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Feline Reducing Diet.

Feline Reducing Diet
1 lb. pork liver, cooked and ground
1 cup cooked rice
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 teaspoon calcium carbonate1
Balanced vitamin-mineral supplement in a quantity sufficient to provide the daily requirement for each vitamin and trace mineral.
Combine all ingredients.Yield: 1 lb.
Moisture 70.0%
Protein 15.3%
Fat 3.4%
Ash 1.9%
Calcium 0.2%
Phosphorus 0.2%
Metabolizable Energy 587 Kcal./lb
Feed sufficient amount to maintain normal body weight.
Body Weight Approximate Daily Feeding
5 lb. lb. (140 Kcal.)
7-8 lb. lb. (190 Kcal.)
10 lb. lb. (290 Kcal.)
After the cat attains optimum weight, a good quality maintenance diet at a level that just maintains that optimum weight can be initiated. Snacking and scavenging should be absolutely forbidden during the reducing period.

1Calcium Carbonate Sources: Ground Egg Shells; Drug and Health Food Stores
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