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Mixing wet and dry food for cats

Enter the weight, both foods and the split. The calculator splits calories, not weight, so the amount is right.

Wet food5.0 oz
Dry food0.32 cups

2 meals of 2.5 oz wet and 0.16 cups dry

241 kcal per day · Treats up to 24 kcal

Age
Spayed or neutered
Activity
Wet food share (by calories)
Wet food

Look for “Calorie Content”, e.g. “850 kcal/kg, 72 kcal/can”.

Dry food

Look for “Calorie Content”, e.g. “3,750 kcal/kg, 375 kcal/cup”.

Meals per day

The calculator splits calories, not weight: per ounce, dry food has about four times as many calories as wet food.

A starting point – the scale has the final say. If your cat is ill, talk to your vet.

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Questions

How much wet and dry food should a cat eat per day?

A spayed or neutered 9-lb cat needs about 241 kcal a day. Half and half is about 5 oz of wet food with 850 kcal/kg and about ⅓ cup of dry food with 380 kcal/cup.

Why does the calculator split calories, not weight?

Dry food has about four times as many calories per ounce as wet food. If you just halve the weight, you can easily feed too much or too little.

What split is right?

No source sets a fixed ratio. Choose what suits your cat, and check with the scale that the amount is right.

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