cat wet food feeding chart

Here you’ll find several cat wet food feeding charts to help you figure out how much wet food you should be feeding your cat every day. We’ve broken down the feeding charts by weight (oz), 6oz can portions, and calories to give you as much information as possible. It’s important to refer to a cat wet food feeding chart in order to give your cat just the right amount for optimal health.

Cat Wet Food Feeding Chart By Ounce

The chart below shows general recommendations in ounces of how much wet food you should feed your cat each day.

5lb10lb15lb20lb
Kitten7.7oz13oz17.8oz21.8oz
Lean Cat4.1oz6.7oz8.6oz10.6oz
Overweight Cat4.3oz5.8oz6.7oz7.4oz
Pregnant Cat5.8oz9.4oz12.2oz14.6oz
Wet Food to Feed Daily By Ounce

Cat Wet Food Feeding Chart By Can Portion

The chart below shows how much wet food you should be feeding your cat daily by portions of a 6oz can.

5lb10lb15lb20lb
Kitten1.3 cans2.2 cans3 cans3.6 cans
Lean Cat0.7 cans1.1 cans1.4 cans1.8 cans
Overweight Cat0.7 cans1 can1.1 cans1.2 cans
Pregnant Cat1 can1.6 cans2 cans2.4 cans
Wet Food to Feed Daily By Cans

Cat Wet Food Feeding Chart By Calories

The chart below shows how much wet food you should be feeding your cat daily by calories. You can find the calories in a can of wet food by looking up the can on the brand’s website.

5lb10lb15lb20lb
Kitten320 cal540 cal740 cal910 cal
Lean Cat170 cal280 cal360 cal440 cal
Overweight Cat180 cal240 cal280 cal310 cal
Pregnant Cat240 cal390 cal510 cal610 cal
Wet Food to Feed Daily By Calories

Other Factors Affecting How Much Wet Food to Feed Your Cat

These charts should be used only as a starting point in determining how much to feed your cat. There are other factors that will affect how much wet food to feed your cat daily. As such, you should adjust amounts over time if you notice your cat gaining or losing weight. Some of these factors are:

  1. Weight and Lean Mass – Bigger, leaner cats will require more energy than smaller cats. Also, the proportion of fat to lean mass will make a difference. A heavy cat that is mostly lean mass will need more calories than a heavy cat that is mostly fat mass.
  2. Age – Kittens require a lot more energy than adult cats. Senior cats need less food overall.
  3. Pregnancy – Pregnant and nursing cats need a lot more food as they’re feeding and growing kittens. Consult your vet for more recommendations here.
  4. Metabolism – Some cats have a higher metabolism (use more energy) simply due to their genetics. Cats will also have a higher metabolism if they’re exercising more. You’ll need to provide more food for a cat with a higher metabolism.
  5. Cat Food Brands and Flavors – Cat wet food calorie content will change based on the brand and flavor. For instance, a 3oz can of Fancy Feast Whitefish and Tuna Pate contains 85 calories, while a 3oz can of Friskies Chicken and Tuna Pate contains 97 calories. That’s almost a 10% difference in calories!
  6. Whether You’re also Feeding Dry Food – You’ll need to recalculate the amount of food to feed your cat if you’re doing a mixture of dry and wet food. Remember, it’s the overall calories that matter.

Why Measuring Wet Food Daily is Important

Feeding your cat just the right amount of food every day is important to maintain good health. Giving your cat too little can cause malnourishment and make your cat underweight. Feeding too much can lead to obesity, which has its own host of problems such as diabetes and heart issues. The charts above give recommendations on wet food portion sizes for overweight cats to help them lose weight.

In the end, feeding your cat the right amount of food will help them live a long and happy life.