So my boy is coming up on 6 months here soon.

He eats SO much. When we first brought him home he was waking me up every day at 7 or 8 begging for food, even though I would always make sure to leave him with plenty the night before. Most of it is dry food. I give him half a can of wet food at night around dinnertime, and usually that's gone in a matter of minutes. Usually, in the day, he comes to me for his dry food in the mornings, afternoons, and evenings, a few hours after he's done with dinner. Whenever I put dry food in I try not to put too much in, but its usually never enough for him.

A few people told me not to limit the food because he's a growing boy. He's not getting fat, and he was dewormed before we brought him home, so I doubt it's that.

I was just wondering when I should start limiting how much he eats. He's a pretty big cat for his age (lengthwise) and obviously I don't want to hinder his growth into a cat, so I'm just curious. This is the first pet I've ever owned since being out on my own so I'd like to not screw this up, haha.

I've never owned a male bengal, but obviously they can grow to be pretty huge cats. So the amount that the"average" cat eats will probably have to be increased quite a bit. From what you've said, he's probably fine, except that you may be underfeeding him a bit. I'd consider giving him an additional wet food meal in the morning (instead of just the evening). How big are the cans that you are feeding him half a can of?

In any case, yes, many times the advice is to free-feed until 1 year. What this means to most people is 2 wet meals a day plus leave out a bowl of dry food and "top it off" when it gets low. But I think at 6 months you need to at least be able to assess how your cat is doing in terms of body-shape. It's not always easy to be objective about it, so next time you see your vet, be sure to ask how he thinks your cat is doing in terms of weight also. But if he's still very lean, then yea, I'd probably feed him more.

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I would feed him at least a 3 oz can of wet food morning and night and you can give a little dry food in the day time. In general, wet food is better for cats. I try to make sure my 3 cats eat a good portion of wrt food morning and night before they get any dry. If he's still hungry and you're hi me give him a little more wet food.

One of my Bengal boys isn't a very fussy eater and he's always the last to get food but the other one is a bottomless pit. He begs for food every waking moment of the day. Every time I walk into the kitchen he's begging. Every time I eat he's begging. He's definitely NOT hungry! I feed him wet food twice daily and dry food throughout the day. He's not overweight nor underweight. Some cats are just like this- little piggies. One thing that helps is if I make sure he has his fill of wet food twice a day. He doesn't care as much for the kibble. If your cat is still growing it might help to give him the full 3 oz. can of wet food twice a day as well as free feeding the dry food.