My sister has a tabby named Mochi. Mochi hit 14 pounds last year. For a domestic shorthair, that is like a human wearing sweatpants to a wedding. The vet said "diet food." My sister said "but she is always hungry."
Here is the thing. Cats are not always hungry. They are always opportunistic. A cat would eat a brick if you put gravy on it. "Hungry" is just their default setting.
I built the first calculator in 2019, sitting in the break room at the clinic. I was tired of drawing the same calorie math on paper for every overweight cat appointment. The back of the food bag says "feed 1 can per 3 pounds." That would mean Mochi needs almost 5 cans. Which is insane. No wonder people overfeed.
The calculator turned into a website. The website turned into four tools. Now Luna — my own tuxedo rescue — is the test subject. She went from 12.4 to 9.2 pounds in 8 months. She still acts hungry. Still steals food. But at least she can jump onto the couch without a running start.
I am Jake Morrison, CVT. I have worked at a cat-only clinic in Portland for 8 years. I have held hundreds of cats while they got their weight checked. I have explained calorie math to hundreds of owners. This site is what I wish existed when I started.
No startup. No investors. No app. Just tools that work in your browser, save nothing to a server, and tell you the truth about how much your cat actually needs to eat.