Silkie's Food Intake: Big Discovery!

Today after accurately measuring Silkie's kibble, I discovered she has not been eating anywhere near a full cup of kibble daily; her weight must be because of Temptations! Will go down to 3/4 cup tomorrow and see; I think she's already okay with 1/2 cup...

I will trick her so she won't miss those treats. I'll just get a different variety of kibble from her main course. Then I'll use that kibble, as part of her total, in her treat lids in the house. Several vets have suggested those, the scattering of food here and there in the house, so that she must walk a bit to get them. That should work out well enough.

I read online several times that Temptations are empty calories, like some of our own snacks. No nutrition to speak of, just taste and calories. They also said that 5 of them equal one full meal, calorie-wise, for a cat. I did the math. I know I was giving her 3 in the mornings, and 6 hairball ones at night, and some throughout the day. So she was getting the equivalent of at least one extra meal a day, and probably more.

With that in mind, she might lose more easily with just that one major change. We'll see. It does raise my hopes. Nice.