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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 2862568" data-attributes="member: 177">Well, the devil can be in the details - the volume of food doesn't tell you how much it really is, in a dietary sense.  Take a check on the caloric content (from the Hills website)...Hills Adult Original dry cat food (ye old basic Hills crunchies): 493 kcal/cupHills Feline c/d (the basic prescription stuff for uti): 309 kcal/cupSo, the c/d has a *much* lower calorie content.  To maintain a 10 lb cat's weight, you want maybe half a cup a day of standard dry food, while on the c/d you want more like 3/4 to 1 cup.Hills suggests 1.3 to 1.75 of their 5.5 oz cans a day to maintain weight on a 10 lb cat. So, if I have my math right, you'd want about one can of c/d, and then something on the order of a third of a cup of dry c/d.If he's eating an entire can of c/d, he won't be eating all that much dry.If he's eating half a can, then he needs approximately (if my math is right)... half a cup of dry a day to maintain weight.  At that rate, a single pound of dry food will last him 11 days.  A four pound bag would do you for about a month and a half for one cat.All, of course, modulo your cat's personal metabolism, habits, etc.By the way, note that the stuff usually becomes notably more economical with a larger bag.  The vet starts you with a small bag, because new foods are always a test.  If he does take to eating it, buy in bigger bags in the future, and you'll save money.  We don't bother buying in anything smaller than a 10lb bag.  Ask your vet, but this is a common tactic.  Hill's says, "With your veterinarian’s approval, mix increasing amounts of your pet’s new food with decreasing amounts of the old food over a 7-day period."Good luck to you!  I hope he continues to take it without fuss.</blockquote>

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