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Seriously Overweight Kitten
Hi,
My daughter and her roommate have two kittens, about 8 or 9 months old. One has become seriously overweight. With one cat they can limit food but with two I don't know what you do. The cats are unattended when the girls are at work. They are left with food. The overweight fellow has always been the less energetic of the two which is likely part of the problem. Thanks, Gary |
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Response to "Gary Brown" :
Hi, Hi! My daughter and her roommate have two kittens, about 8 or 9 months old. One has become seriously overweight. With one cat they can limit food but with two I don't know what you do. The cats are unattended when the girls are at work. They are left with food. The overweight fellow has always been the less energetic of the two which is likely part of the problem. I guess you are asking how to limit the grub to the chubby kitty? They could feed the healthier one separately from the chubby kitty. Or leave food out that is not excessive in amount and feed skinny kitty again later by them self. Alternatively or in addition to a rigorous feeding schedule they could find the toys that chubby kitty enjoys and use them non-stop. More effort, but definitely worth it -- for everyone. Hope that helps, Gary. -- -Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. |
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On May 14, 12:41*am, "Gary Brown" wrote:
Hi, My daughter and her roommate have two kittens, about 8 or 9 months old. *One has become seriously overweight. With one cat they can limit food but with two I don't know what you do. *The cats are unattended when the girls are at work. *They are left with food. Your daughter needs to feed these kittens twice per day, about 12 hours apart, and feed them separately from each other. Either shut them in separate rooms or feed the skinnier one on a counter or platform that the overweight one can't reach. They don't need food available all the time. I also recommend feeding them a high-quality canned food diet and NO dry. I hope you can help your daughter with these cats. If the kitten is seriously overweight at such a young age, she's destined for a lot of health problems. Rene |
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"Gary Brown" wrote in message ... Hi, My daughter and her roommate have two kittens, about 8 or 9 months old. One has become seriously overweight. With one cat they can limit food but with two I don't know what you do. The cats are unattended when the girls are at work. They are left with food. The overweight fellow has always been the less energetic of the two which is likely part of the problem. Thanks, Gary PORTION CONTROL!!!!!!! Free feeding frequently leads to fat cats. If the cat isn't active it might only need 1/4 of a quality dry food a day if that. Wet is better but still needs to be a measured amount and no snacking in between. You can recommend they try to get the portly one to be more active but with my cats, at least, the answer was to get the weight off first by strict portion control and then the cat felt like being more active. The kitty will beg and use every trick known to cats to convince their person that they are starving to death. Cats are very good at doing a guilt trip. Their person must stay strong and resist the sad sack eyes and pitiful cries. As someone else said it's best to feed them separately lest the fat one steal the other kitty's food. I have three and have to feed them in separate locations because they are all on a different food. One I feed in a small pin cage that I set up in the kitchen for this purpose, another eats in the old feeding location and the third dines in the bathroom. Once they got used to it none of the cats complained because finally they all got their full portions and didn't lose some of their dinner to my formerly fat cat. Well I can't say that none complained but he isn't complaining about the location he eats his dinner in just that he's not free to scarf up the other cats food. W |
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"Gary Brown" wrote
My daughter and her roommate have two kittens, about 8 or 9 months old. One has become seriously overweight. With one cat they can limit food but with two I don't know what you do. The cats are unattended when the girls are at work. They are left with food. Hi Gary! Only one way to fix this up a bit. Doubtless others said it too, but have to take to 2 feedings a day, about 12 hours apart. Also, helps alot if you feed the fat one in another room and keep them in there till the thin one is done. I like to free feed too, but sometimes you have to adjust things a bit. Cats in the wild dont have food out all the time. They hunt and have gaps. It's not cruel to feed a decent food at a set schedule. Usually 3oz per feeding if wet. I'm not really sure how much on dry as we use that just for little noshes (ours is a little overweight but not by a great deal so has a noshe kibble bowl, but mostly she waits for her wet). The overweight fellow has always been the less energetic of the two which is likely part of the problem. ;-) Yup. And just like people who are overweight, it's self reinforcing as it's harder for the overweight fellow to be very active. |
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"cshenk" wrote in message ... "Gary Brown" wrote My daughter and her roommate have two kittens, about 8 or 9 months old. One has become seriously overweight. With one cat they can limit food but with two I don't know what you do. The cats are unattended when the girls are at work. They are left with food. Hi Gary! Only one way to fix this up a bit. Doubtless others said it too, but have to take to 2 feedings a day, about 12 hours apart. Also, helps alot if you feed the fat one in another room and keep them in there till the thin one is done. I like to free feed too, but sometimes you have to adjust things a bit. Cats in the wild dont have food out all the time. They hunt and have gaps. It's not cruel to feed a decent food at a set schedule. Usually 3oz per feeding if wet. I'm not really sure how much on dry as we use that just for little noshes (ours is a little overweight but not by a great deal so has a noshe kibble bowl, but mostly she waits for her wet). This is exactly what we did to get our tuxedo cat down from 18 lbs to 9 lbs, where she has stayed. Her former owner had been free-feeding her "diet" Iams dry food. |
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"cybercat" wrote
gaps. It's not cruel to feed a decent food at a set schedule. Usually 3oz per feeding if wet. I'm not really sure how much on dry as we use that This is exactly what we did to get our tuxedo cat down from 18 lbs to 9 lbs, where she has stayed. Her former owner had been free-feeding her "diet" Iams dry food. Do you know perchance how much is right if dry fed? I've not had to deal with that much. All my kitties have been able to free-feed dry with a wet at night (and now with Daisy, wet in morning as well). |
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"cshenk" wrote in message ... "cybercat" wrote gaps. It's not cruel to feed a decent food at a set schedule. Usually 3oz per feeding if wet. I'm not really sure how much on dry as we use that This is exactly what we did to get our tuxedo cat down from 18 lbs to 9 lbs, where she has stayed. Her former owner had been free-feeding her "diet" Iams dry food. Do you know perchance how much is right if dry fed? I've not had to deal with that much. All my kitties have been able to free-feed dry with a wet at night (and now with Daisy, wet in morning as well). I sure don't, sorry. Oh, and I wanted to mention, 3 oz may be a bit on the low side for the 12-hour feedings. My petite girl cats get 3.5 oz twice a day when they eat canned only. I imagine larger, younger cats may need more. |
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"cybercat" wrote
Do you know perchance how much is right if dry fed? I've not had to deal with that much. .. I sure don't, sorry. Oh, and I wanted to mention, 3 oz may be a bit on the low side for the 12-hour feedings. My petite girl cats get 3.5 oz twice a day when they eat canned only. I imagine larger, younger cats may need more. Thats fair! I put about 1/4 cup dry kibble (current is Iams) out for munchies and seem to need to add more every other day. If I feed Daisy more than about 3 oz wet, she leaves the rest then will later come back to it. If she doesnt come back and munch it up within 2 hours, I let Cash (beagle mix) have at it. She simply will not eat it after that stage. He's always happy if she's not too hungry g. |
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