or something?
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I don't think Go-cat is one of the best diets around but that's just my personal opinion. However, if she has been happily been eating this for years and is happy with it, then maybe continue to feed it but I'd also be inclined to feed some wet food in her diet too, something like Whiskers or Felix or indeed tins of supermarket own brand. You could look to changer her to a diet for senior cats but you may find these sorts of diets a little on the expensive side? and in over 20 years of cat ownership I have never fed a senior diet to any of my cats and have had cats live to 17 / 18 years old. |
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How many times a day should she be fed? And what sort of portions also. I buy in tinned cat food for my rats so i can easily feed her from my stocks on wet food. |
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My cat Cassie, who is 10 yrs old, is fed on Whiskas tinned and she has about two thirds of a tin a day spread over two meals............. supplemented by a few biscuits at bedtime.. |
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I believe she gets 1-2 [depending on wether he forgets to feed her or not] meals a day of go-cat. i'd say no more than a cupful each time. I'll make a habit of inviting her into my rat room for cat food in the evenings. The tough bit is improving her diet without her owner becoming offended. Nevermind, as long as shes ok i'm happy! |
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Does she have access to the garden or is she just kept in the conservatory?  |
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We have the door between conservatory and garden open at all times. its not been closed since she moved in! |
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I doubt it! Apparently shes never hunted, and shes a rubbish prowler, shes frightened of my fancy rats. She sits in their room watching them sometimes but hasnt ever tried anything on! Shes more interested in their fresh meat dinners! |
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My cats have access to dried food at all times but are fed wet food twice a day  |
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