good point.... 1 pouch of whiskas and 40grams of dry per day.... I guess a lot would depend on which dry food it was, but if it was whiskas dry (instead of say Orijen) then that does sound an incredibly small amount of food. And an overweight cat has to lose weight veryyyy gradually.

How much does she weigh?

Going by the feeding recommendations of the 'Oh So ..' pouches for an average 4kg cat it's 3 pouches a day! I can't remember what the feeding guidelines are for the dry food is, but maybe the 40g portion you give is equal to 1 pouch. So you could safely give her an extra pouch a day.

I'd also recomend having a look at the A-Z wet food thread too. There are much better foods available and some might make her feel less starved. The amount of fillers in foods like Whiskas don't hold any nutritional value for kitties, this is evident by the amount they poop and how bad it smells. When they are on a good quality high meat content food this lessens, which tells you their bodies are using what is in their food instead of pooping it out. Hope that makes sense

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I also second Tje's comment about feeding little but regularly. I feed my cat 3x meat up til 3pm (at least) and leave kibble available (on floor or up high) throughout the day. It doesn't mean that she gets more than her daily allowance but cats are 'grazers' by nature. I am working towards 2x daily but she is still a bit young for that I think (2 rys - maybe this is wrong and I'm just indlulging my instinct ). However, if I tried feeding her only 2x a day I think there would be MASSIVE whining, scratching of legs, and packing of bags...

thats what I thought, mine graze on biccis (apart from the old boy who only has wet) but they will still eat a few pouches eat! and I feed good biccis lol

why do you stop feeding wet at 3pm???

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least your cat does it in the afternoon, mine gets fed at 6:30am in the morning but she likes to wake me at 4am very often crying and causing a fuss! lol

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She weighs 3.5kg and is a very small cat. When we got her she was skin and bone. After we'd had her a month she weigh 2.9kg so i cant imagine what she weighed when we got her.

We've only just started feeding her wet as I didnt realise just dry was bad for cats (boris the dog is fed just dry). She's fed go cat indoor and was on 75g a day, but with the wet as well, it's 1 pouch + 40g or (according to whiskas) 2 pouches + 20g per day.

She also regularly gets tinned sardines/tuna 2x a week same as the dog.

I know what you mean with the ball feeder things, the dog has a much bigger version. I can imagine the havoc with the cat and dog running around the kitchen after their respective foods! ha ha!

i wouldnt feed tuna twice a week, a very odd 'treat' as its full of salt, or sardines that often either.

lol stop reading whats ont he packet as there is no such thing as a 'average cat' just go by how your cat feels and shes obviously saying 'food mummy food' lol

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wouldn't she be whining all day if she was hungry all day? just a thought.