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Would you starve your pet so it will live longer?
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:15:17 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: Domesticated cats get fat for several reasons, sometimes one at a time, sometimes a combination of several. For the most part, the non- physical reasons a a) The cat once lived under near-starvation conditions. Such cats will eat as much as they can whenever they can as they are never sure where their next meal is coming from. They can be trained out of this behavior, but it is very, very difficult. Yup, that's Marlo. Most of my cats have been self-limiting, but Marlo must have been very hungry before I took her in. She will eat until she explodes and then come back. Because of her, I've had to curtail the free feeding of dry food and I have to intervene to make sure Espy gets enough to eat. He eats a little bit, walks away, and expects there to be some left when he returns. Marlo sees that there isn't. So I put out most of the can and save some for when Espy does his encore performance. They're all so weird. |
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Would you starve your pet so it will live longer?
Amber and Tiger both like the Nutro dry better than the Wellness dry for
treats. I give Tiger six pieces of Friskies Dental Diet just before I go to bed. He goes crazy for these - shaking his butt and meowing and purring at the same time. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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Would you starve your pet so it will live longer?
"dgk" wrote in message ... On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:15:17 -0700 (PDT), " wrote: Domesticated cats get fat for several reasons, sometimes one at a time, sometimes a combination of several. For the most part, the non- physical reasons a a) The cat once lived under near-starvation conditions. Such cats will eat as much as they can whenever they can as they are never sure where their next meal is coming from. They can be trained out of this behavior, but it is very, very difficult. Yup, that's Marlo. Most of my cats have been self-limiting, but Marlo must have been very hungry before I took her in. She will eat until she explodes and then come back. Because of her, I've had to curtail the free feeding of dry food and I have to intervene to make sure Espy gets enough to eat. He eats a little bit, walks away, and expects there to be some left when he returns. Marlo sees that there isn't. So I put out most of the can and save some for when Espy does his encore performance. They're all so weird. My little Georgia was separated from her mother at about 3 weeks somehow, and spent 2-3 hungry days before she was found and bottle fed at the shelter. So we understand her food "issues", but I'm still hoping that at some point she will learn that there will always be enough food here. She's only 10 months now, so it's possible that she will not always have this baby fat |
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Would you starve your pet so it will live longer?
If a person or pet is not over weight, or that much, NO......I would not
starve my pet. |
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