We have seven cats. I consider them well fed. They are offered at least 1/4 can of good canned food morning and evening as well as free choice Iams kibble that I consider an average food. Some will eat nothing but canned food and some nothing but kibble while others binge eat one or the other.
I have one svelte gray cat that is gluttonous and bolts her food then trots off for treats. If she gets the urge she will go out and kill a rabbit then eat the whole thing. She never gains an ounce. Oh to be able to eat like a pig and never gain weight.
One of the other rescue kids is a highly modified Siamese named Noodle. He is so fat he can’t clean his butt but remains happy. He will eat anything he can find or run down if it is not too fast.
I have one that has mouth problems, has had a bit of a rough go of life and such so he lives in the house with his sister who is tiny. He comes and goes to the outside. The both get Sheba which I just bought today and am finding harder all the time to get. The math is easy, 4# for 20 bucks or 5 bucks a pound. I’m thinking boiled ground up turkey would be cheaper and better for them and if fortified with a few vitamins better yet. If that I would have to figure out how to keep enough frozen and thawed for them all.
Friskies canned is /$2.20 a pound and turkey could compete well with that as well. I have a crawfish pot with gas burner. Sounds like an all day outside project to put it up in maybe gallon containers and freeze it. I’ll bet a lot someone has a recipe.
Enough of crazy cat person stories.
It has been my observation that when you have more than two or three cats, they begin to be less interested in interacting with the humans (except at mealtimes, of course) and more interested in interacting with the population of cats around them...
That said, I enjoy watching cats. Interesting behavior.
I love dogs, too, but...they are more like people than cats will ever be!