Hey everyone!

Ok so as some of you guys know before I joined this forum Sheldon was on a all dry diet as I believed this was the best thing to do (how wrong was I!). Having found out this isn't the best thing for him I have made the change over to a 95% wet food diet for Sheldon.
I am now alternating him between Natures Menu and Hilife every other week
He has one packet of wet (100g) in the morning at 7am with half a hand full of some James Wellbeloved dry food mixed in and then he has one packet of wet (100g) at 6:30pm for his tea and then before we go to bed I put down half a handful of dry again as he likes to nibble through the night.
I know there is a lot of better foods out there that I could prob save a lot of money on however buying in bulk is just not an option for us (we are currently trying to save a deposit to buy our first home so we are down sizing to a very small home to save money and have no one with the spare room to store it either unfortunately)
Sheldon has had weight problems so I have been controlling his treat intake I like to use a couple of his dry food for him to chase round to get him running about and if I do treat him I tend to give him dreamies as they are only 2 calories a treat.

I was just wondering if some of you guys could give me your opinions on how I feed Sheldon and if you guys think I am doing the enough for him with this diet or is there anything I can do to make it better?
I really want whats best for Sheldon as he is my little boy and I love him more then anything in the world.


(A raw diet is something I will be looking into sometime next year once we have all our finances etc in order)

Thanks for any help and advice in advance

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Given your situation I think you are doing really well.

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i'm certainly no expert, but maybe filling him up with water - you could add just enough cat milk so he'll drink it, then maybe he won't take in as many calories, plus increased water won't be a bad thing

although i think you're doing a good job controlling his diet and encouraging him to play good luck x

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he actually drinks a really good amount for a cat always has done, and he gets some light cat milk every now and then :-)

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well that's me out of ideas....unless you think lipo or ex lax is an option?! lol (joke!!!)

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lol hes actually doing really well hes down from 6.7kg from last summer so hes looking very slim and trim he does have some excess skin now lol think he needs a kitty tummy tuck ha

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ooo i'll go with him - need to lose weight though first too!! lol

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