First of all, trust the cat's instincts; let him choose what and how much to eat. If he ate mice, he would eat the whole animal. If you are feeding a cat, you would be giving him meat, bone, but he also needs omega 3 fatty acids, and intestinal bacteria. The intestinal bacteria can be replaced with yogurt, and omega 3 fatty acids, found in the brain and nerve tissue, with fish oil or cod liver oil. If you give more fatty meat, you are reducing the amount of protein. If the cat is looking for more food after eating, he is not getting enough. If he leaves food over, you are giving him too much. If you are giving him enough food but he is still losing weight, then he is not utilizing all the nutrients. Check his urine to see if he is losing protein in the urine, a sign of kidney disease. If the stool is well formed, with no undigested pieces and no diarrhea, then he is digesting and absorbing what he is taking in. If all that looks good, have a blood chemistry run to see where the problem lies.

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