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do you have a good cat story?
Hi,
I'm writing a book with a veterinary nutritionist about overweight cats. We are laying out simple, useful steps to help owners enjoy a healthier, happier life with their kitties. We are looking for stories of how your cat became obese, how you managed to get your cat to lose weight, any interesting games or exercises you do with your cat. We're also wondering if you feel you indulge your cat and if he/she begs a lot. It can be your story, a friend's or a story from your childhood. We treat every owner and cat with due respect. Often cats become overweight after surgery when the owner is working to help them recover. Neutered cats have a much higher likelihood of adding pounds. There are a million reasons cats become obese. If you can help us make scientific concepts clear by sharing a story of your cat, we'd be happy to send you a copy of our book. Thanks again, Suzanne |
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On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:22:09 -0700 (PDT), CatCreative
wrote: Hi, I'm writing a book with a veterinary nutritionist about overweight cats. We are laying out simple, useful steps to help owners enjoy a healthier, happier life with their kitties. We are looking for stories of how your cat became obese, how you managed to get your cat to lose weight, any interesting games or exercises you do with your cat. We're also wondering if you feel you indulge your cat and if he/she begs a lot. It can be your story, a friend's or a story from your childhood. We treat every owner and cat with due respect. Often cats become overweight after surgery when the owner is working to help them recover. Neutered cats have a much higher likelihood of adding pounds. There are a million reasons cats become obese. If you can help us make scientific concepts clear by sharing a story of your cat, we'd be happy to send you a copy of our book. Thanks again, Suzanne Nowhere to write to. Anway, I have two cats that are grazers. They eat a bit, walk away, come back later and eat some more. They maintain their weight well and don't eat too much. I give them quality wet food twice a day. I used to leave out some dry food for snacks. Then I got Marlo. She simply doesn't know how to stop eating. If there's food, she eats until she can't eat any more. She eats her food and then eats whatever Espy and Nipsy leave behind. I can't leave dry food out any more. I have to monitor the eating and keep her away from the other bowls. I have to take away the food and give some more to Espy and Nispy later. Marlo's getting fat. I'm trying to give her less food but I want the others to get enough and it takes a lot of oversight. Let me know if you find a solution. |
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If you can help us make scientific concepts clear by sharing a story of your cat, we'd be happy to send you a copy of our book. Thanks again, Suzanne I would be happy to share my story. Our oldest cat, Tucker, gained weight on dry food, even the prescription Hills the vet had him on. I finally got him to lose the weight by switching to a grain-free canned food. Over nine months or so he lost 6 pounds and has kept the weight off now for about four years. Tucker has his own weight-loss web site with details and a log of his weight loss: http://community-2.webtv.net/getcathelp/tucker/ An excellent site on cat nutrition that has helped me with all of our cats: http://www.catinfo.org/ All of our cats are now fed grain free wet food (raw and canned), twice daily about 12 hours apart, and are in excellent body condition. If you'd like more information, please email me directly. I'm happy to provide the foods I feed, etc. Rene |
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Hi,
Thanks for your input. I wonder if Marlo was a rescue cat and not used to the luxury of "free" feeding. I also read that to keep a heavier cat away from the thinner cats' food, one can buy a plastic storage container, flip it over and cut a hole in it only big enough to let the skinny ones through. Put the thinner cats food in the container so they can slip in and eat in peace without harassment from the larger cat. I haven't tried it, and you'd have to secure this contraption to the floor for stability, but I thought it an interesting idea. Thanks again! Suzanne Delzio (you can check me out on amazon.com to see that I"m a legit pet writer.) |
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On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 07:33:37 -0700 (PDT), CatCreative
wrote: Hi, Thanks for your input. I wonder if Marlo was a rescue cat and not used to the luxury of "free" feeding. I also read that to keep a heavier cat away from the thinner cats' food, one can buy a plastic storage container, flip it over and cut a hole in it only big enough to let the skinny ones through. Put the thinner cats food in the container so they can slip in and eat in peace without harassment from the larger cat. I haven't tried it, and you'd have to secure this contraption to the floor for stability, but I thought it an interesting idea. Thanks again! Suzanne Delzio (you can check me out on amazon.com to see that I"m a legit pet writer.) We don't know Marlo's history because I plucked her from the street. I started by leaving out some food for her but one February day it was 8 degrees (F) outside and I decided it was time for her to join the family. Of course, I didn't know it was a her at first; I named her Arlo until the vet said otherwise. She couldn't have been out on the street too long (vet said she was a year old or so) - she didn't seem to have real good success finding food and she was dirty. We figured someone had dumped her because she had no fear of me at all and I could even touch her while scooping out the food. But she sure seems to remember hunger and tries to avoid it at all costs. I don't think a box could be specific enough in size to differentiate between Espy and Marlo. Marlo is actually a small cat but is heavy for her size. But each of them has an RF tracking device on their collar (makes it easy to find them) and I was thinking that a feeding station could respond to their tag and open or close accordingly. I know they do that kind of thing for pet doors: http://www.moorepet-petdoors.com/Cat...oors-s/159.htm Any inventors out there? I need a feed control station that uses the same RF tag as are used by the Loc8tor device: http://www.loc8tor.com/Store/product...FRNM5QodF2S1eQ |
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On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:18:26 GMT, Netmask
wrote: wrote: If you can help us make scientific concepts clear by sharing a story of your cat, we'd be happy to send you a copy of our book. Thanks again, Suzanne I would be happy to share my story. Our oldest cat, Tucker, gained weight on dry food, even the prescription Hills the vet had him on. I finally got him to lose the weight by switching to a grain-free canned food. Over nine months or so he lost 6 pounds and has kept the weight off now for about four years. Tucker has his own weight-loss web site with details and a log of his weight loss: http://community-2.webtv.net/getcathelp/tucker/ An excellent site on cat nutrition that has helped me with all of our cats: http://www.catinfo.org/ All of our cats are now fed grain free wet food (raw and canned), twice daily about 12 hours apart, and are in excellent body condition. If you'd like more information, please email me directly. I'm happy to provide the foods I feed, etc. Rene If more people recognised that cats are "obligate carnivore" and in the wild survive on whole mouse/birds and other rodents etc why oh why doesn't every cat owner simply feed raw meat - meat with bones, chicken wings etc. Whole fish, scales and all - you can even buy tinned mice in some Sydney pet shops, mainly for the reptile collectors but maybe a bit squeamish for Aunt Agathy!!! My first Burmese who reached 23 years would love a hunting game where i would put a tinned mouse on a thread and suddenly drop it in his sight line and pull - if ever a cat could smile he would.. anyway he would eat the lot... It was a once a year treat.... apart from that it was chicken wings and raw steak, sometimes a lamb chop. His teeth were in better knick than mine!! I've tried a raw diet. They sneer at it. |
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